An online notebook
Apparently the blog run by David Miliband, the UK government’s “Minister of Communities and Local Government”, costs the taxpayer £6,000 – whether that was a one off payment or an ongoing annual fee it doesn’t say. Clearly the government’s ability to wildly overspend on IT even stretches to the world of blogging – which is … Keep reading
Akismet caught its first attempt at comment spam today – the first spam I have had on this blog since it was set up. Nice to see it working so well – and I guess it means that I must be doing something right if I am getting the attention of the spammers…
Well, starting up a new blog has certainly made it clear to me the steps that are needed to try and get things settled and moving quickly. 1. Install WordPress. Ok, so I am a WordPress guy, and most of this will be WP specific. If you don’t have your own server or hosting, use … Keep reading
One of the recommended actions for any blogger to take is to tag their posts, inserting appropriate links at the end of the post to a service like Technorati, say, which might be of use to a reader and will help increase the numbers of those visiting your blog. Hopefully. I’ve been looking at a … Keep reading
I have just been playing with Bloglines this morning – it has been a while since I looked at it, as I have been doing all on online RSSing in Newsgator of late, because the sync with FeedDemon is so handy. Anyway, I won’t be using FeedDemon so much when I get the new PC, … Keep reading