iPad2: One Week Later

iPad2 box

I know most people do the unboxing post much sooner, but I’ve been busy working — and playing with the device. It’s been a week since I got the iPad2 and I love it more every day. I posted photos from the early part of the day in line here, here and here. Here’s what [...]

Geeks and Startups

stiqrd Logo

stiqrd Logo In January 2010 I was dreading the imminent empty nest. In January 2011, I’m up to my ears in what I’m pretty sure is the best antidote for the empty nest: a tech startup. For the past couple of months, in addition to various freelance projects and my regular part-time job, I’ve been [...]

WordPress Memphis January Meetup

Building Online Community

I love our WordPress Memphis meetup group. I organized the group last September as a peer group to study WordPress. We have folks of all levels of experience and have a group website that we use to experiment and are going to design as a group project. Our January meetup was a great time as [...]

Advent Prayer: Knocking for Opportunity

Advent prayer

This morning as my husband, Jim, and I got ready to leave for church, I put on my coat, scarf and gloves to stay warm in the 20-degree weather and single-digit windchill. I had to decide between brown gloves to go with my pants or black gloves to go with my coat; cloth or leather, [...]

WordPress Memphis — October Meetup

WordPress Memphis admin area

I’m excited about this week’s WordPress Memphis meetup. First, we’ll cover some basic search engine optimization (SEO) techniques with Michael Myers, a local SEO guru. If you want to get your site noticed, you’ve got to know at least a little bit of SEO, so don’t miss it. Then we’ll play around with our WordPressMemphis [...]