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To a Newbie Blogger
Lisamm, who just commented on two of my own blog entries, is asking about blogging:How to Increase Your Blog Hits « Books on the Brain Blogging is new to me. I haven’t learned the lingo. I don’t know...
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Obligatory New Feature Test
Yeah, I know, everyone is probably tired of WordPress.com blogs having test posts. Here’s mine. Basically, I want to make sure editing in Safari 3.1 works as advertised, without garbling linebreaks and...
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My Blogging Life
Phew! I just finished what might be one of my longest blogposts, ever: PHP #1: Austin, TX (USA) « The Compulsive Pedestrian I guess I had a lot to say… It’s on a new topical blog I created. That blog...
View ArticleSocial Networks and Microblogging
Microblogging (Laconica, Twitter, etc.) is still a hot topic. For instance, during the past few episodes of This Week in Tech, comments were made about the preponderance of Twitter as a discussion...
View ArticleSharing Tool Wishlist
The following is an edited version of a wishlist I had been keeping on the side. The main idea is to define what would be, in my mind, the “ultimate social bookmarking system.” Which, obviously, goes...
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Installing BuddyPress on a Webhost
[Jump here for more technical details.] A few months ago, I installed BuddyPress on my Mac to try it out. It was a bit of an involved process, so I documented it: WordPress MU, BuddyPress, and bbPress...
View ArticleInstalling BuddyPress 1.2 on FatCow: Quick Edition
I recently posted a rambling version of instructions about how to install BuddyPress 1.1.3 on FatCow: Installing BuddyPress on a Webhost « Disparate. BuddyPress 1.2 was just released, with some neat...
View ArticleWhat Not to Tweet
Here’s a list I tweeted earlier. Twenty Things You Should Never, Ever Tweet for Fear of Retaliation from the Tweet Police Lists. Too difficult to follow. Do’s and don’ts. Who died and made you...
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Using WordPress as a Syllabus Database: Learning is Fun
(More screenshots in a previous post on this blog.) Worked on a WordPress project all night, the night before last. Was able to put together a preliminary version of a syllabus database that I’ve been...
View ArticleBean Counters and Ecologists
[So many things in my drafts, but this one should be quick.] Recently met someone who started describing their restaurant after calling it a “café”. The “pitch” revolved around ethical practices, using...
View ArticleBlogspot v. WordPress.com, Blogger v. WordPress
Blogspot Does Not Scale With My Life at A Fool’s Wisdom My comments: Blogspot isn’t perfect and WordPress is quite good. But Blogger beta does have some redeeming qualities, including category-like...
View ArticleWindows Live Writer Test
As WLW seems to be the first standalone blog editor to support Blogger Beta, a short test is in order. Although, I do prefer Qumana and ecto, at least for the interface. One thing that we really need...
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