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Building a plugin

Building a plugin

I’ve always thought it would be cool to write my own WordPress plugins. Plenty of times I’ve taken existing plugins and tweaked them here or there to do a slightly modified version of their original intent, but never have I started from scratch and created my own plugin. Until now, that is.
Last week I decided [...]

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Improve your blog in 31 days

Improve your blog in 31 days

A few times over the past couple years, some friends and I took part in a few 30 day blog challenges. The challenge was to write a blog post every day for 30 days. The goal was to train ourselves to getting in the habit of writing on a regular basis. The result was less [...]

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Twitter Automation

Twitter Automation

It’s no secret that Twitter is wildly popular these days. People all over the world are using Twitter to stay in touch with dozens/hundreds/thousands of people at a time. But the social aspect of Twitter is only one aspect of it’s power. Using Twitter for automation has the potential to be just as powerful and [...]

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My new favorite toy, the xShot

My new favorite toy, the xShot

I have to say a very big THANK YOU to JustJulie for introducing me to the xShot for the first time back at BlogWorld. Sadly for me, I totally forgot about it until a few weeks back when we were at Beer & Blog and she had it with her again. Once I got my [...]

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The ultimate portable RickRoll

The ultimate portable RickRoll

It’s getting trickier all the time to properly RickRoll somebody these days. All my friends now refuse to click on any tinyURL link I send them for fear that they are about to receive a dose of the awesomeness that is Rick Astley.
By posting this, it’s already too late for me, but that doesn’t mean [...]

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