Entries from October 2005

Profile information for group blog contributors

October 26th, 2005 · No Comments

On top of my wishlists for group blogs is profile data for contributors. Profile data isn’t important in personal blogs because usually, the blog has links to an About Me page. In group blogs, however, profile data of the author after the post would be very helpful to readers. You can automate the publication of [...]

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Another great WordPress theme

October 26th, 2005 · No Comments

Kiwi is a radical departure from the usual WordPress theme. It’s a beautiful theme and plugin package. From the developers: “The function of the Kiwi home page layout is to highlight the most recent post and give quick links to other recent and popular posts.” This would be a nice theme to experiment with. I [...]

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Free Zope hosting for my ZiddlyWiki in trouble?

October 26th, 2005 · 2 Comments

It’s seems Objectis.net, the free Zope host containing my ZiddlyWiki is offiline. The ZiddlyWiki website asked users to export their data “in case they go down for good.” I wasn’t able to read the notice on time so my data there must be lost for good.
My ZiddlyWiki contained my interview notes for my blogging story [...]

Tags: Wiki · planner

Sassy Lawyer nominated in Best of the Blogs award

October 25th, 2005 · No Comments

The Sassy Lawyer’s journal has been nominated in the BOBS or the Best of the Blogs awards of the Deutsche Welle International. Here’s the link to her nomination page: Sassy Lawyer’s Journal. She’s in the best journalistic blog English category. I just voted for her there. Among the nominees in her category is Global Voices [...]

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Putting out a personal status page

October 24th, 2005 · 2 Comments

I found this interesting post in 43 Folders on the need for a personal status page via a link from Sacha Chua. I think a personal status page would be a great way to inform people you are dealing with on the progress on common projects or tasks assigned to you.
I always tell people [...]

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Exceeding my plan’s bandwidth allocation

October 24th, 2005 · 4 Comments

This site was unavailable for a while because I exceeded my hosting plan’s bandwidth allocation. That’s what you face when you’re linked to by Sassy Lawyer, Manolo and the PCIJ. Now there’s a link to this site from INQ7.net and Newsstand. I’m praying for this month to end already so my bandwidth counter can return [...]

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