Highlights of Day One, Blogging Down Under
Posted May 8th, 2007 by SheilaMy previous post, Five Travel Blogs You Gotta Read, is a part of Aussie Darren Rowse’s latest “Top 5″ Group Writing Project on his popular ProBlogger site. The first day’s worth of submissions are up, and while no sentient human being could plow through over 130 posts and do them justice, I’ve plucked out some links that I think PT blog readers might enjoy, if only to marvel at the variety:
Five gems: what makes a good pub? by Michael Scott (well, of course I picked this one.)
Top 5 Steps to Securing your Data by Geoff R (”got backup?”)
The Top Five Firsts of the First Two Years of the American Civil War by Mike Goad (this guy is seriously into the Civil War.)
Top 5 Techniques for Sermon Idea Generation by Sherman Haywood Cox II (a whole blog on being a preacher.)
Top 5 Reasons Why We Travel by Timen
Top 5 Spanish Tapas by Matthew Bennett
The Top 5 Reasons to Start Your Weight Loss Plan Today by JoLynn Braley
Top 5 Reasons Freelancing is a Bad Idea by Mike Sieber
Top 5, mojich päť najlepších učiteľov by Peter Druska (’cause I have to give props to bloggers in Slovakia)
The Top 5 Reasons To Make Nova Scotia Your Next Vacation Destination by Bryan Henry
Top 5 Unusual Guitars Owned by Popular Musicians by Adam Ferguson
Top Five Languages I Would Like to Learn by Darrell Pursiful
The Top 5 Time Savers in My Kitchen by Maricar
Top 5 Gardening Tips by Kenny Point
And finally, because Sunday, 13 May is Mother’s Day in the U.S.: 5 Gifts for Mom That Won’t Ever Go Out of Fashion by ispf
Technorati tags: travel, blogging, travel writing, ProBlogger, Group Writing Project
May 8th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Thanks for including my blog in this post. Half way through blogging the American Civil War day by day by day, sometimes it gets a bit overwhelming. Recognition by others help keeps me going!
Again, thanks!
May 8th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Hi Mike,
Sure, I’m a bit of a Civil War buff myself (not that many battlefields yet, only Shiloh and hopefully Pea Ridge in NW Arkansas this summer) but I admire your fortitude.
May 8th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Hi Sheila!
Thank you for including me in your list of recommended reads!
How funny that my post on weight loss would end up on a travel blog….you see, I was a flight attendant for 7 years and that was my entire life - travel. The one place that I didn’t get to though, was Naples….I have a strong desire to see Pompeii. As it is, I don’t blog about flying and don’t have an intention to, but I’m really glad I found your site.
How great is that that you have written for National Geographic. That must be a high point for you. :)
Thanks again for including me, I’ll be reading more on your blog in the future and I’ll check out your other blog, too. Good luck in the Problogger project!
All the best,
JoLynn
May 8th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Hi Sheila, amazing how many responded to the group writing project over at Pro-blogger. Thanks for narrowing down the list a little. Will do the same on my blog tomorrow.
Especially liked the Top 5 Spanish Tapas and Mathews blog as am heading over to Spain in September and his blog looks like a place I need to visit before getting there…
Cheers, Liz (trying out the backwards wave here…)
May 8th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Hi JoLynn and Liz, Thanks for stopping by.
JoLynn, I figured a lot of people (me included) might be thinking about getting in better shape as shorts/swimsuit season arrives, and I liked your no-screeching, sensible approach.
Liz, I don’t know if I’ll have time to surf and post links again as the week wears on, because some of my other article deadlines are piling up, but I’ve found that it’s the way to get the most out of one of Darren’s projects.
May 9th, 2007 at 6:31 am
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May 11th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
“JoLynn, I figured a lot of people (me included) might be thinking about getting in better shape as shorts/swimsuit season arrives, and I liked your no-screeching, sensible approach.”…..cool, I wouldn’t want to sound like a screech!
Thanks Sheila, that made me laugh. :)
JoLynn