Category Archives: Blogging

Best practices for bloggers regarding their RSS feeds

I seem to be on a roll today regarding RSS. I was going through Google Reader today clearing out a bunch of inactive RSS feeds or RSS feeds I no longer am interested in reading content from. I was absolutely … Continue reading

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Why RSS is still important (today)

I hear a lot about how RSS is no longer important (e.g. subscribing to an RSS feed of a blog) now that everyone gets their information from Twitter or Facebook these days. While I agree that most people get their … Continue reading

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Twitter’s Tweet Button

I’ve added Twitter’s new Tweet Button (see details in their blog post here) to my blog. This button makes it easier to quickly share a post to all your friends on Twitter. For bloggers, Twitter is an excellent resource for … Continue reading

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Trying out WordPress 3.0 Beta 1

Just installed WordPress 3.0 Beta 1 this evening. WordPress 3.0 Beta 1 was announced last week. Usually its unwise to use beta software to power your blog but I figured I’d live a little dangerously. In WordPress 3.0, they are … Continue reading

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Testing Seadragon from Microsoft Live Labs

Thought I would give Seadragon a try. Seadragon is a technology from Microsoft Live Labs that lets you zoom in and pan around images from the Web. Images could have lots of text or just really big photos. This technology … Continue reading

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Anybody got any WordPress CSS suggestions?

Anybody have any WordPress CSS suggestions? I’m having a bit of some difficulty with my site theme. In IE8, when navigating between blog posts and pages the site “jerks” quickly to the right then left when you go back to … Continue reading

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Blog is in a state of work-in-progress

I’m aware that this blog is a little bland and in need of some more work. Consider it a work-in-progress. I’m hoping to find some time to work on the UI for the site in the next few weeks. Just … Continue reading

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