Tech Tips

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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VIDEO – Lightroom Tutorial 1: Importing Photos

March 15, 2010

Are you excited? This is my very first video Tech Tip. It’s a walk-through on importing photos from your digital camera or memory card into Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2. Let me know what you think of it! Some notes on the video… This took at least six “takes”. The first version was over 10 minutes [...]

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Team management with OneNote

February 24, 2010
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I’ve blogged before about time management, especially my fascination with strategies/systems like Getting Things Done. The trick is, a lot of that stuff is geared towards individual time management…but what happens when you manage a team of people and need to keep track of what they are working on? I’ve devised a system for tracking [...]

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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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WordPress Lockdown! Part 1 – Renaming the admin account

February 9, 2010
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WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms available today. However, it’s very popularity can work against it – due to the fact that many people install WordPress but don’t know how to properly lock it down, it’s a prime target for hackers who want to exploit it. Making your WordPress blog nice and [...]

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Facebook Fan Pages vs. Networked Blogs

February 4, 2010
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Love it or hate it, Facebook is here to stay. Despite challenges around user privacy and an ever-changing interface, Facebook is rapidly becoming THE gateway to content for many users. As a blogger, Facebook can be a great tool to promote and share your content to potential readers. But the real question is…what’s the best [...]

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