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HOW DO I FIND MY BLOG?
You have a blog on Serendip, and it can be accessed at an address that
lists all of your blog postings in reverse chronological order. It is in
the form:

/exchange/blog/275

where the number is your unique identifier on Serendip's Exchange. From
it, you can tell how many people have gotten accounts before you!

HOW DO I POST ON MY BLOG?
When you login, and go to your blog's address, you will see a link at the
top, "Post new blog entry." Click on the link, and away you go.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY BLOG AND THE FORUM?
Your blog is all your writing, with comments appended by others. The forum
is organized by topic and thread by the professor.

WHEN SHOULD I USE THE BLOG VS THE FORUM?
The forum is specifically for dialog, so the posts there should be
(relatively) short and are about specific topics. There is a lot of
latitude about how short is short and about whether posts are on topic or
not. The blog, on the other hand, is a place to develop your own thinking,
and where others can read what you're thinking about. The undergrads, for
instance, are going to write the papers for the class on their blogs.

I'M GETTING INTO THIS BLOGGING AND THE COURSE WILL BE OVER SOON. WHAT NEXT?
Feel free to stay and keep blogging. Serendip's Exchange accounts are only
closed if they are inactive, not because of a course ending.

I'M READY TO TELL THE WORLD ABOUT MY BLOG. HOW DO I DO THAT?
You can give others your blog's address. You can also give others a link
to your blog's RSS feed, which is in the form:

/exchange/blog/275/feed

And you can register your blog at a place called Technorati,
http://technorati.com/, which helps other people find interesting blogs.

WHAT IS AN RSS FEED?
A one page description is available here:

http://www.whatisrss.com/

Basically, it's the way for you to become a blog publisher, and others to
subscribe to your publication.