Flickr-ing Local Photos: You Engaging Others (YEO) - 04/25/07 02:01 AM
The one thing I told Julie Ferenzi I wanted her to concentrate on this week is making connections with living, breathing human beings in Plainfield, Illinois. It's about YEO She's going to be venturing out of the house to make contact with local organizations to encourage them to use the Event … (47 comments)
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Hello Dolly! Dolly'll Never Go Away Again - 04/20/07 02:46 PM
If you have a wordpress blog, you've probably seen the Hello Dolly plugin. It's automatically installed with every wordpress blog. It's cute, but I've never "got it." It puts the lyrics to Hello, Dolly! in snipits in your admin panel. I've never seen the value in having those lyrics on my … (43 comments)
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What Rufus Xavier Sarsparilla Can Teach Us About SEO and YEO - 04/18/07 11:11 PM
I can find "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla", but I can't find "he, him, or his."
It hit me as I was actively singing along to my kid's Schoolhouse Rock CD, that I unconsciously use pronouns for exactly the reasons that my favorite Schoolhouse Rock song describes. My favorite is called "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla." … (70 comments)
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Promoting Community Events: A Video Chat With Julie - 04/16/07 07:43 PM
Since Julie Ferenzi is a couple thousand miles away, we use a variety of methods to communicate.
Of course there's the old school telephone conversation. There's email and instant messaging as well. But my favorite is Video Chat. I'm on a Mac, so I'm using iChat and Julie is logging on via … (35 comments)
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Pimp My Blog: Give Your Blog A New Paint Job - 04/16/07 04:21 PM
Popular Wordpress blog themes are popular for a reason. They're good and they work. They're well written and come with the most features. But it also means lots of blogs will have the potential to look just like yours.
Julie Ferenzi's blog, Living In Plainfield, uses the Misty Look Theme by … (27 comments)
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A Garage Sale And The Long Tail - 04/15/07 12:58 PM
Where Is The Short Tail And Where Is The Long Tail In This Photo?
The following is based on a true story.
Every Saturday morning, I walk with my kids to the donut shop that is almost exactly 1 mile from my home. It's our local donut shop. They know us. … (63 comments)
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Project Blogger Has Me Screaming "Wufoo!" - 04/14/07 09:14 AM
Just so I make this perfectly clear... I did not set out to be the "gadget guy," Ines!
Or the "Wizard of Widgets" or the "Potentate of Plugins." Project Blogger is making me do this. I swear. Julie Ferenzi needs things for her Living In Plainfield, Illinois blog. One of my … (49 comments)
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Website Grader: We Need To Bring Our Grade Up - 04/13/07 02:42 PM
For this Project Blogger event, I decided to find a disinterested third party to grade Julie Ferenzi's blog, Living In Plainfield, Illinois.
I'm going to use Website Grader.
While my focus with Julie is not about the technical issues, but about the content, knowing this information is important. You should know it … (77 comments)
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It's Not About SEO. It's About YEO. - 04/09/07 07:23 PM
The focus on search engine optimization in blogging is a distraction.
For the Project Blogger competition, I've actually told Julie Ferenzi to stop thinking about it. She was becoming a little fixated on the search engines finding her and was spending a lot of time reading about how to get good … (127 comments)
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How Much Time Do You Spend On ActiveRain? A PollDaddy Poll - 04/08/07 11:53 PM
I've been searching for a good polling widget for a long time and I think I finally found one.
PollDady.com is the best implementation of polling software I've seen for blogs. I've tested 6 or 7 others over the past few months, each time with some degree of dissatisfaction. Either they would … (53 comments)
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Free Photos At The Flickr Of A Mouse - 04/08/07 02:14 AM
Because of a brilliant movement called Creative Commons, you can be creative on your blog and still live guilt free.
The subject of copyright abuse has come up many times here on ActiveRain. I know others have probably written about this exact topic, but I have never given it much thought, since … (76 comments)
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Sharing Your Books, Sharing Yourself - 04/04/07 07:05 PM
I'm a firm believer that you can tell a great deal about a person by browsing through their library.
Unless you get invited to someone's home, your opportunity to do this is somewhat limited. When I commented on Sarah Cooper's review of Naked Conversations, she commented back that she'd like to … (53 comments)
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A Break From Zillow Posts: Tumblr.com - 04/04/07 05:15 PM
Yeah, I'm reading all the Zillow posts too, mostly in my feed reader...
That's why I'm writing this post. I monitor anything that has "realestateshows" in it. If it appears on the web, I'm probably going to see it. So when the following came over the reader... i was intrigued.
Maxsell Tumbles for … (14 comments)
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Sellsius Lets The Cat Out Of The Bag - 04/03/07 02:36 PM
Well... we did give them a heads up. :)
New features will be launched tonight at RealEstateShows.com. Chief among them is the ability to embed a YouTube video in your Shows, so they can be included where ever your Shows go... including Realtor.com, and our new Panoramic Player for panoramic photos. … (29 comments)
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