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Adria Richards Discusses WordPress and SXSW
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed We were able to snag some time with the ever-lovely Adria Richards during SXSWi last weekend. Adria’s passion lies in empowering people through technology. She actually started her career at Geek Squad way back in 1999. She runs her own consulting [...]
Best Free Blogging Platform
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Someone asked recently which free blogging platform is the “best” one to get started with. This question is pretty impossible to answer. There are many decent free blog providers out there. As with anything, you have to research what they offer [...]
Joomla Thoughts
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Someone asked recently what I think about Joomla. It’s a great framework and platform to build websites on top of. It’s still largely unfriendly, though. I know there are tons of modules, but it’s just so user UNfriendly. Some people would [...]
Posterous Takes Aim at WordPress
With Twitter taking over so much of our time these days, many of us pay less attention to our “traditional” blogs. They’re cumbersome, take more work to manage – not to mention more time. Posterous recognizes this, and is working hard to make things easier. They want you to blog – and they’re willing to [...]
Could WordPress 3.0 Revolutionize the Internet?
WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” is finally here, and not a moment too soon. There are some pretty major new features involved in the release, including a slick new default theme called “Twenty Ten.” Theme editors have all new APIs which help them easily add in custom backgrounds, headers, menus, post types and shortlinks. Developers and net [...]
Open Source vs Closed Source
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Justin called from southern California recently to talk about open source projects. He’s doing some research into this for school, and had a few questions. Justin asked my opinion as to the pros and cons of both open source and closed [...]
How do You Make WordPress Work for You?
During the Next Level Hawaii event last weekend, the team at Believe and Succeed spent a few moments talking to Aaron Brazell, author of the WordPress Bible. During the event, Aaron spoke to use about WordPress 3.0 coming out in May. There are a lot of big changes on the horizon. It will make WP [...]
When are People Strange?
It’s always interesting to read people’s answers to random questions. For instance, I asked on my Facebook page earlier what makes a person strange. The answers were varied as usual. Many community members cracked simple jokes in reply. Still others actually came up with some cool insight into the question. The absolute best answer had [...]
The Future of Ning Communities
A startling announcement came today from the Ning network. Only one month after appointing a new CEO, the company has major reorganization plans in the works. In addition to laying off approximately 40% of its staff, the company is killing off all free accounts. Free account users will have the option to either change over [...]
WordPress Vs Tumblr
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed During live calls recently, Alex called in to ask my opinion on the differences between using WordPress and using Tumblr to blog. Tumblr is a great service and it works very well with almost zero downtime. However, I still prefer WordPress. [...]
Should School be Taught in the Cloud?
On March 5th, the U.S. Department of Education released its National Educational Technology Plan, which they named Transforming Education: Learning Powered by Technology. Some of the recommendations made in the report include things like having a computing device for every teacher – and student – so that they can access the Internet from both school [...]
Lady Gaga Tops Vevo
Startup video site Vevo was created by three of the largest record companies – Universal Music, Sony Music Entertainment, and EMI Music. Warner Music Group is in negotiations to join as well. They chose to start their site based on the huge following that music videos attract on YouTube. YouTube owner Google helped to create [...]
Free Lifestream WordPress Options
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You’re doing things online every day, whether you’re posting to YouTube, publishing photos to Flickr, or sending out tweets. You’re doing all kinds of things, but what are you doing to archive your life stream? I have a solution for you… [...]
What are Your Greatest Accomplishments?
Reading threads on Geeks a little while ago, one headline in particular jumped out at me. The poster asks: What are your greatest accomplishments in life?. Even if you feel you have gone “nowhere” in life, the fact remains that you still have things to be proud of. So what if you haven’t reached all [...]
What Toy Would You Want for Christmas?
I admitted in a video earlier today that I still enjoy playing with LEGO Bricks. I also apparently still like the Lite Brite! There’s nothing wrong with occasionally letting your inner child come out to play when you’re a grown-up. I personally think it can help keep you sane and stress-free if you let your [...]
