Hawaii Geek Week

Wednesday was the Web Weavers Workshop with Lorelle VanFossen, part of Hawaii’s Geek Week.   About 40 students had a great chance to learn the tricks and tips of successful blogging from Lorelle along with the hands-on steps of setting up a free Wordpress blog site.   All of the students received a copy of Lorelle’s book, Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging.

A large part of the class was designed to help each student come up with understanding what the purpose of their blog really is, the categories/topics of their sites, and even working on some sample posts.   Along with this was Lorelle’s great tips as a power-blogger, including Firefox add-ons like GreaseMonkey to help speed up blog posting.

If you missed this special Web Weavers Workshop, be sure to subscribe to Lorelle’s web site feeds for lots more great information!  Thanks to HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society) for putting this event together!

The Blog Herald article by Lorelle VanFossen has a great run down of the of Mactoberfest and the Photo Walkabout that have started Hawaii Geek Week.   Lots of great photos and information in case you missed those events.