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WordPress, BuddyPress and Social Media at F5Expo

March 19, 2010 - 10:38 am with 14 Comments

It has been a LONG LONG time since I have been to Vancouver. I visited once and climbed all the way to the top of Grouse Mountain and had a blast! When the organizers of the F5Expo event contacted me to see if I had any interest in speaking and participating in their conference, I jumped at the chance to visit Vancouver again. Despite the fact that it is an incredible distance away from Wisconsin – I couldn’t bring myself to say no.

I am doing several things at the F5Expo – it’s really exciting! The event is on April 7th 2010 and is being held at the Vancouver Convention Center.

filed in Blogging, BuddyPress For Dummies, Geeky Things, Web Events, WordPress, Wordpress For Dummies

Speaking at Think Tank Live! in Milwaukee

January 27, 2010 - 1:45 pm with 11 Comments

I am happy to announce that I am speaking at the Think Tank Live Search Marketing and Social Media Summit scheduled for February 23, 2010 in Milwaukee, WI. I will be presenting on the topic of building a niche community web site utilizing the free and dynamic software combination of WordPress and BuddyPress and how business, and individuals, can leverage the features and components to build a fully functional social community on your own web site. Exciting stuff!

filed in BuddyPress For Dummies, Current Events, Design, E.Webscapes, Geeky Things, General, Web Events, WordPress, Wordpress For Dummies

A Very Bose Christmas

December 28, 2009 - 11:36 am with 5 Comments

My ears lost their innocence in 1990. I used to be a person who was just happy listening to music on whatever medium was available – – the car radio, my home stereo system, the loudspeakers at the mall – it didn’t really matter to me. Although, I am a musician – and a classically trained one at that – my ear was never really very picky when it came to consuming music for my …

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filed in Family/Friends, Geeky Things, Holidays/Travel

WordCamp NYC, BuddyPress & Me!

November 5, 2009 - 7:46 pm with 9 Comments

I’m really excited about the opportunity to speak at WordCamp NYC – At 9:15 am Saturday morning – November 14 – I will take the stage and talk about growing communities with BuddyPress. This presentation will take a look at the features BuddyPress currently offers to help you grow your own community on your web site, including some tips and tricks I’ve come across along the way to help de-mystify the BuddyPress themes and templates to help you on your way to customizing your own BuddyPress community site.

filed in Blog Design, BuddyPress For Dummies, Design, Geeky Things, Web Events, WordPress, Wordpress For Dummies

Out From Under . .

November 5, 2009 - 3:33 pm with 6 Comments

Seriously, I haven’t updated this site since JULY – almost 4 months ago. I’m surprised I still have subscribers and that you are still here reading this .. but thank you for sticking around! So much as been going on since I last updated here, I don’t even know where to begin. Maybe if I just blank out the last 4 months and start over and pretend like some of this stuff never happened…would you still love me in the morning?

filed in Geeky Things, That's Life