Posted by Site Admin on 29th Sep 2010 in Administrivia, Blogging, Rants | 0 comments
Yesterday I decided that my blog was looking kind of…, well, dull. And a bit of a pain to manage too.
Let me explain.
Years ago I used WordPress to do my blogging. It seemed relatively straightforward to install on my web server, allowed for easy creation of posts both through its built-in Dashboard and via third party applications (like MarsEdit… which at the time had limited WordPress support). But the look and feel of the end site left a lot to be desired. So I turned to the tool that the rest of my sites are created with, RapidWeaver.
RapidWeaver is great for generating nice looking...
Posted by Site Admin on 14th Sep 2010 in Rants | 0 comments
Why is this so hard?
As someone who is fairly typical of users these days — sometimes at home, sometimes at work, sometimes using transit, or just bored somewhere waiting for something / someone — I like to check up on Twitter when time permits. Since there is almost always either a Mac or an iDevice nearby (washroom trips anyone?) getting access to it should be no problem.
Unless of course you don’t like re-reading the same stuff… which is a distinct possibility if you are following a lot of people and / or lists. The problem is that there doesn’t seem to be a consistent,...
