[DM-MUG] dmmug Blog

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Ray Bowler <rbowler at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Could we make a blog where which several people could initiate articles and
> others reply? Could this be a part  the website? I have a lot of questions
> now. Stuart's comment brings to mind the recent discussion about the website
> and the purpose of the group. I suspect a blog might have been a better site
> for this than the list server. Maybe if we had it I could start a good
> discussion about the purpose of the website.
>
>
Instead of iWeb, if anything multi-user is required I strongly suggest
something that is web-based for management.

If PHP is installed on the server then wordpress can be used for $0 more
than currently is required. Tumblr is a free service and wordpress.com (the
commercial product) is very cheap.

However, the difference between a blog and a mailing list is that everyone
already uses e-mail. It's part of our normal daily activities on the
computer. Not so for the dmmug website. It is not a daily routine for most
of us to go check it, find out if there's comments and participate.
Therefore it will probably not get nearly the attention as the mailing list.

Another possibility would be to create a Facebook fan page. It lets people
post comments, share links, photos, videos and all the stuff Facebook is
known for. I've noticed among the "20 somethings" and younger group, this is
a very popular way to keep in touch. However,  that crowd is not exactly the
typical demographic of Mac users. ;-)

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Matthew Nuzum
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