A podcast interview with a sassy web puritan

When SheUnlimited contacted me recently about doing a podcast interview, my first response was “Me…? Really? Are you sure you don’t have me confused with someone else?” I was happy to do it though, and even though I apparently have a slightly...

Just for fun

Ilker at The Thinking Blog has a fun Caption an Animal Challenge going on until August 25th in the spirit of sites like this one, and I’ve had this picture since we lived in Chicago a couple of years ago that I thought would be perfect: I’ll bet someone...

Blasts from the past

There’s been a great meme going around lately which leads those tagged to share 10 of their favorite posts from the past. I’ve been tagged by Jeanne at A Writer’s Notes and Trinity at Rooms of My Heart, and it has been interesting going back through...

Last week for entries in the Pimp My Blog contest

Just a reminder, this is the last week for entries into the “Pimp My Blog” contest. All e-mails with your entries must be in to me by August 24th, midnight US Eastern Time (that’s GMT -4). Check the original contest post for all the details. I...

Trendspotting: the move from blog to “portal”

WordPress is increasingly being used as a content management system, and I think we’re about to see many blogs follow the trend we’ve seen recently in sites like Problogger, from simple blog to “portal”. These portal entry pages are more of an...