Assignments for Monday, Sept. 12

Due in class on Monday, Sept. 12:

Finish reading ‘Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations’ by Clay Shirky
Use InstantDomainSearch.com to find an available domain; I recommend using Wordpress to purchase the domain, but you can also use another registrar like GoDaddy to purchase it. You will need a credit card. It should cost approximately $15. Remember to say “No” to all of the additional offers they will try to sell you.
Setup your Wordpress.com blog
Post your first blog post — a reading review of Clay Shirky’s book. If you need a video Wordpress tutorial, this one by my friend Chris is excellent. You might want to skip the first 5 minutes.
If you do not use Wordpress to purchase your domain, but instead use another registrar, then you need to “point” your domain to your wordpress blog. I will show you how to do this briefly in class on Monday, but I recommend you try it before class, instructions are here.
You must post at least 2 articles to del.icio.us — I will email the username and password to the Google Group. Here is a link that will teach you how to create a Delicious bookmark. DO NOT CREATE A DELICIOUS ACCOUNT — use the class’ shared account.

I mentioned blog platforms in class. Here are some of the more popular ones, other than Wordpress:

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