Have You “Plurked” Today?

Twitter has grown drastically in just the past year.  It even helped bring information out of Iran during the crackdown of the last Presidential election. But are you familiar with Plurk?  It’s another micro-blogging network, not as robust as Twitter, but still very enjoyable to use and to make new friends. If you are looking for [...]

Blog Traffic (Or Stating the Obvious)

Greetings! Here is a helpful tip to keep traffic coming to your blog: Do NOT under any circumstances let your hostname expire! Sounds simple enough. However, due to neglect on my part, I forgot to pay the web host’s bill and my URL expired for a period of time.  My blog traffic?  It sunk faster [...]

If Content Is King, My Blog Must Be the Queen

I love to write. It’s become a passion of mine. I don’t know how well I write: some say I’m doing fine, others seem confused by it. But I hope to continue writing and to improve with time. But the hardest part I find is knowing what to write. I have a list of topics [...]

Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a New Blog

So you want to broadcast your thoughts and experiences to the world?  What better and cheaper way to do it than to start a blog? But there are a few things I’ve discovered first-hand that has made my blogging experience more difficult than it needed to be. Here is a brief lists of “don’t’s” when [...]