The tech industry has its quirks. It comes with spats, seriousness, rolled up in great geekiness and sometimes even humor. NO! It is not for September 11th, 2001 events, but just regular humor, so no reaming me a new one for assuming. I would never joke about that – EVER! However, for the first time
[Continue Reading...]P2: “Like Twitter In A Box”
A couple of months ago, P2 was mentioned at WordCamp Chicago (and I am sure it was mentioned at a few other WordCamps before that by Matt Mullenweg. It is a way to integrate microblogging and regular blogging. Or you can use it by itself. For those who are regular bloggers, this is an extra
[Continue Reading...]Dealing With Internet Flamers as a Blogger
It is inevitable. There will be people who eventually visit your website and try to cause havoc. Whether it is a ‘hit-and-run’ where they visit once and never return, or have been regularely lurking, you can take several actions. Some of what I suggest are quite progressive, while others are not. Flaming is a form
[Continue Reading...]On WordPress Security Straight From Matt
A couple months ago at WordCamp Chicago 2009, Matt Mullenweg had been asked by Dan Schulz on how to make WordPress more secure. Finally what he has said has been written in more detail at WordPress.org in the article How to Keep WordPress Secure. From the getgo, I had known that the primary way was
[Continue Reading...]WordCamp NYC Logo Contest -What Happened to Democracy?
Well, I won the WordCamp NYC logo contest by more than 50 votes on my individual piece. My entry was #2 (I will include a pic of it too – to get a larger view, right click to open in a new window.) However, they decided to go with 4 similar logos from several people.
[Continue Reading...]Understanding Blog Spam And How Not Do It
I had the most interesting encounter in Reddit recently with a user who accused me of blog spam. Of course, having a slight understanding of what the term was, but not that it was a real term, I decided to do a little research. I know this might sound a bit know-it-all, but I am
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