Blog Oklahoma

Now Listed at Blubrry

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:52:11 CST

The Blog Oklahoma Podcast is now listed at Blubrry.com

http://www.blubrry.com/blogoklahoma/

New Member - All Trails Lead Home

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:52:39 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: All Trails Lead Home.

Oklahoma blog featuring self-help, do-it-yourself learning and opinions. The Monday Recipe blog showcases Okie dishes and the Friday Dog Blog makes stars out of cute pooches.

http://alltrailsleadhome.blogspot.com

New Member - An Oklahoman in Okehampton

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:16:43 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: An Oklahoman in Okehampton.

I was born and raised in Tulsa,Oklahoma, and lived my whole life in Tulsa. During 2008 I moved to Okehampton in the UK and married a Brit. I'm now an 'okie from okie' !!!

http://www.okie2okie.co.uk/blog/

An Ad on Podcast Show Notes?

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:10:41 CST

I'm doing a small advertising experiment for a couple of weeks. I've put a Google Ad block in the podcast show notes.

Oh and just so you know, I'm not making any plans to put that ad block on any other blog post or anywhere else on the site; besides the footer where's it's been for some time. I realize having an ad block in the middle of a blog post is most annoying. Trust me you're not going to be seeing that kind of forced advertising here. The Google Ad block is off to the side of the show notes in an unobtrusive area.

As a web developer this advertising experiment will teach me how position of advertising blocks relates to traffic and content. There are plenty of tutorials online about how advertising works on web sites, but I wanted to see it for myself in a hands-on and controlled way.

Okay why the podcast show notes?

Well here's the odd thing, the podcast show notes are consistently the most popular posts on Blog Oklahoma blog. I typically only post the show notes once a week, so I'll have a controlled data set to study.

I'm also hoping to learn why the podcast show notes are the most popular posts here on the Blog Oklahoma blog. I get waaaaaay more reads of the show notes than I get listens to the podcasts.

Can anyone explain that one? I'm going to need some feedback on that head scratcher.

Well that's the reason for the show notes ad block. I like to keep everyone informed on the happenings here at Blog Oklahoma. And if I learn anything with my little experiment I'll be sure to it pass along. Please feel free to post a comment, contact me, or @blogoklahoma if you have any questions or feedback.

A Note About The Ads: I honestly didn't get into blogging to make money. I more or less put up Google & Amazon Ads to learn how to use them. This said, On the rare occasion do get anything from them, I one, take the family out to dinner, and two give the rest to charity through out the year.

Inside a podcaster's studio

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:25:34 CST

Cliff Ravenscraft over at GSPN, one of my favorite podcast networks, showed off his podcasting studio in a special video edition of the Podcast Answer Man.

gspn.tv Studio Tour from Cliff Ravenscraft on Vimeo.

It's always interesting to see other podcaster's rigs. Yes, Cliff does have quite a bit of equipment, but none of it is really high dollar, and he's built it up over years. As you can see even someone who makes their living doing podcasts doesn't have to spend a lot to get things going. Hope for my little podcast yet.

If you are interested in leaning how to podcast, I highly recommend Cliff Ravenscraft's Podcast Answer Man podcast.

New Member - The Birding Life

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:13:17 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: The Birding Life.

My site is about birding, birds and other natural history stories usually in Oklahoma.

http://thebirdinglife.blogspot.com/

New Member - A Nyte's Tale

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:13:06 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: A Nyte's Tale.

A dose of creativity, from outside the box of normality, to enlighten you with my askewed view of reality. Quote: "A great thought begins by seeing something differently, with a shift of the mind's eye." � Albert Einstein

http://ajnyte.blogspot.com

New Member - Along the South Canadian

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:13:53 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: Along the South Canadian.

Growing up in small town Oklahoma.

http://alongthesouthcanadian.blogspot.com/

New Member - Deana-isms

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:49:51 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: Deana-isms.

Just stuff, sometimes political

http://palingirl.livejournal.com

Twitter List Widget

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:02:30 CST

Twitter now has a widget for it's new list feature. http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_list

From the look of things you can only embed one list widget on your site. If you know of a work around, please post a comment.

New Member - I can be your Oklahomie

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:05:24 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: I can be your Oklahomie.

Medicine Park, Oklahoma

http://icanbeyouroklahomie.blogspot.com

New Member - OKC Home Sellers

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:38:44 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: OKC Home Sellers.

A blog about Oklahoma City metro real estate, homes, neighborhoods, market statistics plus random musings.

http://okchomesellers.com/blog

New Member - DALSING ART

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:35:23 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: DALSING ART.

I am an artist, an oil painter, who paints Oklahoma landscapes. I post them on my blog and talk about where they were painted. I talk about the Oklahoma seasons and places that I go to paint. My work is for sale but that is incidental to my focus on art. I love to paint and I live in northeastern Oklahoma. My blog is accessed by people from other states and other countries who learn just a bit about where I live. I am a co-owner of a small art gallery.

http://bettydalsing.blogspot.com

Pandora Tip: How many hours did I use?

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:38:44 CST

Here's another Pandora Radio tip. To see how many hours you've used of your free 40 hours, click on account. Your count is shown below "gender".

Pandora Radio Widget

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:24:19 CST

Pandora Radio has another widget for you to share your listening pleasure with. Just login, view your profile, and click on "embed your widget" at the bottom of the widget. I haven't found any options to change colors, so you'll be stuck with orange. You can control width by adjusting the embed code itself, look for width="100%", or by wrapping the embed in a DIV or TABLE. You can't adjust the height.

Here's my Pandora widget as an example:

You can find other Pandora widgets here. Now excuse me while I use up my free 40 hours this month.

Twitter Lists

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:23:44 CST

I've been playing around with Twitter's new list feature. I've started a few you might be interested in following:

@BlogOklahoma/news
A list of Oklahoma news media
@BlogOklahoma/ems
A list of Oklahoma Emergency Management Systems
@BlogOklahoma/schools
A list of Oklahoma universities
@BlogOklahoma/politics
A list of Oklahoma political news and people
@BlogOklahoma/gov
A list of Oklahoma government services & municipalities
BlogOklahoma/blog-tech
A list of Blogging and Podcasting technologies and services
@BlogOklahoma/boknet
The Blog Oklahoma Network Twitter Feeds

Still working on these list so they'll grow and be fine tuned a bit.

If you would like to follow any of these lists, just click on at the top of the list page. After you follow, you'll see that list listed under lists on your Twitter page (can I type "list" any more in that).

Snap Shot Previews

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:08:30 CST

I've added Snap Shots to the member profile page (and only that page). To view the Snap Shot click on the small dialog bubble.

New Member - Teach and Tickle

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:55:18 CST

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: Teach and Tickle.

A family blog chronicling the "teach and tickle" moments of our household.

http://www.teachandtickle.com/

Tumblr Tip: Share Your Likes

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:39:06 CST

Here's a Tumblr tip for you this morning. Did you know you can share your Tumblr "Likes"?

If you want to share: From to your Dashboard, Click on Account / Preferences, Check the "Share posts I like" listed under the "Dashboard" category.

To access your "liked" list link to: http://www.tumblr.com/liked/by/(your name here)

As an example here's one from my Tumblr blog: http://www.tumblr.com/liked/by/programwitch

Blog Oklahoma Podcast 45: The Halloween Special

programwitch@itlnet.net (Program Witch) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:28:42 CST

The 31th of October is very special to me. Not only is it home to one of the cooler holidays, it's also the day I became wedded to my lovely Donna. Thank you for 5 wonderful years.

Did you know your fifth wedding anniversary is the wood anniversary? I'm not sure what I'm suppose to get Donna. Considering the season, I'm thinking of a wooden stake. So she'll have something to protect her from all those Twilight fans. Ooo Creepy!

In tribute to this special day stay tuned for a special edition of the podcast.

Playlist:

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