In Daniel Scocco's article Are Social Networks Like the Fashion Industry? at DailyBlogTips, Daniel presents an argument on whether social networks are like the fashion industry where one social site becomes popular for a period of time and then everyone moves on to something new and cool, and then - rinse and repeat. Daniel asks, "Are we looking for something that will add Continue Reading
Storytelling with Ira Glass
Here are four videos by Ira Glass on YouTube about Storytelling. Ira Glass on Storytelling #1 Building a story Making listeners/readers want to keep listening/reading for some reason Speak naturally Ira Glass on Storytelling #2 Know when to abandon crap Get rid of the boring parts Failure is a big part of success More failure brings a situation where Continue Reading
TweetDeck: Another Twitter Client
TweetDeck is a Twitter client that runs on your computer using Adobe AIR. It seems to be taking off in popularity and while they are designing it and taking input, I thought I'd write about a few things I would like to see and introduce you to TweetDeck as well. Here are some TweetDeck features: Is an Adobe Air application in public beta Evolve the existing Continue Reading
WordPress Tags Explained
If you've been wondering about WordPress tags and how to use them, then browse over to Ninja Blog Setup where Jon Symons has a free ebook on What Every Blogger Ought to Know About Tags. Summary: WordPress Tags are not the same as WordPress Categories Tag the nouns in your WordPress blog posts Tag non-textual elements Don't over tag Tagging provides more routes Continue Reading
How To Run WordPress 2.6 beta 1
WordPress keeps evolving and getting better and better. The current production version is 2.5.1 and 2.6 beta 1 has been hot off the presses for a few days now, and I thought I'd take the time to remind folks how to run it locally so you can play. I currently use XAMPP Lite 1.6.6a for running WordPress locally. For those wondering, locally means on your C: drive under Continue Reading