I've heard they'll be some new/young bloggers at the presentation and I'd like to be able to offer advice to those who are starting or are considering starting a blog. Unfortunately I know only a little about the pitfalls of choosing from the popular blog publishing systems and hosting services. Also I know there's many others more qualified to give advice about handling the issues invovled in putting your life out on the Web for everyone to read. I'll be looking for info on these subjects and adding them to this post, as I know both issues have been discussed before.

I am glad people are writing books about how to blog, but this is the Web and I like my information to be free especially when we're talking about books priced like computer manuals, and the books are about something which can be done for free, and probably will have no potential to make any money. That said I will plug Essential Blogging, the book which includes the Trotts as authors. Who are the Trotts? The wonderful makers and givers away of the lovely Movable Type, my publishing system of choice.

Also the authors of We Blog have several chapters of the book online including Navigating the Blog Universe which covers a few things helpful to a new blogger including managing your online identity, and a few paragraphs on copyright, defamation and other trouble spots of the blogsphere.