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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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January 16th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part II

Part II: When Comments 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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September 25th, 2006

Moving a WordPress Blog to GoDaddy Hosting Account, Part 2

Moving Your Blog Content to Your GoDaddy.com Hosting Directory

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September 18th, 2006

Moving a WordPress Blog to GoDaddy Hosting Account, Part 1

The first part of a series with instructions for making the move.

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