One of the cool things that you can do if you are a geek is help a friend start a blog.  I have done this several times, and it can be very rewarding.

The latest one that just got started by my friend Richard is InkHammer.com.  He bought me pizza and I told him about WordPress.

Remember what is was like when you did your first post?  Quiet.  Really quiet.

If you have a minute, I would appreciate it if you would go drop a comment or stumble the page. Richard is a former newspaper journalist, and plans to blog about the intersection between blogging and professional journalism.

Here is a link to his very first post:  Reporting versus Blogging.

As Richard mentions in the post, he has a lot of work to do on the site.  But, his first post is up and that is a huge deal.