WordPress for Technical Communicators

by bsherm on January 21, 2010

I had the opportunity last night to present a quick overview of WordPress to the local STC chapter. As promised I am posting this information for the attendees.

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Snoozing SMS Updates to Avoid Twitter DM Spam

by bsherm on November 2, 2009

Recently there has been an uptick in account hijacks on Twitter. This commonly happens when someone logs in with their twitter ID/Password to a site that is a trojan horse. That site then sends out messages through the victim’s account.

Recently, it seems, a Direct Message is the preferred mode of sending out these messages. This adds the annoyance of not only a more direct message, but for many folks (myself included) DMs are the one type of message that goes directly to their phone. So now when someone you follow gets attacked, you run the risk of getting an early morning wake up call. This is a brief post to explain how to fix that.

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Time-Lapse Photography

July 1, 2009

A good friend of mine is involved in a construction project. I don’t have all the details, but he is looking to create a time-lapse record of the demo at a site followed by the construction of a new building. He estimates that the project will last 12-18 months.
Here is what he is looking for:

A [...]

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Over vs. Under Design

April 22, 2009

I strategically chose the name of my business as blue collar design because I wanted to communicate that my focus was design that worked, not just some pie in the sky design for design’s sake. Initially I started this as a side business, wanting to do some web design. That urge has long passed, but [...]

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What Twitter Is, and What It’s Not

April 20, 2009

So I have been exploring the world of Twitter since last fall. I wanted to take this opportunity to share some of what I have learned about Twitter. This is my attempt to explain how twitter is similar and dissimilar to services out there already.
First the basics, Twitter is a communication tool that has the [...]

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Western Digital Passport

April 18, 2009

Recent incidents (both involving myself and family) have reminded me of the importance of a good backup strategy. External hard drives are a great tools to backup or transfer files. I have owned a My Book and My Passport for quite a while.
Doing a little research on the external drives I was surprised to see [...]

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MacHeist 3

April 5, 2009

MacHeist is an interesting program that allows you to buy a bundle of Mac programs for a ridiculously low price. I participated in a previous one that let me get a nice screen capture program for the Mac and a bunch of other applications. Currently they are running the third incarnation of the program which [...]

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Strange Social Media or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Anarchy

February 18, 2009

I am new to this Social Media space. For those that have no clue what I am talking about, it means many things to many people but most would agree that sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are part of it.

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Webbie HD: First Look

February 16, 2009

Showing my complete lack of self-control I traveled to the local SonyStyle store and purchased Webbie HD. I pan on doing a comprehensive review shortly, but with a project coming to a head this week, my idea of shortly may be different from yours. So here is the first look:

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Gadget Lust: The Sony Webbie HD Cameras

January 8, 2009

CES is upon on us, which is bad news for me. I suffer from a condition called gadget lust. In general this is something that I use to my advantage in my chosen profession. I enjoy working with new technology, but sometimes it affects my bank account.
Sony came out with a number of new products [...]

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