Blogging Archive:
Quick Interview at Blogger Talks
Hey Everyone, just wanted to let you know about an interview I did for Blogger Talks. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a blog devoted to interviewing various bloggers from around the world. It’s an awesome content and something I find very interesting.It’s always cool to see what other bloggers have to say.
You can check out the full article here: Justin Wright Talks About Passion, Zoopmedia
Headway Theme Overview
Headway, a new premium WordPress theme, is unlike any other themes out there. It utilizes some awesome features such as a layout editor and leaf system.
I just finished creating a brief overview of the Headway theme to help a few people understand how it works and wanted to share it with everyone:
If you’re interested in Headway, you can visit their website here.
Moved To A New Server
Last night, I finished moving my blog over to a new server. Everything should now be complete and there should be no issues (I hope).
Why The Move?
Over the last two years, my blog has been hosted on a GoDaddy shared server. It worked great in the beginning but it’s been getting slower as each week goes by. It’s most likely from having more daily visitors, using more images, and adding more and more posts.
Luckily, my blog should now be loading MUCH faster, which is great for all of us. Feel free to leave a comment and let me know if you notice the speed difference (or any issues).
Use FriendFeed As A Lifestream
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been doing some cleaning up on my blog over the last week and a half. I’ve removed a few things from my single post pages, as well as made some changes to my sidebar. The main thing I did with the sidebar is integrated a lifestream showing all my updates from various websites and social networks. Here’s how I did it:
Woopra: Analytics On Steroids
One of the things I took away from WordCamp Dallas/Fort Worth was a Woopra account. Prior to the event, I had never heard of the analytics service. However, I am now fascinated by it and can’t stop playing around with it.
What Makes Woopra Any Different Than Google Analytics?
The answer is real-time stats. I can literally see who is on my website anytime I feel like it. I can also see what page they are viewing, where they originally came from, and all the brower/operating system stats I could want.
If that isn’t enough, I can even send a chat request to anyone currently visiting my site and have a real IM style conversation. It’s amazing!
It sure beats looking at delayed stats…
Back From #wcdfw09
I Made the drive back from Dallas last night and managed to make it in one piece. Overall, WordCamp Dallas/Fort Worth (#wcdfw09) turned out to be an awesome event where I learned some awesome things about WordPress.
I met some awesome people (including @sivori, @claygriffiths, @grantgriffiths and @plagiarismtoday) and learned about the future of WordPress from @photomatt.
If anything, it gave me a big boost in motivation to keep on going and try as hard as I can at blogging. Plus I managed to hand…
TweetDeck Vs. Tweetie
I’m hanging out at WordCamp Dallas (Live Stream) and it seems like everyone is using desktop applications for Twitter. However, when it comes to which one is the best it’s a mixed bag. People seem to all have different opinions based on how they use Twitter.
Some people prefer TweetDeck while others prefer Tweetie. Someone even told me about Nambu which is a brand new application that’s still in beta. I gave it a quick try but wasn’t feeling it so I uninstalled it right away.
I’ve been using TweetDeck since it first came out and have been really happy with it. I like the fact you can monitor everything using columns and it has a boatload of features.
Austin Tweetups
Since I’ve moved to Austin, I’ve been trying my hardest to attend every event related to social media, blogging, and business in general. I even started a Beer and Blog Austin chapter I’m hoping to kick off soon.
Of all the events so far, tweetups have become one of my favorite ways to meet new people that are interested in new media and technology. And it just so happens there are a few tweetups here in Austin that are coming up over the next week that I wanted to…
Beer and Blog Austin Is Here!
Some goods news for everyone here in Austin. I just started up the Beer and Blog Austin Chapter!
The site just went up and I have already done some work on it and put up the first post describing the group an what it is about.
You can check out the first post on our blog now: Beer and Blog Austin Is Starting Up!
What Is Beer and Blog?
Basically, it is a weekely meetup where fellow bloggers come together to help each other out and drink beer.…
Blog Post Frequency Experiment Results
Back on March 18th, I wrote a post about blog post frequency and an experiment I was conducting. Now that it has been a few weeks, I thought I would go back and take a look at my traffic stats ever since I started writing a little less frequently.
Here are my stats starting two weeks before the experiment through April 12th:
Not Much Change
As you can see from the graph, not a whole lot of changes took place. If anything, my traffic started increasing a little…
