Notepad:HIST Portfolio Intro

Why a portfolio?

• http://crhinesmith.com/
• http://cogdog.info/

Why a blog?

• http://courses.olblogs.tru.ca/phil238/living-in-the-past-living-in-the-future-living-in-the-present/
• http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2008/11/a-social-layer-for-dspace/
• http://abject.ca/

Let's try it!

• http://splot.ca/writer

How to set up your site

• http://wordpress.com -free (with ads), relatively simple, some trickiness for custom stuff
• http://trubox.ca - free, BC hosted (EduCloud), more control
  • http://l21c/trubox.ca - SPLOT option available
• Go hardcore: https://reclaimhosting.com/ Access to your own domain, full set of tools beyond WordPress. Become a sysadmin of your own life, part of a global community.
  • http://devongadberry.com/blog/