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Removing Dates From Posts for Timeless Content(3)
July 21, 2008
Darren Rowse from ProBlogger wrote a post today that covered the topic of removing dates from blog posts for the appearance of timeless content.
As mentioned in my design decisions series, I believe it should be the reader, and not the blogger, who decides which content is timeless.
After I consolidated my design decisions series for another [...]
When to Turn Off Comments
Comments on a blog are crucial to building community, meeting others, and (most importantly) interacting with your readers.
We’ve written many articles here on the importance of having comments enabled. Even Liz Strauss has weighed in on the issue:
My personal opinion is, that if I read a really great article and I come to the [...]
Improve Your Confidence With Karaoke
In a crowded, smoke-filled room, a person asks me, “What are you singing?”
I stare at the blank sheet of paper in front of me, where I am to fill out my name and song request.
“I’m not sure yet. What about you?”
“Oh.” the person replies, “I’m not going up there.”
“Why not?” I ask.
“I get horrible [...]
Reflections From Dallas, TX
This is just a bit of a personal off-topic rant about my travels today.
It was just a little over a month ago that I was in Dallas for WordCamp Dallas. It was my first real trip to Dallas (besides going to the Ft. Worth zoo), and I had a blast.
The trip today, however, was [...]
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