Blogging

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Thursday, May 8, 2008, 7:56pm

Worst. Blogger. Ever.

Somewhere in-between moving, learning about homeownership, and working I’ve managed to let this blog slip for almost a month.  Frankly I can’t believe that it’s already May and that I’ve been in this house for over two months.

Anyway, today I got the go-ahead on a very large project over at Snowdrop so I’m pretty excited.  Although I’ll be booked up pretty much solid for the next two months, I hope to make more of an effort on this blog and maybe even use it as a little vent when work starts to pile.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 10:12pm

The Retro Design Is Back

Just like I promised, the black/white/red theme was, in fact, temporary, and has been replaced with an updated version of my favorite theme of the past.  To celebrate the new look, I went ahead and purchased MarsEdit to take care of all my blog posting needs.  I love the clean UI and the Markdown support, so I finally caved and bought it.  Yep, I consider it a business expense.

I really like this design because it’s more personal.  The image at the top was taken at sunrise in Wildwood, NJ, where I’ve vacationed with my parents practically since birth.  The color scheme is better suited to a website with the word “sunrise” in it, which I also like.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 8:47pm

Is Blogging Dangerous?

I love the commentary floating around on this NY Times article.  Apparently blogging is unhealthy and bloggers are over-worked (or over-work themselves). The opening paragraph really sets the tone:

They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.

There are too many good responses to list here, so you can pick a few of your own to read.

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Friday, April 4, 2008, 9:39pm

WordPress 2.5: Best New Features For You, For Clients

I’ve noticed that the new UI and functionality of the WordPress Admin have made me consider switching from MarsEdit back to the built-in, web-based editor.  Although I haven’t posted much here, I’ve been messing around quite a bit while installing the latest version for several Snowdrop clients and I’m very impressed.

It’s always interesting to hear what others - especially clients - feel are the biggest improvements when a new version hits the market.  For me, the colors and overall interface layout are the most noticeable (and appreciated) features, whereas clients have mentioned the better upload and media capabilities most often.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 5:57am

Comment Policy

Recently I posted a comment to a blog I’ve been half-following for several years now. The blog discusses college entrepreneurship and making money online, but I’ve always felt the author talked a good game but didn’t actually make much money online. The types of products he would promote and the suggestions he would give would be rather shallow and somewhat obvious.

Anyway, the other day the author posts a mini-ad about his one-page, straight text consulting website and how he doesn’t need anything more because he has enough work via word-of-mouth. Here’s the text:

If you have a serious business, serious capital investment and you’d
like to work with me, I state my consulting rates very clearly on this
one page website…

I click the link and find his rates are $1,000/hr or $5,000/week, non-negotiable. For some reason, this finally did it for me. I felt the needed to call his bluff. Why would he even mention this small, one-page website and his ridiculous rates on a site geared toward college kids trying to make money? If he really does get those rates through referrals by existing clients, I think he could afford to pay someone $300 for a decent design. To me, the post was obviously designed to increase his credibility on the site and to appear “established” and “respected”.

So I told him all that by leaving a comment on the blog, hopefully to start a discussion about his work or at least about personal branding. Nope. Not only no discussion, but my comment was immediately deleted (and I know it was deleted AFTER it went live because I checked another computer after posting specifically to see if it was “awaiting moderation” or if it had automatically gone live).

Blogs are about discussion and about opinion. If you don’t like what someone says but it isn’t inappropriate and doesn’t slander or threaten other people, you have a responsibility to your readers as a blog author to keep it up and, ideally, respond.

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