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EXPLORING NEW MEDIA – THESIS THEME

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On February 18th, at 2pm, I will be talking about my experiences with Thesis Theme. If you would like to attend this meeting, leave your contact information as a comment to this post and I will contact you.

I am creating the Pro Comedy Training web site now for Dr. Dan French using Thesis Theme.  It is very easy to configure and changing the design is a snap. Dr. Dan, the funny man, gives me a phone call or an email requesting a change and generally within 5 minutes or so, depending on the complexity of the change, it is done. A task such as moving the sidebars to the left or to the right may be done quickly and flawlessly.

I make the comparison that Thesis Theme is to WordPress as Dreamweaver is to Web Sites. Come visit with us and see for yourself.  Remember to leave a comment ot this post with your contact information if you would like to attend OR if this is not a good time, suggest a time.

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Struggling Entrepreneur and Emerging Podcaster

February 1, 2010

I had the good fortune today to be interviewed by Fred Castaneda, podcaster extraordinaire for his website/blog The Struggling Entrepreneur.  Fred has been interviewing entrepreneurs for a number of years and I feel honored to be included in this group of highly successful, highly motivated  people.
Of course, my interview may have been caused by my [...]

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Great Customer Service from Gabfire Themes

January 28, 2010

When great customer service happens, I’m always surprised … and delighted.
Several days ago, I purchased a WordPress theme from Gabfire Themes  to help me create an online newsletter. The demo looked good, the price was right, reviews were good.
But…it didn’t work for me. No matter how I tried to get it to serve my purpose, [...]

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Etiquette in blogging and social media

January 27, 2010

Today, I am meeting for the first time with my secret cabal. Can’t tell you who they are or where we meet. After all, it is a SECRET.CABAL.
We are discussing what might be construed as spam when notifying people about our new posts. Some people ascribe to the practice of using a “blast” method of [...]

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Great Customer Service from ADT

January 22, 2010

I needed to update my home security service and decided to continue with ADT. Jesse Keenan arrived at my home, on time, well-dressed, polite, and genuinely friendly.

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Twitter me this!

January 21, 2010

The January monthly meeting of Exploring New Media started off 2010 with a … tweet!  We discussed Twitter in terms of its beginning, how it is used (and misused), how to get and set up an account, how to delete tweets, and just hinted at 3rd party Twitter apps and marketing uses.
BTW, some excellent Twitter [...]

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But what can I blog about?

January 19, 2010

Originally published on 11/07/09
Someone asked me this question the other day. She said she wanted to blog but didn’t have anything interesting to say. I suggested that she make a list of 50 things about herself, pick the 3 most interesting and take a whirl at them.
We parted ways and that night I started [...]

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How to create effective passwords

January 15, 2010

Origninally published in October 2009.
Passwords. Gotta love”em. Or not!.  Such a pain in the posterior to first come up with a meaningful password then to remember it time after time even if it is only used occasionally.
There are applications that assist in password management.

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Great Customer Service from Sleep Comfort

January 15, 2010

Not exactly exploring new media with this post but I feel good about this and don’t have anywhere else to post it at the moment.
A few years ago, my wife and I bought a Sleep Comfort bed. It has been super. Good nights of sleep. Adjustable whenever. Dual controls.
On a couple of occasions, entropy has [...]

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