Studying Chinese Alone?
If you thought you were studying alone, here is a selection of posts that might help, or cheer you up. By sharing our experiences, we can all make the journey to Mandarin fluency that little bit more exciting.
Posts Tagged ‘blog’
Simplify Wordpress Updates with Subversion
Wordpress is already pretty easy to install and manage, but did you know that if you have command line access to your server, you can probably make that whole process a lot easier – especially when it comes to upgrades.
To install a fresh copy of Wordpress in a directory named blog, follow these three steps.
Improve Your Blog – Request a Peer Review
Nothing highlights the opportunities for improvement more than watching a first time reader navigate your blog. Peer reviews are simply a way of capturing the feedback from a second pair of eyes. They don’t have to be structured and could even take the form of a simple verbal comment. All feedback is equally valuable. The aim is not to be critical, but to be constructive.
Where Do You Get Your Information?
As a member of the IET I was recently asked to complete a survey around how I conduct research and access information. I’d be very surprised if the survey reveals anything surprising, but I was surprised enough at my answer to the following question: What sources do you use to acquire information and what aspects do you like about each source?
7 Reasons Why You Should Respond to Comments on Your Blog
I recently installed the WP Comment Remix plugin and was stunned to see how often I had been neglecting to respond to comments left on my blog. While replying to a comment by ShriNagesh I was reminded of the Top 10 reasons why you must comment on blogs over at SmartAdvi$e.info.
These are my reasons why bloggers should respond to comments.
Blog Updates
I’ve made some behind the scenes changes to my blog. Hopefully these changes make it easier to stay on top of my blog in the limited time I have available. I’m hoping that the next major update will be a multilingual version of the site.
Wordpress on the iPhone
The ever popular blogging engine Wordpress has an accompanying iPhone application. Now at version 1.1 the application remains free and open source. It is well written, runs smoothly and has some nice touches that inspire confidence during use. It is a shame then that the focus of this application is on a task not suited to the mobile environment.
A New Theme
So, here we are on the first day in 2008 with a new theme and a fresh outlook for my somewhat neglected blog. I’ll start by wishing everyone 新年好.