Category Archives: Personal blogs

The site formerly known as A View from the Isle

Fine, I give I’m changing the name of the site. I know that I don’t live on an island anymore. I used to, really: Salt Spring Island 2000-2005 Pender Island 2005-2006 Vancouver Island (Victoria) 2006-2008 I moved to Vancouver in … Continue reading

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My must have WordPress plugins

Even though it’s been the holiday season, work on Using WordPress hasn’t slowed down only a wee bit. Several of the initial chapters are now in the loving hands of my editors and I’m proceeding full steam ahead. Since crowd … Continue reading

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WordPress 2.9 is out and this is solid update to upgrade to now

This afternoon WordPress 2.9 went from Release Candidate to just plain old released and, yeah this is a good one. I’ve been using 2.9 in it’s early beta incarnations for months now and have been quite happy with it. I … Continue reading

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Foolproof, Basic Blogging Tip: More Posts Means More Traffic

Yes, I’ve been posting more here lately. It seems that my blogging has run in fits and starts of late. Part of the issue, I think, has been the diversity of places I could publish to, coupled with lots of … Continue reading

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Too Many Blogs! When to say when and pulling blogs together

One of the great things about working on books and teaching blogging and WordPress is that it forces you to take stock and sometimes take your own advice. With Create Your Own Blog finished (I’m reviewing galley proofs now), my … Continue reading

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Blogging is about writing and self expression, not technology

A friend of mine here in Vancouver wrote a really insightful post about social media here in Vancouver. While the larger point of the post is more of a social commentary, there is a part that applies here: In FACT, … Continue reading

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