Comments on: Social Media – my “Christmas Project” run amok

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Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:46:22 +0000

[...] had no idea that social media was going to become such a huge part of the picture. (See “Social Media: My Christmas Project Run Amok” for my initial thoughts as I dove into the pool). But here I am at the beginning of March – and [...]

By: Catherine Novak

Catherine Novak — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:52:43 +0000

Hi Paul!

Now’s a good time to give a plug to your company, Transitional Media (transitionalmedia.ca). It’s located here in Victoria, and folks – Paul is a superb guy.

By: Catherine Novak

Catherine Novak — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:49:30 +0000

Hi Bruce! I’ve really enjoyed connecting with you on Twitter, and am honoured to have your comment here. You’ve just inspired my next blog post, so look out for it.

In answer to your question, yes you can absolutely optimize the free WP sites. To do so requires you pay just a few bucks for to activate the “edit CSS” tool, and either find someone you know to add your desired edits, applications, badges and scripts – or you do it yourself. I’m still on the flat part of that learning curve, myself – though I’ve paid my money and can theoretically make this blog rock. Time to find more team members who can help out on that front, I think!

There are tons of wonderful features on WordPress, and I hear that TypePad is excellent, too. That’s the platform that Denise Wakeman (The Blog Squad) uses.

By: Paul Holmes

Paul Holmes — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:04:47 +0000

Great article, Catherine!

I’m doing the same sort of social networking “catch-up” myself. Keep up the good work.

By: Bruce Elkin

Bruce Elkin — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:28:32 +0000

Excellent piece. I appreciated it because it’s a bit similar to me, except I’m still slogging along the flat part of the learning curve, and it seems you are turning up on to the sweet, steep part — where results come disproportionatley to effort. If not now, soon. IMO, you write fluently, with flow. Very nice!

A question. I want to set up a new blog, and don’t really like Blogger. I think I’d like an integrated WordPress blog/site. Possible? My neighbour had some co. downtown create a WordPress site for her, a kind of template, I guess, and then she just changes the content. Can you optimize the free WP blog/sites? What do you recommend?

By: Dar

Dar — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:20:25 +0000

Catherine, I love the path you have chosen to engage in at this time. I noticed yesterday after our lunch that social media really is in it’s infancy. And I am sure that the internet and all of its capabilities are in their infancy too. And just think, years from now we will be able to say, “yup, I was there at the beginning of all that.”
Pretty Cool hey?