I used to think that blogs were only for IT people, writers, poets and loners or perhaps all of the above until one day…
I first registered a domain with web hosting to create a personal webpage using HTML software. Two years went by and I hadn’t done much. My girlfriend suggested that I use my website for a blog so that I could write about my ideas, opinions and get day-to-day stuff off my chest. Continue reading
I’m back on my blog after two weeks of installing and playing with kubuntu linux.
The other night I was convinced that I found a meaning to all this web 2.0 publishing. So here are my thoughts on what you can use each publishing service for.
Blogging: Here is where one could post an article of medium or long length. The emphasis here is placed more on content than design. Continue reading
I believe there is only one internet community the same way there is one world we are all a part of. Since my earliest experiences on the internet I have been using the help of other online users to solve IT related issues.
In the last few months I have learned things that I had previously not given much attention to. Just to share some examples, I have learned about: Continue reading
I’ve changed the theme of this blog to try something new. When it comes to trying different themes on wordpress it’s hard to be completely satisfied but I think this comes pretty close.
The paragraph spacing is easier to read and the side menu looks neat. It seems I have lost my guestbook comments but I think I’ll live.
I hope you like this new look. A post about Valparaiso coming soon.
http://identi.ca
When it comes to microblogging, a few services come to mind. These include; Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku and even Plurk. After doing a brief study of microblogging providers, identi.ca became my choice.
Identi.ca was launched in July 2008 and it has a similar interface to twitter. The reason I chose Identi.ca over twitter was primarily because the nick I was after was taken and it looked like a solid alternative. One aspect that appealed to me was that it runs on an opensource platform. Continue reading