{"id":10968,"date":"2007-12-11T14:36:41","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T11:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/11\/blogs-in-plain-english\/"},"modified":"2016-12-11T01:36:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T23:36:18","slug":"blogs-in-plain-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/11\/blogs-in-plain-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogs in Plain English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Common Craft<\/a> created yet another amazing 3-minute video. \u00a0This time they explain what a blog is<\/a>, in plain English. \u00a0This is really useful for those of us who bring new people to the blogosphere. \u00a0After being around for a few years, it’s sometimes hard to express things in simple words, avoiding most of the terminology, and staying on the subject. \u00a0With this video, there is much less talking needed.<\/p>\n

If you liked this one, check their Explanations in Plain English<\/a> category for more videos.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Common Craft created yet another amazing 3-minute video. \u00a0This time they explain what a blog is, in plain English. \u00a0This is really useful for those of us who bring new people to the blogosphere. \u00a0After being around for a few years, it’s sometimes hard to express things in simple words, avoiding most of the terminology, … Continue reading Blogs in Plain English<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[29,74,391],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-blogging","tag-tips","tag-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10386,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/19\/how-to-write-in-plain-english\/","url_meta":{"origin":10968,"position":0},"title":"How to write in plain English","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Here you go - How to write in plain English. 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