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Posted on May 07, 2008 - 1:35am by John P. in Site Updates, Wordpress
You know, I think of myself as a pretty prolific blogger. With over 1,100 posts in under two years, its hard to find others who can match my output. So would it surprise you to learn that even with multiple anti-spam measures in place, there are 100 Spams posted to OMB for every post I write!
That’s right. Akismet alone has saved you guys from reading over 100,000 spam comments, so a big huge thanks goes out to Matt Mullenweg and the gang over at Automattic for offering this service.
Posted on May 05, 2008 - 1:07am by John P. in Videos, Wordpress
Damn that Another Man! He scooped me on Poetic Prophet, the SEO Rapper!
Anyway, you know that lecture I gave on 45 Tips to Supercharge Your Blog back at WordCamp Dallas? Yeah, we’ll just imagine me doing that to a cool hip-hop beat with a gold chain and sneakers and you’ve got the Poetic Prophet!
Posted on May 03, 2008 - 1:25am by John P. in Wordpress, Work
Folks, for a long time now I’ve held a virtual monopoly on the blogging scene. One Man’s Blog has been the ONLY Man’s blog. But now a new contender has arisen to challenge my dominance. Aaron Phillips has foolishly taken up the gauntlet by launching Another Man’s Blog! Silly mortal.
What’s more, in his latest delusional posting he’s taken to comparing One Man to Another Man. And to make matters worse, he’s even created Battle Cards for us!
I’d just like to say that these Battle Cards are completely F@$%ing off the mark! Clearly my “F-bomb” ability has been massively F@$%ing understated! I demand a F@$%ing recount! I’ll pay anyone $10 to do it!
Posted on May 01, 2008 - 10:58am by John P. in Wordpress, Work
Capitalism is alive and kicking. I was wondering how long it would take before someone actually began selling the invite codes on eBay. Now we know!
edalechick is now offering some presumably real invite codes that I handed out at some point in the past on this eBay auction.
Frankly, I can’t wait to see how much they’ll go for!
So for the 500 people last week who wrote me asking if they could get approved, here is your chance for fame and tracking.
Posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 10:48pm by John P. in The Man's Videos, Tutorials, Wordpress
Jacob Santos gave a lecture at WordCamp Dallas on WordPress testing in which he makes a strong argument for destructive testing of WordPress as a means to improvement.
When you think of a project like WordPress that powers millions of blogs, it’s hard to imagine all of the infinite ways that people will test the software and find ways to break it. But Jacob makes a case for automating the testing in order to have consistency and to find bugs much quicker than by simply releasing the code to the real world and watching what happens.
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Posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 1:12am by John P. in The Man's Videos, Tutorials, Wordpress, Work
I had the honor and privilege of moderating a power packed panel at WordCamp Dallas comprised of Matt Mullenweg, Mark Ghosh, Liz Strauss and Aaron Brazell on the topic “The Business of Blogging”.
The panelists discussed how businesses of any size might better incorporate blogging and other forms of new media into their marketing and product development plans.
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Posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 8:37pm by John P. in The Man's Videos, Tutorials, Wordpress
Next in the lineup of WordCamp Dallas speakers is Chris Smith, Lead GravityStream Strategist at Netconcepts, who lectured on Search Engine Optimization for Bloggers.
Chris has five patents pending for his work on local search and presentation technologies, and his specialization centers around natural search optimization.
Incidentally, there are two more WordCamp Videos still to come, so for my regular readers who are not into blogging… it’s almost over and we’ll get back to our regularly scheduled silliness soon!
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Posted on Apr 06, 2008 - 11:49pm by John P. in The Man's Videos, Tutorials, Wordpress
I’m pleased to be able to present the Queen of WordPress, Lorelle VanFossen! This presentation is from WordCamp 2008 and Lorelle gives her WordPress Power Tips!
If you haven’t read Lorelle on WordPress and you’re a blogger… well you’re missing out. And you should also check out her Camera on the Road site to keep up with wherever in the heck she is right at this moment!
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Posted on Apr 05, 2008 - 12:22am by John P. in The Man's Videos, Wordpress
Among the wonderful presenters we had lined up for WordCamp 2008 in Dallas were Neal Campbell and his wife Cali Lewis, the stars of GeekBrief.TV. They gave some interesting tips on how they use WordPress on their 7 Websites, and they demonstrated how they live stream video using their Nokia cell phone and Qik - the streaming video site.
The thing that I found most captivating was the way that Cali and Neal worked together like a team. You can tell that not only are they comfortable with one another, but they are old pros at putting themselves out there on stage. Very nice flow to their presentation, and something I hope one day to be able to emulate personally.
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Posted on Apr 04, 2008 - 1:17am by John P. in The Man's Videos, Wordpress
This was my lecture given at the WordCamp Dallas 2008 event held at City Hall in Frisco, TX. The topic was the previously posted 45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog.
Enjoy…
P.S. - Watch for the cameo appearance from Frisco City Mayor Mike Simpson!
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Posted on Apr 03, 2008 - 4:02pm by John P. in The Man's Videos, Tutorials, Wordpress
I was very pleased to work with Charles Stricklin this year on organizing the WordCamp Dallas 2008 event held at City Hall in Frisco, TX.
A very special Thank You goes out to Mayor Mike Simpson and the entire City Council for allowing the event to be held in the Council Chambers. And also to Tom Kraemer, the City’s AV Manager who worked tirelessly all weekend to record and catalog all of the WordCamp videos which I’ll be posting over the coming days.
We also need to thank our generous sponsors without whom this event simply wouldn’t have been possible (please spread the link love):
The first speaker at WordCamp this year was Matt Mullenweg, and he gave a lecture on “WordPress 2.5 and Beyond”.
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Posted on Mar 31, 2008 - 3:17am by John P. in Wordpress, Work
Wow. After the introduction of Woopra to the WordCamp attendees yesterday, and a short interview with Cali Lewis of GeekBrief, Woopra has been all over the news today.
Elie Khoury, Jad Younan (the real geniuses behind the application) and I are all stunned and absolutely delighted that so many people are excited about the feature / functionality of the application. And we’re currently working very hard to figure out how we can rapidly make it available to a much wider audience.
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