WordPress and Shared SSL
Over the weekend, I decided to move my website, once again, to BlueHost. DomainsMadeEasy just wasn’t cutting it. I constantly received “down” messages and when I called support, they dismissed me and refused to live up to their 99.9% SLA. Upon migrating over, I wanted to be sure to take advantage of the shared SSL […]
Connect Your Blog to Google Buzz
After doing a little investigation last night, I finally figured out how to get this blog automatically posting to Google Buzz. For all those that might be struggling with the process, I thought I’d post a little how-to tip. The first and most important thing you need to do is have a link somewhere on […]
Custom 404 Page on Windows Shared Hosting
I recently had to setup a new WordPress blog for work and when it came time to setting up the 404 page, I had the hardest time finding answers for what I was trying to do. So, I thought I would post my solution so it’s out there and ideally save someone hours of wasted […]
Instant Updates On Any Topic From Around The Web
FriendFeed has become more and more integrated into my life lately. Not because they launched real-time, updated their UI, or even because they improved their search capabilities (though this is part of it). It’s because FriendFeed has given me the ability to track any topic I want, on anything, from anywhere and be notified about […]
Google Calendar and Contacts Finally Sync with your iPhone…Over The Air
Back in August 2008, I explained how I managed to sync my iPhone with my Google calendar using a third party program, Calgoo. Well, over-the-air native sync is finally here! Last week sometime, I noticed, in the upper right corner of my Google Calendar, a new item stating “Sync with iPhone!” (This link is still […]
Errors with FeebBurner’s MyBrand
If you have your own custom URL for your feeds, called MyBrand in FeedBurner, you may come across the same error I did when transferring your FeedBurner account over to Google. If you haven’t done it yet, you are going to officially need to transfer your FeebBurner feeds over to Google by February 28th. I […]
Yes You Can with Google Alerts
A few weeks ago I complained about Google Alerts being too elementary and not up to par with what companies need to stay on top of their branding game. Apparently I did not dig deep enough into the power of what these alerts can do. With a little nudge from Rasheen, I found answers to […]
Brand Management with Google Alerts
After reading Louis Gray’s post this evening on brand reputation managment, it made me wonder for the billionth time, why are Google Alerts so elementary? For a company that specializes in search, I’d expect, at the very least, the following options be made available: Exclude domains from your alerts. mybloglog.com is one of the domains […]
Calgoo – Sync your iPhone with your Google Calendar(s)
[UPDATE:] You can now sync your iPhone with Google over the air! I will flat out tell you right now, I didn’t get this to work “over air,” but none-the-less, I am finally able to sync my iPhone with my Google Calendars (yes, calendars is plural!). The Issue All of my calendars are stored on […]
FriendFeed as an RSS Reader/Organizer
A thread posted by David Silvernail on FriendFeed encouraged me to chime in and let everyone know that my current favorite RSS reader is FriendFeed. Why? If you have ever used AllTop to get your news, you know it is a great one stop shop to see what is happening around the web on any […]