It seems like every day I see another batch of articles about the power of engagement, and the benefits of being permanently connected to the latest social networks, lifestreaming feeds, or Web 3.0 applications. There’s no denying that they can be wonderful tools, but just because you can be constantly connected doesn’t mean that you […]
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Those of you who are regular readers may remember that I’ve been working on a free WordPress theme for a while. Today, you finally get to see some of the work. I call it Vitruvian Theme.
Inspired by Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, the idea of balance and proportion is built into the structure itself. The columns […]
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David Culpepper of PureBlogging recently asked whether passion is really as important in choosing a blog topic as everyone seems to think.
Passion is almost always trumpeted as being the most important factor in choosing a topic. I disagree with this assumption. I don’t know about you, but I can be passionate about something one week […]
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Last week, I put together a giant collection of links about blogging. It may look like it was a lot of work, but it actually only took about ten minutes. Want to find out how? Keep reading.
1. Find quality links
This is the most important part of creating the links post. But for me, it didn’t […]
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Yes, I know. The blogosphere is filled with lists. What makes this one different? First, I found the post interesting and informative. Second, I decided to bookmark it for my own future reference. Third, I went through my collection of bookmarks on blogging and eliminated those that seemed subpar in relation to the others. So […]
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This past Saturday, I was killing a little time by watching Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. It was predictably cheesy, with the main characters as barely-held-together comic book stereotypes. But what struck me most was the character of the Silver Surfer himself. He only speaks a couple of times […]
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