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Should add new comment be above existing comments

Posted on May 12th, 2012 by Ryan

Had a thought while scrolling to the bottom of a WordPress post with 250+ comments. Does having the add new comment form at the bottom of a page that long lead to fewer comments? Really, who is going to scroll … Continue reading →

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Starting a blog vs starting a forum

Posted on May 14th, 2011 by Ryan

I’m a bit addicted to starting web sites. While WordPress is my go to software, I’ve been leaning towards forum software recently. While I like the idea of blogging because I can put pretty much whatever I want online, I … Continue reading →

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Just finished up a couple of WordPress plugins

Posted on January 16th, 2011 by Ryan

Needed a break from a larger web app I’m working on and this weekend kicked out a couple of WordPress plugins that I’ve had on my idea file for a while now. The first is called rTwit and lets you … Continue reading →

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Should you delay retweets?

Posted on January 9th, 2011 by Ryan

Finally noticed the schedule tweet button in TweetDeck this morning.  I have a knack of sending out tweets in batches, and since it annoys me when others tweet 20 in rapid succession it probably irritates others when I do the … Continue reading →

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My checklist for setting up a WordPress site

Posted on January 8th, 2011 by Ryan

Found myself setting up another WordPress blog this afternoon – blatant link plug – and got to thinking that I do the same steps every time I setup a new blog, and probably should write them down.  So here are … Continue reading →

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Should have joined Twitter earlier

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Ryan

For whatever reason, Twitter just never really appealed to me. The idea of limiting myself to 140 characters seemed, well, too limiting. And my first few skims of Twitter had too high of a junk to good stuff ratio. But … Continue reading →

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…and a test post with myWeblog

Posted on March 1st, 2010 by Ryan

Found another offline WordPress editor to try on my MacBook. This time it’s myWeblog 2.1. I like the looks of it. Seems very Mac-like, which I suppose is a good thing. One of the things I’m most looking for, and … Continue reading →

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Do categories matter on blogs?

Posted on February 13th, 2010 by Ryan

Tags and categories seem to provide pretty much the same functionality on blogs. The only difference I can see is that a blog typically has a handful of categories, but may have hundreds of tags. With that, does it make … Continue reading →

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First post with MarsEdit

Posted on February 13th, 2010 by Ryan

If you read the post up from this you’ll see that I just tried out Qumana and wasn’t all that happy with it. It was nice to be able to blog without logging into WordPress, but it had a couple … Continue reading →

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First look at Qumana

Posted on February 13th, 2010 by Ryan

Trying something new again.  The WordPress iPhone app that I posted about a few days ago was nice, but it doens’t work well for longer posts.  Nothing against the app.  But  I can type pretty quickly and it’s frustrating to … Continue reading →

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