When someone links to your WordPress blog, a pingback/trackback type of comment shows up in your comment list for that post. The same type of pingback comment is created when you link to your own content. I like my comment streams to be clean and clear, so I’m constantly deleting the pingbacks as soon as they’re created. Not only is that ‘extra work’ I could do without, but I it makes me think twice before I link to content elsewhere on my blog. Finally, a pair of plugins that make linking to... Read Full Story
One of the more difficult tasks we face in this life is how to rebuild trust in a relationship. Once trust is compromised or broken, there’s a suspicion present that wasn’t there before, and it’s palpable - everyone can feel it. Where before you would never have questioned, now you think twice. That doubt, that hesitation is the barrier to effectively rebuilding the trust that was once there, so, what can you do? Are you just stuck until it goes away? How’s that just going to magically happen... Read Full Story
Spread your smile around the web with your own Gravatar!
With the advent of WordPress 2.5.1 comes the integration of Gravatars. What are Gravatars you ask? A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is an avatar image that follows you from blog to blog, appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites. Gravatars help identify your posts on blogs and builds recognition for you around the blogosphere, particularly if you’re an active commenter on others’ blogs.
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Please help me welcome Yasmin Coleman and APOOO Books to the vAS family of sites. Yasmin’s site is a wonderful resource for avid readers of fiction and nonfiction, alike! Go check it out!
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Yasmin Coleman, the dynamic founder of APOOO (A Place Of Our Own) Bookclub, asked me last week if I’d be interested in writing for her site. She’s been a subscriber here at Learning Curve for a long time and I was honored that she contacted me with such a request!
So now, every Monday, you’ll find me over at APOOO Bookclub writing Motivation Monday. Today is my debut post, Every Ending Is Also a Beginning. Come on over and leave me a comment, won’t you? Then take a minute to poke around APOOO... Read Full Story
Music moves me, does it you?
For me, it’s not just about the music. When there are lyrics with a strong message, I have a 3-4 minute attitude adjustment at my beck and call. And trust me - I call! Often.
I want to share with you one of my favorite attitude adjusters of all time. It has not only great music, lyrics with a strong message, but visual images that complement both. Do you have 3 minutes and 31 seconds for some uplifting empowerment today?
Click play and enjoy.
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If you don’t consider yourself a ‘technical’ person, life online can get a little overwhelming at times. Even simple things like linking to another post or webpage from a post in your own blog can make you feel like a simpleton. Before you beat yourself up too much, let’s get one thing straight, ok? You’re not stupid because you don’t know something. You just haven’t learned it yet, ok? You have your own area of expertise, and if HTML, CSS and other web-related concepts aren’t it - so what... Read Full Story
For a long time, my ‘need to know’ was the driving force behind everything I did, because the more I knew -> the less surprises there were -> the more secure I felt, in general -> the happier I was. I found it hard to rely on others because I couldn’t ‘know’ they’d follow through like I ‘knew’ I would. I asked a billion and one questions and analyzed everything to death and back again, always trying to avoid the kick in the pants I always felt like was waiting around the next corner.
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