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Drupal in a Day November 27

November 13, 2010

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Much as I tease the Drupalites for their blind adoration of a platform with the world’s worst user interface, I do acknowledge that Drupal is a powerful tool, and have always been curious about it. This looks like an amazing opportunity to learn how to get a Drupal site up and running in one day. […]

Reblogging: WordPress.com versus Tumblr

November 11, 2010

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Many and varied are the praises of WordPress.com, and which I have sung many times. And few and spare are the praises of Tumblr, which can be chanted here: it’s a very useful scrapbooking service, as I’ve pointed out before. it’s easy to use. In fact, if I were to teach blogging to someone who […]

whut? OR On The Degeneration of Digital Dialogue

November 2, 2010

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You know these people’s mothers are the ones still forwarding the gif-laden chain emails and tending the flame that burns with outrage at Bonsai Kittens.

Quiet Riot!

November 1, 2010

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You stay classy, San Francisco!

PicApp picks a fight with the wrong blogger

November 1, 2010

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I’ve used Picapp. I’ve loved Picapp. I’ve certainly thought, in my innocence, that Picapp was too good to be true and that someday there’d be a price to pay. And I just found out what it is. A dealbreaker, that’s what it is. Backing up a little: Picapp is a service which gets very fresh, […]

Tech of the past; the ouija board

October 28, 2010

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WordPress.com for SEO

October 28, 2010

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God knows, I’m a bore on the subject, but it bears repeating: WordPress.com is the best platform I have ever seen, in pure SEO terms. This naturally pisses off a great number of webbies who make their living setting up sites on other platforms, including WordPress.org, but it is incontrovertible. You can set up a […]

Facebook Clarification

October 19, 2010

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http://twitter.com/#!/PROMO_TWEET/status/27776778177 Thanks for this, Zuckerberg.

I got engaged at Social Media Camp Victoria!

October 17, 2010

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Well, if my mother was alive, this would knock her on her butt, only my mother was too refined to ever admit she had a butt, so it would knock her on her posterior instead. After a dazzling and glamorous opening party in a romantic penthouse, I got a little carried away by the moment. […]

Social Media 101 at Social Media Camp Victoria

October 17, 2010

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This is video of my talk on Social Media 101 at, yes, Social Media Camp Victoria, which was brilliantly organized by ideazone and BWestInteractive and I’m not just saying that because they were smart enough to invite me! Although it counts, right? So here is the video, taken by BChannelNews, and constitutes, as well as […]

A Social Media Success Story. (via Wsmithdesign’s Blog)

October 12, 2010

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Another example of how Social Media is helping the marginalized; in this case, the homeless. [incidentally, this is also a test of WordPress’s Reblog feature] Many view social media as just chat; For some it is. It is also a method to communicate to the right people and let others know about what you provide […]