Making the Switch to Headway

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Regular readers here may have noticed my blog has a fresh new lick of paint in the shape of the Headway premium WordPress theme. This replaces the Thesis theme that I was using previously. While I’m a big fan of Chris Pearson’s Thesis, I found it wasn’t quite so user-friendly for making major design changes… [Continue Reading]

AdAge and The Power of Response

There’s an interesting story happening at the minute online with AdAge and Lindsay Ferrier, who blogs over at Suburban Toil. It concerns an article published yesterday on AdAge by Lauren Barack, and a quote she used from Lindsay’s blog. In the AdAge piece, Lindsay is quoted as saying she deserves all the free swag that… [Continue Reading]

Why Mediocre Blogging Can Still Be Great

Every Sunday evening from 8.00pm CST, #blogchat takes place on Twitter. Hosted by the uber-smart Mack Collier, it’s a discussion by bloggers about blogging – tips, tricks, tools of the trade, best practices and more. It’s quickly evolved into one of the must-attend chat events on Twitter, and I never fail to come away with… [Continue Reading]

Friday Funk Vol. 2

This Feeling by Puressence  Download now or listen on posterous This Feeling – Puressence.mp3 (2840 KB) Have a great weekend, folks – stay safe, keep smiling and see you in the usual places!

Why Conform?

Think about it – “conform” is made up of the words “con” and “form”. To me, that says, “Form an orderly line so we can con you.” Who wants to wait in a line just to be duped?

Toasted Bagels and the Art of Good Business

Every morning, I make the same breakfast. I’ll put the coffee on, then make myself an egg bagel. Pop the bagel in the toaster, fry up a couple of eggs, and good to go. Except it’s not. Every morning, without fail, my smoke alarm goes off. “Adjust the toaster,” you might say. I did, and… [Continue Reading]

From Twitter to Blog – #FollowFriday Vol. 6

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Recently I wrote why I was moving my #followfriday recommendations from Twitter to this blog. So, without further ado, here are my recommendations for this week. I hope you check them out – they’re all worth getting to know. 1. Community. Kim Woodbridge (@kwbridge). I use WordPress for my blog as I love the whole… [Continue Reading]

Hyper-Connected or Disconnected?

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Phone > Email > Text > SMS > Blogging > Facebook > Video > Twitter: that’s a quick & dirty look at the basic evolution of our communication channels over the past few years. We’ve grown faster, smarter, technologically savvy, and more efficient with the tools and services we use to communicate with one another… [Continue Reading]

What the Cool Kids Can Teach Us About Selling Out

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My friend John Haydon shared a link with me to a video by Youtube user italktosnakes (Kristina Horner). It’s a video response to another Youtube user, nerimon (Alex Day). In both the videos, each discuss the merits of being paid to advertise products on their Youtube channels. What’s interesting is their take on how companies… [Continue Reading]

The Business of Dating

Dating is a tricky business. Building up the courage to ask someone out; the nerves of the first date; the choices that you make deciding whether you’ll have a second date or not; and keeping conversation flowing being just some of the hazards. Then you have to worry about the success of the second date.… [Continue Reading]