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Windows 8 and My (apparently) Contrarian View
Normally, I don’t deviate from web-specific discussions on this site, but I saw something yesterday that REALLY caught my eye: the new demo video for Windows 8. Watch the video below (it’s ok – I can wait; it’s worth watching once) Done? Great! Now, show of hands; how many of you are legitimately excited by…
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BlogWorldExpo ’11 (#bweny) – A Post Mortem
Ok, I promise this is the last post about BlogWorld… but I wanted to elicit a bit of a briefing from people who attended (or didn’t attend) my session. Namely, I had a few questions I’d like to get some answers to: If you attended… Did you enjoy the session? What was your WordPress knowledge…
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Three Awesome Vendors from BlogWorldExpo in New York
This won’t be my last post about BlogWorld, but I think it will be one of your favorites. While I was on the expo floor I got to meet up and talk to a lot of really great vendors (both of services and software) and see just what they were all about. I wanted to…
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Blogworld Hits New York (a recap)
I’m flying on my last flight back from New York (and thankful that these flights fared better than my incoming flights to LaGuardia). I finally have a little bit of time to rest, recouporate, and put into words all of the ideas, feelings, and emotions that I’ve experienced over the last week. I’ve met a…
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Why Marketers (and others) Should Learn About WordPress at BlogWorld (#bweny)
I’ve made no qualms in (sometimes a little too much) mentioning that I will be speaking one week from today at BlogWorldExpo in New York City. I’m pretty excited, considering that I missed last year’s conference for the birth of our lovely son #2 (Sorry BlogWorld, it was totally worth it :). As such, I’ve…
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WordPress 3.2: A First Look
I’ve just downloaded a local copy of the brand spanking new WordPress 3.2beta1 – and let me be the first to say… it’s gorgeous. Simplicity is the motto here, and the UI design team has done an outstanding job in streamlining a lot of the elements down. I mean, take a look at this new…
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50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 9: Resurrecting Old Content
Let’s face it – you’ve been blogging for a long time now. You’ve got lots and lots of great content, but some of it can get buried in the shuffle. You tend to have 3-5 posts that get a lot of content, but the rest are just sort of… there. Freeloading and drinking your Google…
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50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 8: Proper Permalinks
This post is the eighth of an ongoing series entitled “50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog”. During this time, Mitch will be providing small snippits of code, plugins, and things you can do to make your blog more attractive, attain new readers, and keep old ones coming back time and time again. You can…
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50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 7: A Sitemap
This post is the seventh of an ongoing series entitled “50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog”. During this time, Mitch will be providing small snippits of code, plugins, and things you can do to make your blog more attractive, attain new readers, and keep old ones coming back time and time again. You can…
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50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 6: Quicker Blogging with Shortcodes
When it comes to blogging, one of the biggest reasons people stop is the lack of time it takes to effectively update a blog. I’m always on the lookout for tips that I can give to people to help them blog quicker without sacrificing content.