Time for me to look to all of you for some help. I run many WordPress sites (this one included). All of them have the W3 Total Cache plugin installed to try and improve performance a bit. On this site though, my dashboard can take up to a minute to load up no matter what [...]
So, you all know I’m a strong WordPress supporter – and you may not know – but I’m no real fan of TypePad because it seems so restrictive for my purposes. That said, I have friends who do like and use TypePad and the point of this site is to share things I learned – [...]
I logged into Twitter today to find a new box on the right side of my screen: This new option allows for you to see what topics people that are local to you are talking about on Twitter. I think it would be great if I could enter in my zip code (or postal code [...]
Twitter is beta testing a new re-tweet (RT) feature. On first look, it’s pretty neat, but it’s missing an important feature – the ability to add your comments to the RT. This morning I saw a cute post by a library geek dad I know, it was a link to a T-shirt that I thought [...]
I’ve been pretty vocal about not liking Google Reader and not wanting to switch, but I have also been open to going back to it once in a while to see if it has been improved. I do see some neat changes, but I still can’t figure out how to solve 3 issues that really [...]
I’m a huge fan of WordPress – it’s what I tell everyone to use for their websites if possible. Now, Smashing Magazine has an awesome post with 10 WordPress Hacks to try out on the comments section of your WordPress blog. Comments sections are neglected on many blogs. That is definitely a bad thing, because [...]
I have been asked to give a few workshops on the value of Twitter to libraries and librarians. So far, I have collected a series of articles and guides and wanted to share the list with you all. 5 ways for libraries to fail at Twitter 5 terrific twitter research tools How twitter will change [...]
Librarian (and library) twitterers have been recognized by BookSeller.com: Libraries are seizing on Twitter, the micro-blogging phenomenon, as a new way to reach out to users and to network with colleagues and the wider book trade. An estimated 40-plus individual libraries and library services, including Manchester, Devon, Bradford, Edinburgh, Westminster and Leeds are now making [...]
Today I went to Pres4Lib and during the break out on Creative Commons content, we learned about Zemanta from John LeMasney. Zemanta is a plugin for FF that integrates itself into your blog posting and emails and maybe more – and it finds content based on what you’re writing about for you to add to [...]
I taught a class earlier this week where I told the participants that we were going to use WordPress to create a website. One question I got way why WordPress over Blogger? My answer was personal preference – but now I have some really great reasons for why WordPress over Blogger. If you’re using a [...]
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