Tag: WordPress
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Packing and GM Prep
Pride isn’t a super attractive trait. That said, I’m pretty proud of my latest packing feat. It’s always my goal to pack light–usually packing for a week in a single backpack. I went a bit over that this time, but not much. These were the factors I had to incorporate: Travel for a week in…
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Customer Service and Life Tips
Those of you in my arena know there is no other way of saying this. I have the best job in the world. For me. I have the honor of providing tech support to WordPress users around the world. And I have an amazing company behind me (Automattic) that understands that the way to provide…
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Nobody Warned me About the Forties
And I kind of wish someone had. It’s a horrible decade. It’s a beautiful decade. And I think I can summarize that in my day today. It’s kind of a step-by-step thing so if that kind of writing bores you, x out now 🙂 The featured image? The only relation to today was that it…
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WordCamp Buffalo
It’s not even seven a.m. On a Saturday, but I’m up and raring to go. It’s time for another WordCamp! And this one is organized by the meetup group I attend every month so it’s super-fun. Last night we had a wonderful dinner at Bada Bings in downtown Buffalo. While it was a dinner for the speakers,…
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2015. My Year as a Speaker
We’re almost through January, and I’m still mulling over 2015, figuring out how I can move on and do better. This gets me thinking about my speaking endeavors. I’m much better at writing than presenting. I don’t even like it when people listen to me when I’m talking on the phone. So I decided to…
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I Got a 70% in Blogging University
And I’m 100% okay with that. As many of you know, I tried my hand at poetry writing a bit ago. I’m always telling people how much I love Blogging University, and I was taking full advantage of the coursework by taking part in the Poetry class. So here’s the confession: I only did seven out of…
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Freedom – Poetry Day 5
Today I did a Cinquain poem. As I was looking for a type of poem-style to write, I came across this style. There are different ways to write a Cinquain. I saw a 2-4-6-8-2 style and different 1,2,3,4,1 – word styles. I went for the latter. That was further refined in this example by stating…
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Sleep – Poetry Day 3
It’s time to think deeply about sleep. Dive into the pool of night and let whatever it is you find there take poetic form. (I hope this prompt doesn’t make an insomniac out of you!) Soft Lullabies Evolve into Epic tales as my physical momentum is put on Pause *This post is part of the Poetry 101 course…