Archive for May, 2008
Podcasting 101
Ok, I have been a hard fast education in podcasting lately. It is kind of interesting because I have been doing it with mashups at the same time.
PHP programming has been making me feel like I’m in Basket Weaving 101 though. I spent four hours working with a piece of code yesterday that still has [...]
Wordpress 2.5
Ok I finally broke down and updated my wordpress to 2.5. It works fine just a bit different. Yeah I know I’m behind in updates. I tend to stay that way most of the time. Let other people work out the bugs.
I have been working on business ideas as of late and found that mashups [...]
Buying Domain Names
I have been in the domain buying mood lately. Just bought three domain names in the last 3 days. Why only three? I have found that finding a domain name that isn’t taken has gotten to be pretty hard. I usually go through 20-30 names before I find one I like.
It seems like some companies [...]
Sichuan Province, China - Earthquake
I’m sure everyone by now knows about the earthquake in the Sichuan Province of China. I have been following the news everyday since it happened. While it is far away from Saint Louis, I still feel the loss since I have friends in the captial city of Chengdu. I met them once on a business trip and get welcomed [...]
Problogger Book - Darren Rowse and Chris Garret
When “Problogger” by Darren Rowse and Chris Garret came out on Amazon. I, of course had to buy it since I had been following posts on Darren’s Problogger site for quite some time now.
I just finished reading the book and want to send “Congratulations” to both Darren and Chris. Being a long time writer it [...]
How Many Social Networks Do You Use?
I have found myself using the social networks more since I got into blogging. So I have been wondering what is the typical number of social networks most bloggers are using at one time.
So far I have been on 4 daily.
Dancing Naked in the Dark
As a writer and artist I often find that people tend to live inside a safe little bubble which protects them from change, the new ways of doing things, and the evolution of mankind. I see this in people as I watch them shop, eat, and go about this world. An old man who grew up [...]
Mashups - The Learning Curve Begins
I have been sitting here playing with mashups every since going to the doctor yesterday. Mashups for those who don’t know yet is a way of combining information from various parts of the web into a new creation.
Mashups is looking to be the new generation in web design and information exhange. I build my first [...]
Mashups - New Media!
I just made my first mashup taking travel warnings and plotting them on a world map. All you have to do is click on the pin and a window comes up showing the travel warnings for that location. Travel Warnings
Loads kinf of slow, but it is my first one. I will have to see what [...]
There is Always Another Way
In the past few months I have learned a lot blogging. One thing I have learned from bloggers like John Chow, Darren Rowse (Problogger), and John Cow is there is always another way.
Looking and thinking outside the box is how bloggers make themselves noticed. Getting noticed and knowing what you are doing are the two [...]
