Liz Strauss at WordCamp Dallas Transcript

The following is a transcript I put together covering Liz Strauss’s appearance at WordCamp Dallas. I tried to keep the conversational tone intact. I did my best to capture everything, but some parts were just too difficult to make out.

Reader Appreciation Project - New Features

After the launch of the new design a few weeks ago, several approached me and asked, “When are you going to write a post about all the new stuff?”
I scratched my head and thought, “Well, I suppose people can look for themselves.”
During WordCamp, however, Jeffro again insisted I should do a write [...]

Six Ways to Tell Your Readers Apart Through Comments

When readers leave a comment on your site, the reader is momentarily focused completely on you, be it your thoughts, your words, or something else. Do your readers a favor, and provide some focus back on them.

With the launch of the new design, I had a chance to re-examine the comment section. I chose to more-or-less keep the comment section the same, however I made an effort to provide some special emphasis on allowing the readers to stand out.

Case Study: Google Disabling External Urls in Blogger.com Comments

4 days ago I was told by Sara about Google disabling external website addresses [urls] in all Blogger.com comments. 2 days ago Cerebral Mum also sent an e-mail saying that the act of disabling external websites in all Blogger.com comments was not an example of “user appreciation.” I read more into the topic, and realized [...]

Interview: Jeff From Jeffro 2pt0, Community, Interaction, and Comments

Hello everyone. Today I’ll be interviewing the creator of Jeffro2pt0, Jeff. Jeffro 2pt0 is a site that revolves around talking about the emergence of the newer web and blog applications, and related technologies. Jeffro 2pt0 is an increasingly popular site which blends in a lot of interactive elements to show readers what other readers are [...]