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February 15th, 2010

Three Productivity Tips from a Long-Time Blogger

A guest post for WordCast.

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February 13th, 2010

Got a Keyboard? Use it.

A blog post should be more than just screenshots of what other people Tweeted.

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February 10th, 2010

On Becoming a "Power Blogger"

I define a new [to me] phrase.

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December 28th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part III

Part III: Identifying Comment Spam

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December 19th, 2009

Upgrading to WordPress 2.9: Getting Your MySQL Database Up-to-Date

A tiny glitch for those of us with old databases.

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December 1st, 2009

Spelling Checkers Don’t Work if You Ignore Them

Reminding my brain not to block out the red underlines that indicate potential spelling problems.

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October 31st, 2009

October 2009 Links

Links for the month of October.

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September 30th, 2009

September 2009 Links

Links for the month of September.

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June 30th, 2009

June 2009 Links

Links for the month of June.

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May 31st, 2009

May 2009 Links

Links for the month of May.

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February 11th, 2009

MacVoices Interview Now Online

Scott McNulty and I talk to Chuck Joiner about WordPress.

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February 10th, 2009

WordPress 2.7.1 Now Available

Information from Automattic.

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January 31st, 2009

January 2009 Links

Links for the month of January.

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January 30th, 2009

New on Lynda.com: WordPress.com 2.7 Essential Training

New training videos for WordPress.com users.

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January 27th, 2009

New on Lynda.com: Self-Hosting a WordPress Site

New training videos for self-hosted WordPress users.

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January 20th, 2009

Turning Off a Plugin’s Update Reminder

Hacking it might be better than ignoring it.

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January 16th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part II

Part II: When Comments Go Wrong

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January 14th, 2009

Why WordPress Plugin Updates Aren’t Always a Good Thing

When updates go wrong.

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January 9th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part I

Part I: Understanding Comments and Pingpacks

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January 5th, 2009

Get the Right Copyright Dates in Your Blog Footer

A tip for self-hosted WordPress users.

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January 4th, 2009

December 2008 Links

Links

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December 14th, 2008

How To Customize WordPress’s Tag Cloud Widget

You don’t have to use it with default settings.

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December 5th, 2008

4 Great Articles about WordPress 2.7

Why reinvent the wheel?

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November 30th, 2008

November 2008 Links

November 2008 Links

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October 31st, 2008

October 2008 Links

October 2008 Links.

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