Ask yourself do I really, really need to upgrade? If you don’t, don’t upgrade most times it is more work than it should be especially if you’ve had your blog online for years like I have…

The other day, I got a notice that I joined some blogs fan community on MyBlogLog. Long time readers may remember I had some questions about this app/service and privacy. The blog in question is not one I’m particularly proud to admit I read occasionally, certainly not a blog I read everyday, week, or am subscribed to the RSS feed for. Apparently MyBlogLog now ads me to the community if I visit that blog a couple times…

Blogging about blogging is rather popular, both by established and new bloggers. The media form is constantly evolving and there are always new twists, tools, and techniques…

As part of upgrading my blog and as well as setting up a new blog on WordPress.com I’ve learned a lot about tags. Previously I was still using a pre-tags version of WordPress. Muskblog has been online for several years, Muschamp.ca for longer, and I’ve had a homepage online since 1996, so I’ve got content. A lot of it is hand rolled and outside of any CMS system. I used to be something of an HTML and CSS guru, even Eric Meyer thought I knew a thing or two…

As part of the setup for the new Greening the Inner-city blog I’m helping some folks get up and running. I’ve been asked a lot of questions about WordPress, specifically what differentiates it from Blogger, Drupal, self hosting, plugins, the importance of well chosen categories, the rise of tags…