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Thesis Tip #1 – Custom Images and Category Pages

July 26, 2009

As I’ve been working with Thesis a lot lately, I thought it would be a good idea to start posting some tips for customizing it. This post covers customizing post image/thumbnails and displaying category posts on pages.

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Search Engine Optimization for Wordpress

July 6, 2009

These are notes from a presentation by Matt Cutts (from Google) on optimizing your Wordpress site. While Wordpress already takes care of most SEO issues, there are a few things you can do to improve it. But remember the 80/20 rule: 80% of SEO is writing compelling content for your readers. The other 20% is simple optimizations of that content.

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Quickly find books at library

June 30, 2009

Here’s a script you can use in Firefox to see if a book is at your local library.

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Easy Contact Forms using Google Forms

June 15, 2009

This is a more technical post than usual. I outline how to quickly build a Contact Form for Wordpress (or any other site).

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Review of Effectuation

June 9, 2009

Causal strategies are useful when the future is predictable, goals are clear, and the environment is independent of our actions; effectual strategies are useful when the future is unpredictable, goals are unclear, and the environment is driven by human action.

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Recent Readings

April 30, 2009

Some thoughts and excerpts from books I’ve read recently.

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Facebook's New Layout – richhumofair

March 18, 2009

(Posted as comment here)
There’s two problems with facebook copying twitter’s design:
1. (what I call the) Mental bandwidth of facebook users; and
2. different content types
Twitter users are used to a stream of data, not trying to see everything but seeing what’s happening in real time. Facebook users don’t want to see everything their friends are doing, [...]

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We're All Entrepreneurs

January 28, 2009

College students are having a hard time finding jobs due to the recession. It’s time to think like an entrepreneur and sell yourself. Entrepreneurs are “too small to fail.”

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Realizing You Suck And Doing Something About It – Micah

January 10, 2009

(Posted as a comment here.)
The corollary to “surround yourself with those that are better than you” is “if you’re the best at what you do in your circle, expand your circle.”
When you’re the best, you stop improving. I found this back when I did web/print design. 6 or so years ago I worked at a [...]

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Nature's Effect on the Mind

January 10, 2009

Natural settings have a much larger restorative effect on our minds than most people think. I use gardening and cooking to recharge.

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Don't Let 2009 Be A Timequake

January 1, 2009

Kurt Vonnegut wrote a book about a Timequake, where everyone had to relive the past 10 years on autopilot, without free will to change it. Don’t live your life on autopilot – use randomness to keep things interesting.

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2009…The Year of MicroGiving – Howard Lindzon

December 26, 2008

(Posted as a comment here.)
A church in Houston embraced the micropayment idea in a very unique way. It gave about 50 of its members $100 and told them to be charitable: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6181253.html
When you have such a small investment, people find interesting (and more effective) ways to use it.

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How does a young person get a job in advertising or PR in a recession?

December 1, 2008

(Posted as a comment here.)
Great post. This should be required reading for all graduates, not just marketing majors.
I think an important but overlooked topic in college is managing your personal brand. In this digital age, we’re all building our own brands through facebook, flickr, twitter, and personal blogs.
In our junior or senior year, we’re all [...]

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Scaling Emergence

October 20, 2008

Unconferences are amazing experiences, but can they scale? This is a problem we’ve been wrestling with while planning BIL 2009.

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Twitter? Cause Tweets r Memes

October 11, 2008

(Posted as a comment here.)
Not only are tweets discreet chunks of information, but they have an amazing ability to spread. When there’s an earthquake in California, I usually know within one minute (a few months ago I found out 14 seconds after it happened; it took about 15 min for it to appear on usgs.org [...]

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Learn from Startups, Tips for Surviving a Recession

October 9, 2008

We’re experiencing one of the worst economic downturns in history. It’s time to get your finances in order so you can survive it. Follow some of the tips startups are taking to weather the storm.

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Book Review – Not keeping up with our parents

September 22, 2008

Book Review – Not keeping up with our parents
Rating – 1/5 Stars
Posted on Shelfari
This book is clearly pandering to those who already feel the way the author does – that society (ie, the rich) isn’t taking care of the working- to middle-class well enough. It is just the same argument over and over, extended through [...]

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Morality and Ethics

September 7, 2008

What does Morality and Ethics mean? I take the definition provided by a Business Ethics course and follow it to its logical end.

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My Oxford Experience

August 26, 2008

This summer I was lucky enough to study philosophy at Oxford. I had some amazing discussions, spent time with a very diverse and interesting group of people, and enjoyed some of the best food I’ve ever eaten.

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Site Redesign

August 21, 2008

At WordCamp I decided that it’s about time I cleaned this place up. Instead of having 4 websites, I’ve combined them into one. I’ve also more clearly illustrated my focus on Wordpress Consulting.

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