Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook Talking technology, computers, and the Internet… for the average computer user

This is one of my newest creations, The Older Geek. It’s still just a baby, but growing fast. I *finally* have the theme just the way I like it, and have been starting to write posts. It’s my latest leap into building more blogs. With The Older Geek, I hope to have more tutorials for topics such as blogging and database management, computer how-tos, and more. These kinds of articles take a long time to write: often, I have to make photos, screenshots, and videos to accent the text tutorials. So the new blog is growing, but slowly. I invite you to come over and take a look! I have a few posts up about how to begin a blog, which I hope will be very helpful to new and experienced bloggers.

Blogging is more than just signing up, picking a template, and writing away (unless you have a Blogger blog, haha! They’ve made it that easy). But blogging (even Blogger blogging) takes time and effort. You must choose a good domain name. you must manage your posts and files, you must update– you MUST know what you’re doing! Security is a big issue, too. Over the summer, WordPress and Blogger blogs were targeted by hackers and spammers, and I know dozens of bloggers who were affected. Some even lost their blogs because they didn’t know how to backup their content.

I am of the opinion that if you are going to have a blog, then you need to know how to maintain it– not only for your own sake, but for the blogging community at large. That’s what I’d like to accomplish at The Older Geek. And the aspect of blogging is just one aspect of The Older Geek. I also want to address computer security, computer tweaks to make your unit run in good condition, and other helpful ideas. I hope my posts are able to help others out with what I have learned over the years.