Two important WordPress plugins Rick Klau: “If you’re running WordPress, I found two plugins that you should absolutely look into using.” (tags: wordpress) Blog to change the world Time Sanders: “What I’ve learned is that blogging and speaking aren’t much different. If you don’t move the reader to action, they don’t come back to your […]
Al Pacino, Inside the Actor’s Studio
When watching movies on DVD, I really like the “extras,” the looks behind the scene and the interviews with actors, directors and writers. Likewise, one of the non-fiction shows I enjoy is Inside The Actor’s Studio, getting a look into the actors’ lives. Today I was watching an interview with Al Pacino, of The Godfather […]
links for 2007-02-05
Pew Internet: Tagging “A December 2006 survey has found that 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. On a typical day online, 7% of internet users say they tag or categorize online content.” (tags: tagging folksonomy WriteAboutThis) BizTechTalk on veotag Dan Keldsen: ” taggable […]
Newspapers aren’t All that Matters
Local news is good, be it delivered from community members’ blogs or in hardcopy on the driveway. In this week’s edition of the local newspaper, The Alpharetta-Roswell REVUE & NEWS, the publisher wrote an opinion piece entitled “Why newspapers still matter to you.” And yes they do matter, even to a ‘net-centric person like me. […]
MHS Wind Ensemble at UGA
The Milton Wind Ensemble was selected by taped audition to be one of three featured ensembles at the 57th Annual University of Georgia High School Music Festival. The festival, known as “JanFest”, attracts nearly 1,000 high school band members and their directors to Athens each year to participate in Honor Bands featuring guest conductors from […]
Knowledge, Marketing and Blogs, Oh My
It’s been a while since I last wrote about knowledge and the sharing thereof, but a few things have been bouncing around my mind recently. Jon Udell and Marty Collins were just discussing the relationship between blogs and technical marketing, and in there they talk about giving away knowledge to inform customers and help them […]
The Boy’s a Published Author
If you’re an Inside Lacrosse subscriber, or if you see the current issue on a newstand, check out page 54. James, a Milton graduate and freshman at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, has his first published article there – based on an interview with the Athletic Director at Rollins College about thier new […]
links for 2007-02-01
How To Use Photoshop To Create Quick CSS Mockups (tags: css photoshop) OneNote 2007 now available at retail (tags: OneNote) Flickr: Help: The Map Have you started to geo-tag your images yet? (tags: flickr geotagging map) Build a big network, then give it away (tags: BusinessTips)
Gas Prices Down
Last spring, when gas prices were shooting skyward, everyone was writing posts, expressing their shock and disgust, and showing pictures of their local stations’ prices. Well, here we are today with the lowest prices in just over a year. According to AtlantaGasPrices.com, the last time we saw prices this low was the week of December […]
links for 2007-01-24
Web 2.0 hits Atlanta at SoCon07 (tags: AJAX css Web Atlanta) Upgrading WordPress The latest version, WordPress Version 2.1 “Ella”, was released to the public on January 22, 2007. Here are instructions for upgrading. (tags: WordPress upgrade)