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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=414453615-09042008>Hey
all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=414453615-09042008><FONT face=Arial>I wanted to
start a little blog and experienced some difficulties I want to share. I guess
I'm a good test person since it's my first time blogging and I actually
learned what a blog is only some weeks ago. So I understood that there is no or
only a well hidden "blog-help-page", right? That is probably cause it's still
the testing phase of blogs on OWW? Anyway on the top of the OWW blog page it
says "If you'd like to start blogging with us, please email <A
href="mailto:admin@openwetware.org"><FONT
color=#000000>admin@openwetware.org</FONT></A>.". I thought this is what I
wanted to do and sent an mail. The answer I got was:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2><SPAN class=414453615-09042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>This supprised me since I am member of OWW with the e-mail address
I used. I followed the link and was invited to some mailing-list. Since I did
just want to blog I do not understand what this list should be for. So I tried
another way to start a blog by getting to the blog site "</FONT><A
title="Share Your Science"
href="http://blog.openwetware.org/shareyourscience"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000 size=3>Share Your Science</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>" where the Hello World text suggests that I should enter a post
or delete and other stuff. So I tried to log in but I could not use my OWW
username and password. Than I was at the end with my ideas, crying and thinking
if this might be a sign that nobody actually wants a blog by somebody like
me. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN class=414453615-09042008>Than I
remembered that I could ask the OWW-discussion folks and give some feedback.
That's it.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
class=414453615-09042008>Torsten</SPAN></FONT></P>
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