Welcoming More People into Comet

It's going to start getting exciting here in Comet land since we have started to personally invite people outside the company into the service. And as we prepare to take the blindfold (that sounds a bit scary) covers off the service, I thought it would be good to give a quick summary of how to get started on Comet.

Mouseover

A lot of Comet's appeal is discovering features serendipitously [1]. So, be sure to mouse over elements that you believe might be editable. For example, if you mouseover your own member photo, you'll get some options on what do to and where to go. The first thing you've got to do -- for the sake of those reading your blog -- is set your member photo.

Spend some time in Explore. That's all the public posts, videos, music and books that people have written about. If your post is private in anyway it won't appear here.

Explore

When you see a blogger you want to read, just mouseover their photo and you can add them to your neighborhood. Once they've been added, you can read their posts from either your dashboard (that's the front page of the application) or in your neighboorhood off your blog. If you find a friend that's already on Comet, be sure to view their Neighbors page. You're sure to find some mutual friends this way.

Neighbors

The best way to get a feel about what you can do in Comet is to read other blogs. If you see that someone has inserted a YouTube video or uploaded their own video, it's probably safe to assume that you can do it easily as well. :)

And even after exploring, if you need any help, check out our support pages that really are quite comprehensive.

Most importantly, have fun and if you've got feedback, please use the Feedback link that is found on the top right corner of the page.

[1] I had to use the word serendipitously since I used that in instructional text in TypePad (it's still there). Anil pointed out that he couldn't believe I used such a lofty word in inline help text. So, that's for you Anil.

- Mena