Archive for October, 2007
Stop procrastinating! Upgrade to Wordpress 2.3.1
I have been procrastinating for months now, but I finally did it.
I upgraded my Wordpress installation at this blog. I’m at 2.3.1. I think I was about 10 versions behind the latest version. I’m bad.
What took me so long: I was scared. I thought it was going to be a major hassle. But including […]
Is “Subscribe to Comments” Plug-in a Keeper?
Today, I installed another WordPress plugin “Subscribe To Comments“. I like the concept of this plug-in. It would seem to encourage a sense of community that can build around a blog.
Here’s how it works: At the bottom of each blog post, you can comment on the post, just like you normally might. (Go ahead, give […]
Groovy New Keyword Analysis Tools for Adwords
Google announces a new keyword analysis feature for Adwords clients. The new feature lets you more fully diagnose your Adwords campaigns’ quality scores.
Among other relevance factors, quality scores indicate how close your campaign keywords match your landing page content. This can impact your sales and other conversions. In the past, the Google Adwords quality scores […]
Apple, Irony, and Thieves
Theft and the Apple Brand. Why is it that when I think of Apple, I think of theft?
Last month, a guy at the gym asked me a riddle:
Q: “What’s the most popular thing kids do with iPods and iPhones?”
A: “Steal them. Or steal music with them.”
And now Seth Godin points us to a blog post […]
Good-Bye Cell Phone. Hello Skype!
Windsor, Canada is only a 2 hour, 20 minute drive from my office in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And I go to Canada frequently. Business, pleasure — it’s all good in Canada.
Back in the 1999-2001 era, my Nextel cell phone let me stay in touch with state-side colleagues for my monthly package price. But for reasons […]
Must be a Jing Thing…
I love TechSmith products (dreamy! easy to use! oh-so-friendly!), so I decided to give their Jing project a whirl. This Jing video is my 20 second test of the TechSmith Project. (Note: this used to be an embed, but I switched it to a link. The embed was too big, and other than re-shooting, I […]
Insert YouTube into PowerPoint 2007
I uploaded the above video short to YouTube exactly two months ago today. The video is titled “Embed YouTube Video into PowerPoint 2007″. (Yes, it can be done! You need a live internet connection for this episode…)
As of today,
Views: 2,458
Comments: 6
Favorited: 23 times
Links: Five
Ratings: 3 Five Stars
It appears that people watch more than Numa Numa, […]
Be not afraid of Open Source
A programmer friend expressed concern that many of the sites I develop are based on mySQL. (According to their tag line, MySQL is the world’s most popular open source database.)
My programmer friend is afraid of anything Open Source. What’s the Latin term for Open Source phobia? Well, he’s got it. He reckons that if you […]
Fake Flattery is Serious spam
Seriously, people.
If you are going to comment at this site — or any other blog — please make sure you provide relevant comments. Anything else is blog spam.
What on earth does a blog spammer hope to achieve by typing in “good post” — along with their URL? How does this transparently faux approval advance the […]
Do You GOOG 411?
Check out Google’s New Service, 1-800-GOOG-411. This is Google’s new free 411 service — and boy is it ever powerful! Aside from giving you the business number you request, you can use the service to text or map the information — or directly connect you to the business. And yes, it’s totally free.
You will […]
