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Archive for July, 2008

Twittering Real Life

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Regular vistors here may have noticed I added my Twitter updates to the sidebar.  Some are very aware what Twitter is all about, however I assume many of you have never heard of it.  With that assumption comes how in the world do I explain it easily?  It’s not complex at all but explaining how and why so many people use it is another story.  The Twitter FAQ begins with:

“Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? “

While the FAQ does help, I think the folks at CommonCraft created the most concise explanation of Twitter with the short video “Twitter in Plain English“.  Watch it below:

I almost forgot… Twitter is free! Follow my Twitter updates here.

Upgrading to WordPress 2.6

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

WordPress is the software guts of what you see here. It’s easy to use but can be difficult at times to upgrade.  I just completed the main piece of upgrading, but there are still some fixes to clean up.  For instance, the tags and categories of posts are missing.  I know how to fix it, but it will have to wait a day or two.  In case you wonder why things are a bit goofy looking here at the moment thats why.  It should be all fixed soon!

Update: It’s all fixed!

I’m a Blogging Slacker

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Yes, I’m a blog posting slacker.  Summer has yet again been a bit on the busy side. I had all these great ideas for posts that I never wrote… Oh well, at least I remembered to put this post up! :)