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Lorelle has just published a really good list of recommended Israeli blogs in both Hebrew and English on The Blog Herald. These blogs are all about "real" life in Israel - getting up in the morning, business, family, etc. It’s a great list, and these bloggers deserve the exposure.
Lorelle has kindly written an article for the Israeli blogging community full of blogging tips, and explaining her connection to Israel (I was very curious about that!). Read on….it’s the usual Lorelle masterpiece. Also, see her post on her blog about WordCamp Israel: "WordCamp Israel October 25 with Lorelle."
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When I told a friend of mine in Israel that I was going to be presenting a program in San Francisco on blogging, she sighed.
Oh, that blogging thing. You want to know what the problems with blogs are?
Too many blogs look like they were written in 10 minutes by someone who clearly:
1. Can't type
2. Can't think.
3. Make you think maybe they have computers in the institution or they were released for the day.
I used that as the introduction to my program the next day, and the crowd loved it. They loved it because it’s true. (more…)
The Israeli blogosphere is an eclectic space, with bloggers ranging from the very casual to the very serious. Hannit, who is generally agreed to be one of Israel’s leading bloggers, definitely belongs on the serious end of the spectrum. Hannit’s blog features tips on using WordPress, and touches on other technical topics. Her blog posts are helpful, thought-provoking, and well written. Read on to find out what Hannit has to say about blogging, and even more importantly, why her blog is called Achi Dakar (which literally translates into "My brother stabbed," a most unfortunate meaning for a blog title…).
Miriam: Hi Hannit, and thanks for agreeing to this interview. Let’s start with how you started your blogging career. When did you start blogging?
Hannit: I've been blogging for a bit more then a year now. I started with a personal blog on the "blogim" platform, but during the war last summer the platform became unavailable so I decided to move to a self-hosted blog. I did a little research and decided on WordPress. At first, my blog was a mix of personal and professional/technical. Along the way, I fell in love with WordPress and the blog became much more technical and professional. (more…)
Next in our tour of the Israeli blogging scene, we will take a look at the types of English blogs emerging from Israel.
Basically, there are 4 types of blogs being published in English in Israel:
Most of the above blog types are published on a range of platforms, many of course on WordPress. However, one category seems to have almost exclusively preferred one blogging platform: the VC blogs, which are mostly published on TypePad. They obviously don't appreciate the beauty that is WordPress :).
With the hundreds, if not thousands of Israeli blogs out there, it can be hard figuring out where to start. Well, fear not; some energetic individuals have compiled aggregated feeds of Israeli English blogs for easy browsing:
No matter what you are interested in, there’s an Israeli blogger blogging about it. So take a look around…
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