The Importance of Good Content

28 December 2009 SEO

There has been a lot of talk about content lately. Well it isn’t really lately, there is always a lot of talk about the importance of content. Heck, without it, the internet would be a very boring place.
Recently Demand Media and Answers.com have been on the hot seat for being content creation engines. Demand Media [...]

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No Vacation

21 December 2009 entrepreneurship

There’s something that I’ve been meaning to talk about for a while, but was afraid to discourage potential entrepreneurs from digging their heels in and getting into this new exciting world of  going it on your own. There is no vacation. When you are a salaried employee of someone else they pay you to take [...]

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Writing a Business Plan

8 December 2009 entrepreneurship

When I started The Pet Wiki, a little over a year ago, it was nothing more than a hobby. I didn’t really set any specific goals. I was just out there to have fun. I took the two things that I loved, creating content and animals, and put them together. All was good.
Things are still [...]

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What color should I paint my office?

1 December 2009 working at home

After working off the dining room table for the last few months, I finally decided to take the big plunge and set up a home office. This may have seemed an obvious next step for most people, but it hasn’t been for me. I’ve been pushing off the big move because I wasn’t exactly sure [...]

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Finding your inner muse

23 November 2009 ramblings

I didn’t write a blog post last week. That’s really not like me. I try to get out a post a week. All the experiences that I’ve been going through since I started my own gig have been pretty exciting – at least for me . I have a few ideas stored up [...]

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The Pet What?

10 November 2009 entrepreneurship

When I started this whole endevor and became an entrepreur a few months ago, I got off to a great start. People thought that I was so cool, going from a secure job to something unknown. My good friends still do (Thanks guys!)
I’m at PubCon in Las Vegas this week - it’s one of the premiere [...]

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Fighting Spam on a Wiki

2 November 2009 wiki

There are a lot of great things about creating a wiki. There is a sense of community and collaboration. People are able to share their knowledge. Depending on how the wiki is set up, anyone can go in and create and edit content. Sounds good, right? Most people are really good and play nicely on [...]

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Working in My PJs?

26 October 2009 working at home

There is this romantic notion that all people who work from home just throw on a robe and start hacking away. That’s not how I roll. Since the first day that I officially started working at home, I’ve always been dressed. After working in an office for 10 years, I decided that I’d give the [...]

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Customizing Your Wordpress Thesis Theme

19 October 2009 blogging

I have been a big Thesis fan for a while now. It makes blog design so easy that almost anyone can do it. Thesis, by itself, looks pretty good. This blog is basically bare-bones Thesis. I really want to change things up here, but haven’t had the time to actually figure out what I want [...]

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Modifying Your MediaWiki Skin

13 October 2009 wiki

So, you have a MediaWiki site up and running, you set up a local copy of the MediaWiki environment, you created a development environment and you have a wiki skin ready to be modified. Now what? Here’s where the fun begins.
What do you want your wiki to look like? If you have graphic skills great. [...]

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