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Speeding Up WordPress, Part 1: Basic W3 Total Cache Configuration and Content Delivery Network

September 28, 2011
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A while ago, I wrote up a small post posting the results of the “blog speedup” I did for my friend Jenn. What I didn’t do was actually explain HOW I did it. This post will dive into the settings and steps needed to make your WordPress blog super-duper fast. NOTE: This will only work [...]

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New Facebook 101: Lists

September 22, 2011
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If you are a user of Facebook, you are no doubt aware that there have been some major changes lately…especially around the Feed. I’m not going to tell you why the new way is better, because either a) you already know, so why bother, or b) you already decided it’s not, so again, why bother. [...]

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How I Set Up My Circles in Google Plus

July 7, 2011

I’ve been playing around with Google Plus for about a week now. One of the major features of the product is the concept of “Circles”, which is similar (in a way) to Facebook “Friends Lists”. Here’s an overview of my personal Circle strategy. What are Circles, anyway? In a nutshell, a Circle is a group [...]

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Making your Gmail account bulletproof

March 7, 2011
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Email can be our lifeblood. Your email inbox is the center of your existence, and if it gets compromised, you can be in for a world of hurt. If hackers get access to your email, they can use this access to reset passwords to your Facebook account, or even your online banking accounts. Because of [...]

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I just got a WordPress blog…now what do I do?

February 24, 2011
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WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms available today. With it’s famous “Five minute install method”, getting WordPress up and running for your blog is relatively trivial. However, after the base install, there are several things that should be configured for the most awesome WordPress experience possible. Note: The tips in this post [...]

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Configuring SharePoint 2010 Search in a one-way trust scenario

June 1, 2010
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Let me just start out by saying that I think that SharePoint 2010 is pretty darn awesome. The user experience is three billion times better than previous versions, and the list of amazing features is miles long. That being said, I’m starting to think that Microsoft didn’t really do a lot of testing of this [...]

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How to rock Facebook but maintain some respectability

February 18, 2010
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(Originally posted on 1/30/2009 – updated for the latest Facebook settings) So you’ve given in to the peer pressure and signed up with Facebook. You’ve hunted down your old high school pals. You suddenly have a strong option on the Pirates v. Ninjas debate. You play Scrabulous Lexulous.It’s great. Everyone is on the Fizzy Bizzy. [...]

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