The unexpected has happened. Both my girls fell asleep for a nap at the same time today, and given the moodiness of the day (and the fact that Daddy is home today so HE agreed to clean out the tub - I suspect because he wanted to try out our 'Magic Eraser' bought for just such a purpose recently *hmmmm....perhaps this could be a strategy moving forward to solicit more housework from said husband...*), I decided it was once again time to tackle my mountainous list of thank yous to send out. In doing so, I uncovered a list of blog post titles I took the time to jot down in the first days after the twins were born, in the perfectly naive hope that I would ever have the chance to sit down and write them out for posting. I find the list a pretty funny read:
1. Milk - the Mini-Series (featuring the Nipple Ninja)
2. What Gas Leaks are Good Things (I actually wrote this one up - so proud)
3. What the F**k is a Woombie?
4. No two stories are ever the same (stories of CHEO, parenthood, and life)
5. Three! Three GLORIOUS Poopies!!! Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
6. The P-Bomb has detonated, leaving few survivours (still hope to get this one written up someday)
7. Goober, Fussy McFussesalot, Sweet Pea, Cutiepie and Sweetheart
8. Phantom Belly Tales and Other Creepy Things (I reference this in a recent post)
What's in your tomb of unwritten prose? How many blog posts have you conceived of, but not executed? Started but not finished? Wanted to do, but were afraid they were too revealing/personal? And...do you self-edit?
Showing posts with label blogging best practices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging best practices. Show all posts
Monday, April 11, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Protecting my thoughts
CANNOT believe I never backed up my blogs before tonight. Such a simple thing to do, I discovered, and how stupid was I to leave it this long? I would be devastated if I ever lost all these thoughts, photos, memories, connections, comments etc.
This is the link that told me how to do it, but really? Go to the dashboard, hit settings, click on 'export' and then export it to save it on your computer. Easy peasy.
If you have a blogger blog, do this. Do it now. And often.
That is all.
Oh, and have a good weekend!
This is the link that told me how to do it, but really? Go to the dashboard, hit settings, click on 'export' and then export it to save it on your computer. Easy peasy.
If you have a blogger blog, do this. Do it now. And often.
That is all.
Oh, and have a good weekend!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Enough with the photos, right?
So I finally had a few minutes to finally figure out how to create a Flickr feed onto the blog, set up a page exclusively for the slideshow, and upload photos to my Flickr page. This will mean that I don't have to post a million photos to my main page posts, but you can see all the latest shots on the latest photos tab on the top right of this blog.
It's still not fancy coding or design - one of these days I will take some training and do a much better job of this - but it's still cool and new and a better way to showcase my new and beautiful little family...
Do you have tips for me? I know there are ways to upload photos from my mobile phone to Flickr? How does one do that? One day I hope to have time to figure that out too...
In the meantime, hope you like it!
It's still not fancy coding or design - one of these days I will take some training and do a much better job of this - but it's still cool and new and a better way to showcase my new and beautiful little family...
Do you have tips for me? I know there are ways to upload photos from my mobile phone to Flickr? How does one do that? One day I hope to have time to figure that out too...
In the meantime, hope you like it!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Give the crowd a standing ovation!
I have to say this about that....there is no substitute for the power of many minds moving toward the same desired outcome. Quite simply, it's called crowd-sourcing. If there is a single business out there that is not thinking about how to use the crowd to reach higher, strive further, get ahead, then, well...you are wasting time and money. It can be a simple concept, or, as I have found trying to find simple articles on crowd-sourcing and their benefits, it can be quite complicated!
All it is, really, is the recognition that there is more than one person who loves the same things that you do and who, working in tandem, could help you get where you want to go faster. If I was a new owner of any business, I would imediately be seeking out others in the same business to work together to solve problems, find solutions and expand that business.
Or, expressed differently, I will ask a question: Faced with a challenge at work, do you try solve the question alone or do you solicit help and input from others you know who have either an interest in these areas or experience in same? That's a form of crowd-sourcing. So is the most amazing up-to-date encyclopedia in the world, Wikipedia.
It simply doesn't make sense not to go out and get input. Tap into people's interests and passions. Use them as a source of insight and inspiration. Build your community.
And, ultimately, get ahead...faster.
Very soon I am going to set up just such a crowd-sourced task force. I can't wait to see the amazing results to build strategies, answer questions, face challenges head on, and achieve incredible results from our efforts. It's energizing and it's fun.
You should try it sometime!
All it is, really, is the recognition that there is more than one person who loves the same things that you do and who, working in tandem, could help you get where you want to go faster. If I was a new owner of any business, I would imediately be seeking out others in the same business to work together to solve problems, find solutions and expand that business.
Or, expressed differently, I will ask a question: Faced with a challenge at work, do you try solve the question alone or do you solicit help and input from others you know who have either an interest in these areas or experience in same? That's a form of crowd-sourcing. So is the most amazing up-to-date encyclopedia in the world, Wikipedia.
It simply doesn't make sense not to go out and get input. Tap into people's interests and passions. Use them as a source of insight and inspiration. Build your community.
And, ultimately, get ahead...faster.
Very soon I am going to set up just such a crowd-sourced task force. I can't wait to see the amazing results to build strategies, answer questions, face challenges head on, and achieve incredible results from our efforts. It's energizing and it's fun.
You should try it sometime!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Slow and steady wins the race
Discovery, discovery, discovery. I've been so tired at the end of every day for months now because I am trying to be a sponge and just soaking everything up, but I also don't have a lot of patience. I bought this domain, and so of course I want to get it up and running.
But I need to do this one. step. at. a. time. Today that meant discovering that I couldn't simply sign up with Wordpress and get my unique domain without paying to have it there, so then began the realization that there are a million places to buy and host domains out there and GoDaddy was certainly not necessarily the best and/or only place to go. This led me to once again rely on the fantastic connections I have made and to discovery of another hosting/domain company that has a one-click Wordpress install button and other lovely features (not to mention a massive sale on the hosting costs for a year).
So. With the help of a fantastic local blogger/personality/music lover, I have now at the very least found the company and signed on for a host. Now I need to go to the original company and figure out how to transfer the domain over to the new supplier, then set things up. Lots to figure out how to do, but...one step at a time, right?
More to come!
But I need to do this one. step. at. a. time. Today that meant discovering that I couldn't simply sign up with Wordpress and get my unique domain without paying to have it there, so then began the realization that there are a million places to buy and host domains out there and GoDaddy was certainly not necessarily the best and/or only place to go. This led me to once again rely on the fantastic connections I have made and to discovery of another hosting/domain company that has a one-click Wordpress install button and other lovely features (not to mention a massive sale on the hosting costs for a year).
So. With the help of a fantastic local blogger/personality/music lover, I have now at the very least found the company and signed on for a host. Now I need to go to the original company and figure out how to transfer the domain over to the new supplier, then set things up. Lots to figure out how to do, but...one step at a time, right?
More to come!
I bought a web domain (my little piece of the Internet)...now what?
Hi.
I know I often ask questions, and really, there's not enough traffic on here yet to get all that much of a conversation happening. But I'm REALLY green about this whole blogging thing.I find myself in an odd limbo, as I want to split this blog into two and get going on the "Me2pointoh" blog, but given that the new blog is going to be about my exploration INTO the world of better blogging, social media conversations, policy, management, analyitics and beyond, my problem is that I kinda want to set the blog up BEFORE I learn a whole lot about the blogging process and best practices.
So.
I am appealing to y'all. What do I do? Or, more specifically, I want to start off by using Wordpress, but when I go there to 'register' and/or set up my domain (http://www.me2pointoh.com/), the option I get is only to set up the addy with the .wordpress.com extension. Not what I wanted, since I paid to avoid this. Anyone know what I need to do to get started? Am I missing a very easy step or tab or button to the info? Rudimentary searches to ask this question have turned up nothing, but I will keep searching.
In the meantime...
Help?
Thank you, in advance, and very sincerely,
Me
I know I often ask questions, and really, there's not enough traffic on here yet to get all that much of a conversation happening. But I'm REALLY green about this whole blogging thing.I find myself in an odd limbo, as I want to split this blog into two and get going on the "Me2pointoh" blog, but given that the new blog is going to be about my exploration INTO the world of better blogging, social media conversations, policy, management, analyitics and beyond, my problem is that I kinda want to set the blog up BEFORE I learn a whole lot about the blogging process and best practices.
So.
I am appealing to y'all. What do I do? Or, more specifically, I want to start off by using Wordpress, but when I go there to 'register' and/or set up my domain (http://www.me2pointoh.com/), the option I get is only to set up the addy with the .wordpress.com extension. Not what I wanted, since I paid to avoid this. Anyone know what I need to do to get started? Am I missing a very easy step or tab or button to the info? Rudimentary searches to ask this question have turned up nothing, but I will keep searching.
In the meantime...
Help?
Thank you, in advance, and very sincerely,
Me
Saturday, January 2, 2010
More about blog secrets
speaking of better blogging....take a look at this lovely gem by Mitch Joel called Blog Secrets Revealed
There so much bloody info out there - at no cost. No need to go to school, folks. Just surf the bloody Net!
There so much bloody info out there - at no cost. No need to go to school, folks. Just surf the bloody Net!
Don't look back. You can never look back.
Don Henley was a sage man.
Yah, you can learn by studying past experiences and finding revelations in them, but you know what? I've never been good at 'my life in review'. I thought, for about 5 minutes, that it would be a good exercise for me to read my posts from the past year, and then blog a bit about the better insights, or the funnier statements, or even the most useless and/or uninteresting things I wasted time saying, but I couldn't mustre up the energy. Really couldn't. I'm just not that girl, who overthinks her actions or worries about things she has done in the past. No regrets, man, NO REGRETS.
So what about the future, then? What the heck do I hope to be able to say this year to myself, to you, to the blogger world? Do I have to have a plan, or a theme, or some heaven-sent insights to feel worthy of writing? ...
Well, yeah, I kinda do. At the very least, I should have a plan or a point to my posts. I should have a specific item to share, tidbit to impart or idea to pose, and if not that, then I should say something funny. Why? Because although a blog can simply be an outlet to express yourself, if you want people to read, you have to say something INTERESTING.
So that is my objective this year - if I don't have something interesting to say, I won't say anything at all, because to me, saying nothing is better than turning people off reading due to the dull dronings of an uninspired chick in a bitterly cold capital city. And if I DO have something to say, I will share it, because gosh darn it, I want people to like me (and read me)! (*Thanks to Mashable for great info!)
- It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped (Anthony Robbins)
No regrets...Here's to 2010.
Yah, you can learn by studying past experiences and finding revelations in them, but you know what? I've never been good at 'my life in review'. I thought, for about 5 minutes, that it would be a good exercise for me to read my posts from the past year, and then blog a bit about the better insights, or the funnier statements, or even the most useless and/or uninteresting things I wasted time saying, but I couldn't mustre up the energy. Really couldn't. I'm just not that girl, who overthinks her actions or worries about things she has done in the past. No regrets, man, NO REGRETS.
So what about the future, then? What the heck do I hope to be able to say this year to myself, to you, to the blogger world? Do I have to have a plan, or a theme, or some heaven-sent insights to feel worthy of writing? ...
Well, yeah, I kinda do. At the very least, I should have a plan or a point to my posts. I should have a specific item to share, tidbit to impart or idea to pose, and if not that, then I should say something funny. Why? Because although a blog can simply be an outlet to express yourself, if you want people to read, you have to say something INTERESTING.
So that is my objective this year - if I don't have something interesting to say, I won't say anything at all, because to me, saying nothing is better than turning people off reading due to the dull dronings of an uninspired chick in a bitterly cold capital city. And if I DO have something to say, I will share it, because gosh darn it, I want people to like me (and read me)! (*Thanks to Mashable for great info!)
- It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped (Anthony Robbins)
No regrets...Here's to 2010.
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