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Mass Category Edit Plugin for WordPress
Too many categories to feed? Today I needed to quickly clean up the categories on this site because I had too many and they no longer reflect the direction the blog is going. I found a little known, but very useful plugin for WordPress called [...]
New Blog Theme Rocking Out Soon
Just a quick post to let everyone know that I am going to be rolling out a new blog theme this coming week. I’ve just finished testing and assessing Michael Pollock’s new new Vybe theme theme from Solostream Media[...]
Should You Blog Under Your Own Name?
The concept of putting yourself out there on the web really seems to freak some people out. Admittedly, when I started this blog project, I too was little wigged out blogging with a domain that is my own name or that I might forever hamstring myself professionally. Also, fear of strange people [...]
Small is a Weapon, Not an Excuse
So said Seth Godin, in a post about his experience dealing with a small vendor through Amazon. Seth goes on to say a few things that I have been screaming about for years when it comes to small vs. big businesses. In his post he says: “The web is a great equalizer. A tiny business can have a better website than a huge [...]
Do you really need archives?
This one seems a no brainer to me. Do you really need archives on your site? Does anybody ever look at them? I peeked into link usage in my Google analytics for this site and a couple of others that I’m running…and without exception the Archives link is either NEVER used, or rarely.
In fact, [...]
So you want to build a business online?
I have learned many many things the last 90 days in my assessment of the blogosphere. I have much to tell. Covered some interesting “ground”.
I’ve interviewed, studied and watched total winners and some fantastic losers.
It is likely that I’m going to write about this because it’s a subject that I’m getting jazzed about after [...]
There is A New Search Engine in Town Called Cuil
It’s about time someone took a grassroots run at Google. I was just having this conversation last week when I was in California about how people who work for large corporations see better ways to do things and then go out and do them by themselves. It seems even the cool Google can’t [...]
Box.net File Sharing and Collaboration
Here is some cool technology.
I’ve been looking for a way to put some of my many, excessive photos into a simple to use, Flash-based light box, so that I don’t have scroll down for posts with tons of pics.
The problem with a lot of the options out there right now is that they require more [...]
Cyber Libel
Think twice before you hit that publish button. The internet is not anonymous. What if that was you they wrote about?
Maybe you should not say it.
I’ve seen a few posts this week where people have crossed the line with some nasty statements…some libelous content. I wrestled with [...]
Blog Post Frequency - is Anyone Really Watching?
Whoa. There sure is a lot of opinion out there about how often people should be posting to the blogoshere. Daily. Hourly. Does anybody really care?
What matters? What matters to you?
What difference does it make? I’m saddened by how much of it is plagiarized anyway. It’s hard [...]
PS Your Blog is Dead
So said said James Kirkwood.
Is your blog dead?
Mine is. Sort of. Because I never set out to make money blogging, I did set out to learn some things about increasing traffic and rules of the road for driving traffic for one of my corporate clients.Â
I’ve learned that traffic is finite. Very finite. It’s also [...]
A Dell 22″ LCD Monitor Upgrades the Workstation
After almost a year of working on my 13″ Dell XPS Laptop monitor - I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to a larger monitor. Because I spend SO much time on the computer, I felt the time had come.
Not only that, but Dell.ca had a good sale running, which included the shipping. After reading [...]
Firefox Browser Downloads Set New World Record
The world’s new favorite web browser is Firefox.
I use it as my default browser. In fact I’m using it right now to type out this post. It can do everything the Internet Explorer can do…and in most cases, it can do it better.
It never crashes on me, it loads extremely fast and has some very [...]
How to Make Videos Viral with TubeMogul
I can’t take credit for learning about this service. Credit goes to my friend David at Dewpoint Productions for telling me about it.
For publishers of content, we know how important video is becoming, so we need to pay close attention to every opportunity to get exponential with our content.
Anyway, if you want the best [...]