Category Archives: NBN News

Newest Blogs in the Network – 17th August 2011

You have arrived at the  Nature Blog Network where I was taking a long nap. Now that I am awake, it’s my duty to welcome the ‘pups’ to the Network. <yawn> This network is 1,699 members strong, and I’ve been told that each member is special. You’ll find photographers, birders, writers, horticulturists,  – though no [...]

By Rosie Leavesnbloom | On Aug 17, 2011 | Tagged | Comments (3)
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FAQ: How do I add my blog to the news feed?

The Nature Blog Network news feed creates a list of member posts and sends them to twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/NBNBlog) and the network’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/#!/natureblognetwork). We also stream the feed here at on the NBN website at http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/nbn-blogs-update-a-nature-blog-network-experiment/ New members who use the contact form to alert us to their joining can opt in to be [...]

By wren | On Apr 17, 2011 | Comments Off
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Who’s who and what’s what

Wondering what’s going on with your NBN Blog team? Mike 2010 was terrific for Mike, as it would be for anyone who got to visit phenomenal lodges in brilliantly biodiverse regions in Ecuador and Panama. Mike also spoke about nature blogging and many members of the NBN at The Biggest Week in American Birding in [...]

By wren | On Feb 28, 2011 | Comments (2)
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Welcome Nicole

We’ve been remiss in introducing Nicole, our behind-the-scenes map manager and the newest member of the NBN Blog team. Nicole is a 38 year old German Amateur photographer, currently living in Kuwait. She blogs at Mother Nature blog. In her own words, “For a few years, I have had the chance to travel the world [...]

By wren | On Feb 21, 2011 | Comments (8)
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I don’t know what I’m doing here

It’s not that I don’t know why I’m an active member of the Nature Blog Network, but that’s another post. I don’t know what I’m doing with this new page: http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/forum/ In short, it’s a test, of both interest and function. To participate in the forum, we have to add you as a member separate [...]

By wren | On Nov 29, 2010 | Comments (1)
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What’s What in the NBN

If everything’s working as we think it is, posts by NBN members are now being pushed to Twitter and Facebook (both group and page). The Flickr NBN pool should now also be part of this feed. What does this mean for you, as a member? If you, as an NBN member blog, request to be [...]

By wren | On Nov 9, 2010 | Comments (18)
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Maybe this will work

One of the recurrent themes in member feedback is interest in an up-to-date list of member posts. There are several ways to do this, but in the interests of getting something up and running quickly, we’ve set up a quick-and-easy solution via Google Reader. If all goes according to plan, there will be multiple ways [...]

By wren | On Nov 1, 2010 | Comments (1)
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Making Progress

Thanks, everyone, for your comments, suggestions, feedback, and offers to help. The NBN team members are continuing to work on changes, and you’ll start to see them in action – at least in beta action – over the next 3-4 months. Meanwhile, I want to remind all our members that we have a members-only Flickr [...]

By wren | On Oct 25, 2010 | Comments (2)
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continuing the conversation

The people have spoken. (That’s you, people!) One of the persistent suggestions for Nature Blog Network 2.0 was concentrating on content and promoting members’ blogs. “Make it easy to find new blogs,” many of you said. Great idea. There were several suggestions on how to do this, requiring varying levels of work: Create a Nature [...]

By wren | On Oct 18, 2010 | Comments (9)
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Two weeks later

Wow! A lot has happened since my post on 9/27 (State of the network, state of the blog). We asked for ideas and volunteers, and we got both. Some of the ideas are big ,  and will take further thought, but some others identified quick and easy fixes that we could take on immediately. Because [...]

By wren | On Oct 11, 2010 | Comments (1)
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