Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Reasons Why WordPress is Superior To Blogger

September 19, 2007

Thirteen Reasons Why WordPress is Superior To Blogger

I began blogging in March 2005. Being a neophyte, I signed up with Blogger because it was free and easy to use. But over time, as I learned more and more about blogging and, more importantly, the blogging community, I found Blogger’s inherent limitations extremely frustrating and, ultimately, unacceptable. I was spending as much time hacking my blog, implementing work-arounds in an effort to approximate the features that are built into WordPress, as I was writing content.

I migrated Colloquium to WordPress in early July 2007 and, in the process, spun some of my content off into two specialized sites, Here’s looking at … me! and Robert’s Legacy. It has not been a painless experience. The transition was labor-intensive and I am still working on formatting and other issues, mostly with the oldest content. But making the move has proven to be the correct decision for me.

If you are thinking about launching a blog or considering a move from one platform to the other, this list of features and characteristics that are unique to WordPress may be useful and assist you in making a decision.

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Thirteen “Lesser Known” Helpful WordPress Plugins

September 12, 2007

Thirteen “Lesser Known” Helpful WordPress Plugins There are zillions of WordPress plugins available, with many new ones released each day. Some are well known and almost universally employed, e.g., Akismet, Google Sitemap Generator. I have discovered some useful plugins that are not as widely known, but extremely helpful. If you are not using the following […]

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Thirteen Recommended Blogs About Blogging

September 5, 2007

Thirteen Recommended Blogs About Blogging

I read these blogs daily to keep up to date on technology and get helpful tips about plugins, design, etc. I recommend all of them!

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& Fitness Program if You Get Off Track">Thirteen Tips to Help You Resume Your Health & Fitness Program if You Get Off Track

August 22, 2007

It is going to happen. You are going to “fall off the wagon” occasionally due to special events, vacations, lack of motivation, someone or something in your life sabotaging your efforts … When it does happen, there are a number of things you can do to get back on track with your health and fitness program. Here are thirteen tips for us all to keep in mind:
1. Be kind to yourself.

You are not perfect. You are never going to achieve perfection. So there is no point in beating yourself up psychologically when you occasionally demonstrate your own humanity.
2. Keep it in perspective.

Consider your slip-up. How does it compare to your old habits? Did you fall right back into your old destructive habits or was this different?

These days, when I “fall off the wagon,” the scenery around me as I’m picking myself up and dusting myself off looks quite different that it used to.

So when it happens, I stop and compare my lifestyle before I developed this program for myself and what the program looks like when I am conscientiously following it. Inevitably, I find that my deviation is minor when compared with how I used to live and what my eating habits used to be.

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