Why Have I Been Fighting It For SO LONG?

// 7.27.09 // 12 Comments » // Parenting

I change my blog design with the seasons, and sometimes more often. When I procrastinate, I tinker with my blog (well, that or play video games). I get all tingly and knotty in the stomach when someone emails me about creating a blog design for them. Designing web sites is the only thing that can keep me up till all hours, as I code and photoshop and curse the incompatibility of browser platforms. I attended some advanced Geek Labs at BlogHer this year. And I mostly knew what everyone was talking about.

And yet for years now I have bitched and complained about how I can’t find my passion.

Duh.

I surrender.

I Seriously Love the Back-End

// 12.3.08 // 4 Comments » // Link Love, Tech & Blogging, Thriving

Now, settle down. If you arrived here after Googling some porn-related connotation of “back-end,” you can go back to Google now. I am referring the back-end of a blog. The programming. The graphics. The SEO. The marketing.

A few months ago I embarked on a project with my husband’s cousin, The Present Professor. She’s been cranking out the posts, offering up her unique finds in the world of gift-giving. And I’m happier than happy that I DON’T have to write. I’m thrilled to log in to the Wordpress dashboard and see 5 drafts that I can add images to, set keywords for, and then hit the publish button. I love tinkering around with the theme, making sure the right posts are highlighted on the home page, and thinking of new ways to promote the site. This is my calling, people.

Me and The Professor, we make a great team. Check us out.

I’ll Bribe You to Subscribe to My Blog

// 7.16.08 // 9 Comments » // Parenting, Tech & Blogging

This month I am competing in the Blogging Idol contest. It would be cool to win the big prize, but it would also be wonderful to just gain more blog subscribers and learn more about traffic generation. And what’s one thing that brings a lot of traffic? A contest.

From now until July 31, 2008, if you subscribe to my blog via email (click here), you’ll be entered in a sweepstakes to win a free custom blog theme designed by yours truly! And, of course, you will all win by subscribing to my blog and receiving my scintillating content.

The fine print: Free custom design applies to Blogger users and self-hosted WordPress users. If the winner uses another blogging platform, he/she will win a free custom blog header graphic. Winner will be notified by email on August 1st, 2008.