We’ve been running our new banner for a couple of weeks now, and if you look you’ll see that the URL is different for our school banner than our website. Why? It’s in Chinese! Today’s post looks at whether your site is mobile ready, and how to do it. The mobile web is beginning the… [Read more…]
December 18, 2009
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I logged into one of my blogs today to see that WordPress 2.9 is already out! I’ve updated a couple of my sites already, and I’m noticing several improvements, including a slightly snappier speed on some actions. But the biggest news is the addition of a trash bin so when you go to delete your… [Read more…]
October 24, 2009
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Thought you bloggers out there would appreciate this little tool. A plugin for Windows LiveWriter that adds extra functionality right inside your blogging platform, with access to videos, images, stories and other stuff that you can search for and blog about if you are looking for writer’s inspiration. Zemanta LiveWriter Plugin | Zemanta Ltd. I’ve… [Read more…]
October 21, 2009
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After yesterday’s post from J. F. Straw, I ‘d would like to share with readers a discussion I was having with a friend on this very topic: Steve Sutherland, the "The Start-Up Expert" wrote: I hear that all the time on WarriorForum – stick with one thing, choose one business model and persevere until you… [Read more…]
May 30, 2009
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I’d never have thought that the recent recession would have an effect on computer uptime, but one blog claims that is the case and they have good stats to verify that. I have in the past used monitoring services when this blog had outages in December, but sometimes they reported false outages. So for my… [Read more…]
May 25, 2009
Grahame Green, the famous English novelist, was in many ways an inspiration for many writers. Dare I say, bloggers, too. For me, he was an inspiration: he was reputed to keep a journal near his bedside so he could write down many of his ideas, some of which would work their way into his novels.… [Read more…]
May 23, 2009
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Hyder really got me going when he posted a list of tools he’d never use again, I’ve installed and removed dozens of scripts and I keep testing stuff out…. My list is surprisingly similar. Tools I do not use much any more SocialSpark* PerformancingAds (they lost my money)* Alexa (for increasingly inaccurate stats) TopSpots* BlogCatalog… [Read more…]
May 20, 2009
Lost Post Series: Posts that have otherwise been forgotten, accidentally deleted or blogged elsewhere are reposted here. Enjoy! This is a repost from blogging Charlatans: I re-read the original post and felt the content of this stood better as a single post than attached to that. Five Values for blogging: Learning, Voice, Authority, Integrity and… [Read more…]
May 4, 2009
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Ever had to write a certain number of words for your blog, twitter or email? I know I’ve faced this. Each time it’ s not convenient to open a word document and paste the text just to find out how many words. My blogging programs don’t have word counters, so I created a WordCount tool… [Read more…]
April 21, 2009
One of the reasons I pulled Entrecard from my blog before was because I couldn’t see its value, couldn’t see where it was going, couldn’t understand why things changed… Now it seems we’re all in for a new ride: EC has changed things AGAIN without providing any advance notice. Any business needs a steady hand…… [Read more…]
January 24, 2010
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