Here is yet another question from the WordPress.com technical forums. Occasionally the internet will dig out somebody’s three year old post on using Keywords, and BAM! we get a million questions on it. This is only my second-fave question, after meta tags, of which we will speak some other time. Anyhoodle, here are my tips… [Read more…]
June 4, 2011
Here are the newest social media workshops from raincoaster media. All of these workshops are taught online via Skype, so all you need is your own computer, a stable internet connection, a headset with a mic, and a Skype account. This will be the last round of workshops before I toss the laptop into a… [Read more…]
May 28, 2011
It may have escaped your notice, but probably not (especially if you’re in the field of social media, yourself) that the field of social media services has an oversupply of snake oil marketers and plain old incompetents, as well as just a plain old oversupply. In Vancouver over the past nine years I’ve been teaching… [Read more…]
May 19, 2011
Many and varied are the questions in the WordPress.com technical support forums. I lie. Basically, all the questions come down to: Why can’t I find my blog in Google? (answered) OMG HOWCUM I CAN FIND MY BLOG IN GOOGLE???/?? I AM SUING YOU JUST AS SOON AS THIRD PERIOD IS OVER How do I get… [Read more…]
May 14, 2011
Noise to Signal Cartoon Intrepid social media cartooniste extraordinaire Rob Cottingham (seriously, that toothpaste guy isn’t in it) attended the Courting Controversy: Dancing with the Devil panel at the Northern Voice blogging conference, and what you see above is the result. Pretty spiffy note-taking if you axe me. The panel was moderated by Rebecca Coleman… [Read more…]
May 11, 2011
This should save me a helluva lotta time. WordPress.com has now made it easy to embed a Google Calendar right in your blog: the iframe code that Google gives you automatically converts to a shortcode, thusly: Now, let’s see how that works. IF that works. For lo, the Happiness Engineers have promised me that it… [Read more…]
May 5, 2011
We’ve got a slate of workshops set up starting mid-May: Blogging and Social Media for Writers (this is my favorite one to teach), Blogging for Beginners (the best starting point), Pimp My Blog (which is for people who already have a blog and now want to take it to the next level), Twitter in 120… [Read more…]
May 5, 2011
You’d think, since Vancouver is so much bigger than Victoria, that its digital infrastructure and culture would be much more advanced, more strongly networked, more robust, and more supportive. You’d be wrong. What happens in Vancouver digital culture is the same thing that happens in Vancouver non-digital culture: groups split up and form into silos,… [Read more…]
May 3, 2011
You may have noticed the new look chez raincoaster media today. Time to move into the 21st Century with a fresh look, methinks. We’re trying out some new themes, so let us know what you think of them in the comments. This is Inuit Types: It gets away from the linear, rather dated-looking, bloggy format… [Read more…]
April 29, 2011
Yes, we’re starting a new round of workshops mid-May online via Skype. As long as you’ve got a broadband connection and a headset with a mic, you can sign up for this, my favorite workshop to teach. Blogging and Social Media for Writers is taught on Skype, starting 7pm-8:30pm Wednesday, May 18, lasts ten weeks,… [Read more…]
April 13, 2011
More unicorns at Cornify It’s Wednesday (all day!) and you know what that means: hump day unicorn chasers across the raincoasterverse! Today, to help us get over our regular hump day dumps (exacerbated in this case by the premature demise of the Julian Assange Fanciers Guild) we are featuring the fabulous CORNIFY as App of… [Read more…]
Social Media Workshop Schedule
June 8, 2011
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