Blogging101

As a result of the conference I've started my own blog at http://tedernst.blogspot.com Because I don't really know what I'm doing I've started by using the default blogger comments feature which doesn't seem so optimal. I've also started wtih blogrolling.com for my links. Any suggestions on either front? What else do I need structurally to make this thing work well? --TedErnst

Michael J here: Minor comment: Can you change the background color so it's not black? It looks good, but is hard to read. I'm not sure if you can use another comment system with Blogger. An upgrade would be to use the basic TypePad? account (http://www.typepad.com) which is $5 a month and is a very good service. Not free, however.