I am currently sitting here at the UPSE Auditorium in UP Diliman listening to my husband talk about Blogging 101.

I am at the iBlog3 event with several other bloggers in attendance to learn how to blog, what to blog and blogging in general.

He talked about what blogging is and what available venues and tools are there that exist to help any ordinary person to go out and write about any topic under the sun. He touched on free blog hosting, blog clients, blog themes, and monetizing blogs.

During the Q&A, Jester asked him about the difference between blogspot and wordpress. And of course, even I can talk a day just doing that. Sorry Jester!

More… in a few minutes…

[Next speaker...]

The next speaker is Lauren of laurganism.COM. She talked about the Do’s and Don’ts of personal blogging. She mentioned about not using your blog to launch personal attacks on other people. She also talked of not writing about what you hate about your friends or classmates or face having to deal with hostility which can make things awkward for anyone especially when the schoolyear is just starting.

She listed bloggable topics and bloggable things and ideas to talk about.

She advised that if your personal blog is not something you want other people to read then go open a livejournal and lock it so only those you allow can view it.

Apparently, this is her first speaking engagement. I must say it did not show. She spoke very well and the audience was very much engaged in the stories that she shared that appeared to come from her own personal experiences… or so her mom says.

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We broke out for a 30-minute break and we met up with friends and fellow bloggers… Aj, Poell and of course Jester so the “men” can talk about their new project.

When we went out to get snacks, I saw the Best Personal Blogger, Shari (who brought his very intelligent blogger-brother) and Jeff, who went out of his way to attend the event even if he just came from a recent operation.

Unfortunately, I had to leave earlier as I still had to go to work.

All in all, I was ecstatic about iBlog3 and excited about the next day’s activities.

The whole world is opening up to bloggers and events like these and the PBA can only bring the blogging community forward.