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.

PhotoTiki: Your Life in Pictures

// 7.3.08 // 2 Comments » // Freedom & Politics, Link Love, Tech & Blogging

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed some new tweets called “My Life in Pictures.” I’m experimenting with a new way to post photos without loading them to Flickr and then putting them on my blog. I like to keep my Flickr stream “clean,” using just my best photos. I don’t want photos of food or something funny I saw on the side of the road on Flickr. Some photos don’t warrant a blog post, but I want a quick way to photoblog without cluttering up my personal blog. So I’m trying PhotoTiki. It’s a neat app that lets you load a photo, or send directly from your phone, and then interact with other users who can comment on your photos.

The site is run by my friend Chris. Well, he’s my internet friend. He’s done some programming work for me and although we live 20 minutes from each other, we’ve never met in person. Shows ya how social I am. But on the internet? Very social! Chris is a smart guy, so go check out PhotoTiki and be sure to let me know if you sign up. I need some more friends there.

Have you subscribed to my blog yet? Please? Pretty please?

Links You Might Love 3-22-08

// 3.22.08 // 5 Comments » // Link Love

• Sign up now for FriendFeedFeed! Hurry!!!!
• My latest blog discovery is SheGeeks. Corvida blogs about social media and makes me wish I was 20 years old again, growing into a career in this very exciting time.
• Filter, automate and be more productive with this fantastic list of scripts, add-ons, and software tools from Internet Duct Tape.