Top five modern Wordpress themes

Well, not necessarily my “top five picks” of all time; Rather, my top five picks from the Smashing Magazine 100 Excellent Wordpress Themes list.
#1: WP-Polaroid
I was pleased to see Adii release a public version of his own theme late last year. I’ve always been a fan of his blog design and it’s good to know [...]

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Blogging Nevada Politics

I’ve been in Chicago for about two and a half months now. It’s been a great ten weeks and I’ve loved every minute of it. But every now and then I miss two things.
1) Nevada
2) Blogging Nevada Politics
Nevada is a beautiful state. Up north (Reno) where I lived you had the best of both worlds [...]

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HitTail for Bloggers

Are you one of those bloggers who watches his/her search terms and keywords religiously? Do you constantly seek to know what your readers were searching for when they found you?
Most bloggers, without question, will say YES!
It’s probably safe to say that the majority of us (bloggers) are well aware of our traffic sources. Bloggers like [...]

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Is mainstream media traffic better than social networking traffic?

Apparently so…

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Is requiring log in for comments a good idea?

This morning I found a great article over at mashable regarding the new API LinkedIn is working on to allow for the development of user applications. I was keen to jump in with a comment, so I started typing away and after three paragraphs, hit submit and waited for the confirmation.
But instead of seeing my [...]

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Illinois bloggers

I FINALLY have my blogs set up and ready to rock. It’s only taken me… what? Five weeks?
Anyway, for those of you who stumble across the blog (I know it’s new, so I don’t see more than 150 unique visits on an average day) and know who I am, I figured I would give [...]

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Blogrush gone with the wind

Several weeks ago good friend Richard Disney e-mailed me about Blogrush. He was excited about the new widget and heard a lot of great things about the widget and what it does.
I’ll be honest in saying this… my first thought was “oh great, here comes another one!” I want to get excited about these tools, [...]

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Search Engine Tattler

FreshVisionMedia.com has brought about a plethora of new blogs for me to maintain. It’s going to require a lot of work, but I look forward to the challenge and I’m excited about getting these projects up and running.
So far I’ve built the main blog, my personal blog, a new blogging tips blog (under construction), and [...]

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