Since I work with WordPress at a code level virtually everyday, I’ve got a pretty good handle on how the system works. The thing that never ceases to amaze me is the number of feature requests I get from users for things that already exist in their system. I’ve seen it in other systems, but honestly, I’m still shocked at the number of great features that most people don’t know exist. As a blogger, your blogging platform is the prime…
I wish I could tell you that I never made any of these mistakes, but that just isn’t true. A couple of these items have cost me dearly, and honestly, the first one I have learned not once, but twice. If you’re starting out, this list can save you a lot of trouble in the future. If you’re an experienced blogger, you may find some pain down there: Own your domain – I’ve had lots of calls looking for help…
I installed the autoupdate plugin on David Churbuck’s blog yesterday and this morning he used it to update the software in a couple minutes. This is truly delivering on the promise of the blog, a simple content management system which non-technical users can manage themselves. From his post: About one minute, a simple, straightforward set of questions, and ta-da, I am up to date with the latest verison. Gratitude aside, this auto update is a big step towards making WordPress…
The Boston Globe this morning “Working the Network” about how employers are and job seekers are using social networking. It prominently features Aaron Strout of Mzinga (on twitter, he’s astrout and definitely worth following – I do…) . The salient point in the article is that we need to be very careful what we put on line now. The article, quoting a recent college grad:
(For our newer readers, I used to work for the premier supplier of newspaper software systems, and in the dim and distant past was a writer with the Worcester Telegram – so I still follow what’s going on in the print world quite closely) The Sunday New York Times had a very intesting article this morning entitled “I Got the News Instantaneously, Oh Boy” which was written by Media Writer Tim Arango. In it, Tim takes on the issue of…
Throughout new media, we keep hearing one term over and over again: relevance. The ad networks seek to provide relevant ads, we try to provide relevant content, we all seek relevent metrics to judge our success. Merriam-Webster defines relevance as: 1 a: relation to the matter at hand b: practical and especially social applicability : pertinence <giving relevance to college courses>2: the ability (as of an information retrieval system) to retrieve material that satisfies the needs of the user Many of the links we get aren’t really relevant. This…
The Rising – 9/11 Tribute Lyrics can be found here.
I’ve either got too much to say or not enough, so I will simply say that I remember. And I always will.
No bike helmet? Lose your wheels – The Boston Globe Holliston, MA has decided they’re no longer going to tolerate gangs of helmet-less riders on their streets. From this point forward, if you’re caught without a helmet in Holliston and you’re on a bike, you lose the bike. I’d suggest they should also grab the helmet, as their town council surely has need of lots of helmets. I’ll forgo the obvious jokes about brain injury as that would be unfair…
I used to use Technorati to find compelling blog posts to share and comments. It was rather convenient to be able to go to one spot and find out what people were saying in blogs around the globe and to easily search. One of the most compelling features, for me, was that it was an application designed with blogs only in mind. This morning I was looking a set of compelling blog posts on the anniversary of 9/11. So I…