Where to Find The Art Of Practice:
Blog URL: http://artofpractice.blogspot.com/
Category: Personal Blog, Life

The Art Of Practice

Honour, author of The Art of Practice, understands that life is about more than just accumulating knowledge—it is also about the practice and use of that said knowledge; and without one, the other is useless. And so it is that we have Honour’s blog, a blog about life and lessons learned, observations and practices, offered through conversation and poetry and storytelling, with a strong emphasis on the human element and human interaction.

The Art Of Practice - Why You Should Go

Honour is a character of interest because she harbors a distinct love/hate relationship with the internet and technology. Like so many she sees it on one hand as the innovative communication tool and outreach opportunity that it is; but on the other it is yet another thing that allows us to distance ourselves from living.

That same love/hate conundrum is what led her to blogging in the first place; that, and a disdain for the diced and chopped snippets that human interaction is becoming through dominant social networking sites. Her solution to the problem as she sees it is blogging: “I figure if I’m going to stay in touch with people via the electronic media, I might as well make it as human as possible. Expose you to all of life’s ups and downs - my hopes and my fears (paranoias?) - all of my wishes and reflections. You might as well know the semblance of who I want to be or how I delude myself into thinking who I am … no categories, no checkboxes, just a stream of consciousness.”

Summing Up The Art Of Practice

Much of what Honour brings to us is contemplation, delivered in the various formats listed above. This is a refreshing way to spur you into thought while being entertained a bit along the way, without the pressure of too much discussion, with the benefit of a thoughtful poem or story. And a refreshing reminder that there is more to life than knowledge and electronics, and that living is a real, careful balance of these and many other factors.

Go here to check out The Art of Practice.

Mary Ward
Do You Digg It!
Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2008

Where to Find Chris Brogan:
Blog URL: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/
Category: Social Networking, Business

ChrisBrogan.com

Chris Brogan is a very well known figure around social networking and business circles. As his bio states, his strength “is in connecting passionate people together for business, collaboration, and networking.” His blog, named simply ChrisBrogan.com, is just a part of what he does to advise businesses, organizations, and individuals in utilizing social media and social networking.

ChrisBrogan.com - Why You Should Go

This is one of those blogs that give you the opportunity to learn from the experts to succeed like the experts—at the best price to you, only the investment of your time. Chris writes about many topics related (and some less related, but equally interesting) to social networking. He helps readers learn about the basics and effectively utilize the tools available to them—both simple and complex. In short, what Chris does is make social networking and social marketing manageable for the average person or business, putting the power of the new web behind your business.

If this will be your first visit to ChrisBrogan.com, be sure to visit his post for new readers, where he points you toward the best and basics for getting started in social media.

Summing Up Chris Brogan

Chris Brogan’s approach to business in the new electronic era is similar to that of people like Chris Garrett and Liz Strauss. To Chris, business is about relationships first and business and products second. Those relationships are what he helps to build by teaching people how to build them. Chris Brogan.com is one more resource available to help you build a bigger, better blogging or business you.

Go here to check out ChrisBrogan.com.

Mary Ward
Do You Digg It!
Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2008

NewsFlash:

Legendary Cyberculture and Stumbleupon resident, Bleem-Filk, awards Sean Rasmussen an honorary citizenship for Planet Twilo

Cyberking Bleem-Filk

The recent review of Cyberculture King Bleem-Filk, on DoYouDiggIt, sparked a generous gesture by the Stumbleupon blogging legend. He awarded an honorary citizenship certificate for his home planet, Planet Twilo, to Sean Rasmussen.

The Planet Twilo citizenship is a highly desired award in the Stumbleupon community and cannot be gained too easily. When interviewed, upon the presentation of this prestigious award, an overwhelmed Rasmussen said:

“I do not know what to say… Words fail me! As a kid, I dreamed of this but never really thought it could become reality”

As there are only about 100 citizens on Planet Twilo, as revealed during a candid interview with Bleem-Filk, there is no need for a surname on the certificate. If Sean ever manages to overcome the ever rising rocket fuel prices to visit his second home, he will be likely to get the phonenumber: 12, should you wish to call him.

Cyberculture on Stumbleupon

On a serious note, you can visit Bleem-Filk’s stumbleupon pages to see what the fuss is about in the world of Social Networking and Cyberculture. If you aren’t already a Stumbleupon user, this place may just be a little strange to you. However, have some patience and look through the great world that Bleem-Filk lives in.

Who knows, you might just like it!

Relevant Stumbleupon links:

Here are some relevant Stumbleupon links to visit the pages of Bleem-Filk and Sean Rasmussen

Have fun, and as Captain Filk would say: May The Salad Fork Be With You!

Sean Rasmussen
Do You Digg It!
Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2008

Where to Find Bleem-Filk:
Blog URL: http://bleem-filk.stumbleupon.com/
Category: Stumbleupon, Animation, Cyberculture

Bleem-Filk. Out Of This World

Bleem-Filk is the creation of Donny, a man from an outerworld destined to spread humor and faith through his computer generated animations. It’s primarily an outlet for Donny to display his impressive animations, poking fun into American politics and more. Donny is a legend in the Stumbleupon arena of social networking and cyberculture while it’s at its very best.

A quote taken from an excerpt from fellow stumbler, Aashika may best describe Donny and what he does…

“Let us dash reality into pieces and fly away on the wings of the nightwind”. An escape from reality describes Bleem-Filk to a ‘T’.

Bleem-Filk - Why You Should Go

There are not a lot of opportunities to head off to worlds unknown or to talk with the inhabitants of them. Little did we know that here in cyberspace such an opportunity already exists!

You’ll enjoy Donny and his tales of Bleem-Filk if you need an escape from your day, but there is also a dose of reality to be had on this site (or at least, a skewed take on reality and politics). Donny doesn’t actually say much on his blog, but uses the site as a place to post his creative animated works of computer-generated art. The outcomes are impressive, and the takes are worth a great many laughs.

Donny has more serious interests, too. He is deep into his Christianity and culture, and links to more Stumble pages which further cast insight into this interesting blogger. In addition to his blogged creations, Donny offers up StumbleUpon pages linking to comedians, WNBA (Women’s Basketball) articles and highlights, and videos meant to churn the mind and start your day off thinking.

Summing Up Bleem-Filk

Bleem-Filk is a blogging experience rivaled by few, if any. This is a place where the less tech-oriented can gain an appreciation of the knowledge and abilities of others, and to also find links to an eclectic group of bloggers and resources, wide-ranging in interest.

Donny, whatever you’re having, I want some! Keep up the good work.

Go and check out Bleem-Filk for yourself. Maybe stumble his page.

Sean Rasmussen
Do You Digg It!
Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2008

Where to Find 99 Bloggers:
Blog URL: http://99bloggers.com/
Category: Community Blogging

99 Bloggers

99 Bloggers is about anything and everything the contributors, a collection of bloggers from a variety of backgrounds and interests, want it to be. This blog, a cooperative effort of 99 community bloggers, is the child of creator Alphafoobar.

The premise behind 99 bloggers is simple and effective: Create a blog and allow the first 99 qualified bloggers to join and contribute as often as they like and in so doing gain exposure for the bloggers’ efforts while offering a blog with wide-ranging interests and information. In effect, 99 Bloggers is sort of a first place to go to look for information, a sort of one-stop shopping-experience to link you to more blogs and websites of interest. It certainly does bring more fun into social networking.

99 Bloggers - A Community Blog

99 Bloggers is worth a visit first for its unique concept and secondly for its wealth of information. It’s both a global community blogging effort that increases exposure to new people, concepts, and products, and a resource for finding the information you need.

It’s a mixed bag and you’ll never know what you’ll find at the top of the recent posts, but posts are logically categorized to make it easy to find the topics that are of most interest to you. Here’s a sampling of the types of posts that are up on 99 Bloggers now (be forewarned, though, something new and completely unique could pop up at any time!):

• Art
‚Ä¢ Blogs (logical…)
• Entertainment
• Design
• Gaming
• How-to
• Lifestyle
• Opinion
• Music & Movies
• Travel
• Technology
• Lots More! This list is by no means exhaustive!

99 Bloggers presents plenty of opportunity for both readers and contributing bloggers. Community blog members have yet another outlet for outreach (without the pressure of having to post daily) and readers get to learn about things they may not have been aware they needed to know.

Summing Up 99 Bloggers & Social Networking

Despite its unstructured topical approach, 99 Bloggers is a highly useful blog that takes advantage of a unique community approach to blogging & social networking. Current bloggers seem to have stayed true to the mission and posted truly interesting and valuable information, managing to keep this diverse blog from becoming a fluff factory and giving some real meat to its readers. It appears the blog is still accepting contributors, so if this is your thing don’t hesitate to get on board before the 99 blogging spots are gone!

Go and check out 99 Bloggers for yourself and digg it (if you like).

Sean Rasmussen
Do You Digg It!
Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2008