Actually, it's not a secret
And that's why I'm making this lens. To share with you why, how, what, who, where and all the other stuff that goes into Squidoo Lens of the Day.
Lens of the Day (LotD) is a blog, a newsletter, and a bit of a phenomenon. The latter is not because of me. It's because of the Squidoo community.
This lens is an effort to explain more about Lens of the Day and what you can expect to see there.
Figured it might be interesting. I quite like the idea of people setting up signpost pages to introduce their blogs, and thought I should do one myself.
Thanks for reading.
Megan
Editor in Chief
Squidoo.com
Breaking news!
Through Thanksgiving 2009, your Community Organizer and official SquidStaffer Kimberly Dawn Wells will be the brains behind Lens of the Day. You're in for a treat.
If Lens of the Day were a party...
here's what the invitation would say:
WHAT: You're invited to follow Squidoo's superpopular Lens of the Day blog. And to throw your own hat in the ring by sending in your favorite lens.
WHO'S INVITED: You. If you're not a Squidoo lensmaster, you can still have fun following along with this occasional (daily, if we're lucky) dose of rocketfuel. Just sign up to get the email delivered to your inboxes.
YOUR HOST: Your bright shining star in the community, Squidstaffer Kimberly Dawn Wells, is taking over Lens of the Day for a while.
WHY: Because. (Well, more below).
WHEN: Every week. Or every day. Except when not. Batteries not included. Calendars sold separately.
WHERE: http://blogs.squidoo.com/lensoftheday
The story of Lens of the Day
how it started, how it works
Because I sometimes believe in showing instead of explaining, in early 2006 I came up with a Lens of the Day blog. Every day (or thereabout) I would pick one lens, just one, and spotlight it.
New lensmasters could see what "great lenses" actually look like. And experienced lensmasters could get a shot at wearing a crown for a day and getting a little (or a lot) extra exposure for one of their lenses.
The blog has been running for over two and a half years now. That's a double a couple of hundred very diverse, topnotch lenses featured to people who care.
Some weeks or months on Lens of the Day are busier and more blogged than others. There are times when Lens of the Day has gone on hiatus for technical updates or holidays, or for unforgivable reasons (we got really busy building stuff for the site instead). But for the most part, on average, it is a regular and perhaps enlightening way to discover some really interesting uses of Squidoo.
As of October 2009, LotD is in the supercapable and witty hands of Kimberly Dawn Wells, our fulltime Community Organizer. Have fun!
You can follow the blog by bookmarking it, subscribing to the RSS feed, or best: subscribe by email, so you get the Lens of the Day selection in your inbox every morning.
Here's the link again. Go check it out.
by MeganCasey
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