jaycee's blog http://www.blogher.com/blog/154/atom/feed 2007-07-25T21:04:20-05:00 Aussie bloggers http://www.blogher.com/aussie-bloggers-0 2008-02-19T23:53:53-06:00 2008-02-19T23:54:21-06:00 jaycee A group of three passionate bloggers in Australia started up a new website called Aussie bloggers recently. It kickstarted with a forum to get interest and discussion going and the accompanying blog launched one month ago. The forum now boasts 363 members and it is a very active forum.

It's not just open to Australians though, everyone is welcome and while it's mostly Australian, there are people from all over the world also.

]]> A group of three passionate bloggers in Australia started up a new website called Aussie bloggers recently. It kickstarted with a forum to get interest and discussion going and the accompanying blog launched one month ago. The forum now boasts 363 members and it is a very active forum.

It's not just open to Australians though, everyone is welcome and while it's mostly Australian, there are people from all over the world also.

I know when I started blogging nearly four years ago I mainly read blogs that were written in the States and felt somewhat disconnected from Australian bloggers because it was hard to find them. It's not quite so hard now and there's some really good blogs and a fantastic blogging community happening.

Disclaimer: I am a moderator of the Aussie blogger forum but I thought others might be interested to see what we're doing.

Jen at Semantically driven and Safari suit

]]> Web Directions South 2007 conference http://www.blogher.com/web-directions-south-2007-conference 2007-10-02T23:46:22-05:00 2007-10-02T23:46:22-05:00 jaycee I didn't make it to BlogHer this year but I did manage to get to Sydney for the Web Directions South conference last week. There were some great speakers, some great people and I had four childfree days. Bliss!

Read more about it here and here. I plan to do a couple more posts about it too, so check back in over the next few days.

]]> I didn't make it to BlogHer this year but I did manage to get to Sydney for the Web Directions South conference last week. There were some great speakers, some great people and I had four childfree days. Bliss!

Read more about it here and here. I plan to do a couple more posts about it too, so check back in over the next few days.

]]> Group writing projects http://www.blogher.com/group-writing-projects 2007-09-04T20:00:36-05:00 2007-09-04T20:00:36-05:00 jaycee A way of getting some inspiration for writing is to join group writing projects. Usually the people holding the group writing projects offer prizes which is always a drawcard for me.

It's a win-win situation all round because:

- you get to write material for your blog
- you have a chance to win prizes
- you get the potential for additional readers when your link is posted on the host's blog
- they also get more readers due to the project.

]]> A way of getting some inspiration for writing is to join group writing projects. Usually the people holding the group writing projects offer prizes which is always a drawcard for me.

It's a win-win situation all round because:

- you get to write material for your blog
- you have a chance to win prizes
- you get the potential for additional readers when your link is posted on the host's blog
- they also get more readers due to the project.

Two regular bloggers who hole these are Scribbit and MamaBlogga and they're both running group writing projects at the moment. Get in quick for MamaBlogga though, as it finishes on 6 September.

I've participated in MamaBlogga's group writing project with Nothing prepared me for what motherhood is.

Jaycee blogs at Semantically driven and Safari suit.

]]> Do you travel by plane with your kids? http://www.blogher.com/do-you-travel-plane-your-kids 2007-08-13T06:17:54-05:00 2007-08-13T06:17:54-05:00 jaycee On the weekend I went on a mini-holiday with my six year old son. It had taken five years to get over the last holiday via plane with him. We have travelled to destinations via car, but getting to a destination by plane changes the dynamic. For a start there's less space to pack things you may need. See how it turned out.

]]> On the weekend I went on a mini-holiday with my six year old son. It had taken five years to get over the last holiday via plane with him. We have travelled to destinations via car, but getting to a destination by plane changes the dynamic. For a start there's less space to pack things you may need. See how it turned out.

]]> Should you get your own domain? http://www.blogher.com/should-you-get-your-own-domain 2007-08-02T23:23:46-05:00 2007-08-02T23:23:46-05:00 jaycee My relationship with blogging has reached the next level. I talked a while back about my blog being almost the longest relationship I've ever had. We had a talk, my blog and I, and we decided that it deserved its own domain name, that it had been far too long living with Typepad's name.

Off we went to GoDaddy and registered www.semanticallydriven.com.

]]> My relationship with blogging has reached the next level. I talked a while back about my blog being almost the longest relationship I've ever had. We had a talk, my blog and I, and we decided that it deserved its own domain name, that it had been far too long living with Typepad's name.

Off we went to GoDaddy and registered www.semanticallydriven.com.

Read what happened next, and see what happens when you move domains.

The journey isn't over yet.

]]> All Women Blogging Carnival #8 http://www.blogher.com/all-women-blogging-carnival-8 2007-07-29T19:34:23-05:00 2007-07-29T19:34:23-05:00 jaycee I'm hosting this week's All Women Blogging Carnival.

Please come on over to participate and to read what other women have posted. You can talk about anything. You just need to be a woman with a blog.

So far there's a couple of contest offers and an interesting post about phenomenons.

Jaycee blogs at Semantically driven and Safari suit.

]]> I'm hosting this week's All Women Blogging Carnival.

Please come on over to participate and to read what other women have posted. You can talk about anything. You just need to be a woman with a blog.

So far there's a couple of contest offers and an interesting post about phenomenons.

Jaycee blogs at Semantically driven and Safari suit.

]]> I'm offering to make someone a weblog banner http://www.blogher.com/im-offering-make-someone-weblog-banner-0 2007-07-26T19:35:13-05:00 2007-08-14T23:28:20-05:00 jaycee I fairly frequently dabble in doing my own weblog banners just for a bit of a change to my site because I get bored with how it looks.

I thought a BlogHer might like a new banner, so I'm offering to do one. Read my blog post for further details.

]]> I fairly frequently dabble in doing my own weblog banners just for a bit of a change to my site because I get bored with how it looks.

I thought a BlogHer might like a new banner, so I'm offering to do one. Read my blog post for further details.

]]> Oxymoronic WorkChoices http://www.blogher.com/oxymoronic-workchoices 2007-07-25T21:04:20-05:00 2007-07-25T21:04:20-05:00 jaycee With particular emphasis on moronic in my title, our esteemed Australian government brought in WorkChoices legislation in March 2006. It is an oxymoron because there are not really any choices in the updated Workplace Relations Act. In fact, it took a lot of choice and money away from many workers - mostly from workers who could ill afford it.

Read the rest of this.

]]> With particular emphasis on moronic in my title, our esteemed Australian government brought in WorkChoices legislation in March 2006. It is an oxymoron because there are not really any choices in the updated Workplace Relations Act. In fact, it took a lot of choice and money away from many workers - mostly from workers who could ill afford it.

Read the rest of this.

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