Archive for October, 2007

Blog Action Day

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Have YOU heard about Blog Action Day, which is Monday, October 15, 2007?
The idea is to inspire thousands of bloggers to publish a post on that day about an issue of their choice pertaining to the environment.
To quote the blog behind the big idea:
“The best way to participate is to post on your [...]

Website Backgrounds

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

As a followup to the last post here (the group-generated blog tips meme), I just found a great list of sites offering lovely patterns and backgrounds, thanks to Char who compiled it at Essential Keystrokes.
It used to be that web designers created these from scratch for every new custom web project. Either that, or [...]

The “Batch of Blogging Tips” Meme

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Here’s an altruistic meme as opposed to a “more about me” one… so it’s getting positioned front and center at Loosely Speaking, rather than over the About Page.
Handed off to me by GrannyJ of Walking Prescott, it goes like this:
First, a nice long list (don’t cringe like the guy in the picture, tips are good!) [...]

Where to Hike in Prescott Arizona

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Over at www.AboutPrescottArizona.com I frequently hear from folks planning to visit or who have just moved to Prescott, and who are looking for places to hike or rent kayaks. There isn’t a forum in which they can interact on that site, so I occasionally give their inquiries a second wind here.
Today I heard from Lynn [...]

How Code to Text Ratio Affects Your Site’s Performance

Monday, October 1st, 2007

If you have a website, or are responsible for the care and maintenance of your clients’ sites, does it (or do they) perform the way you’d like in the search engines and directories? If not, how much do you know about “content ratio?”
Friend and colleague Jodi Diehl (pictured right), owner of SunFrogServices.com, knows a LOT [...]