Collin Condray's Blog

11 Essential Wordpress Plugins

Collin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:29:27 +0000

I’ve recently updated several of my Wordpress sites. I took this opportunity to check my plugin lists and see if there are any new or updated plugins that I had to have for every Wordpress installation. Here is a list that I’ll probably add to about 90% of my new Wordpress installs in no particular [...]

Quick and Dirty Traffic Research Using bit.ly Links

Collin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:18:27 +0000

We’ve all seen bit.ly links in a million Tweets before, but they have more uses than just saving you a few characters in your posts. Bit.ly provides good click through reporting that can show you how many of your followers clicked on your link and when they clicked it. Additionally, if you’ve shortened a URL [...]

Germany Vacation July 16 – Lake Titisee

Collin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:11:12 +0000

Just to get it out of the way, yes, you do say it that way, and no you can’t do it there. The Black Forest is well known for its tourism. One of the more popular places near Freiburg to visit is Lake Titisee. We had absolutely gorgeous weather that day, and the region has had [...]

Germany Vacation July 15 – My Kingdom For Free WiFi

Collin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:10:23 +0000

Today we checked out of our hotel, and I cannot say how happy I am with the ArtHotel Munich. The rooms were modern, spacious, close to the main train station, and inexpensive (for Munich). Most importantly, they had excellent customer service and never laughed at all the stuff the crazy Americans were carrying. Additionally, they [...]

Germany Vacation July 14 – Knoedel Time

Collin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:43:21 +0000

I take it back; the Germans are not as crazy as I thought. It’s normal hot today, and everybody is wearing shorts, but I don’t see a lot of sandals, which is weird considering we’re in the land of Birkenstock. Once again we got up early and headed back to Aunt Agnes’ house in Stockdorf. And here [...]

Germany Vacation July 12-13 – The Invasion of Germany

Collin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:38:03 +0000

(and a transparent attempt at SEO bait. Welcome to my blog WWII buffs!) Today has been a long day getting from NWA to Germany. We’re spending the next week and a half with relatives there. We’re planning two days with Aunt Agnes and Aunt Amalie in Munich and the rest of the time with Aunt Baerbel, [...]

Twitter Demographics and Retail Sales Presentation

Collin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:59:07 +0000

Last Friday I gave a talk to the Northwest Arkansas Social Media Club discussing opportunities for the SuperValu grocery chain on Twitter. The presentation combines a Twitter demographics research study by Pew Research, Nielsen Homescan panel data, and Twitter user accounts by city as compiled by Twellow.com to estimate potential sales from a Twitter campaign. [...]

If you’re new to Twitter (Northwest Arkansas Edition)

Collin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:26:48 +0000

I have a friend who is interested in trying Twitter out and wanted to get her up and Twittering quickly. Fortunately, I had just helped a coworker get on Twitter and made several suggestions to her on how to get started. Here’s that list of tools and tricks which should help you get started as [...]

More Family Photos

Collin — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:09:01 +0000

I finally got around to organizing an uploading a new batch of photos of everyone: Summer With Sophia Home With Liam and Sophia Family Portraits Summertime With Liam and Sophia Liam and Sophia with Their Cousins Summertime With Liam and Sophia 2 Liam’s Baby Shower Back to School Liam’s Birthday Liam’s Christening

Lots of New Photos

Collin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:40:25 +0000

For some reason, I’ve been a little busy since Liam came home. However, holiday vacation time has given me some time to get some pictures up. Here’s the first group of them with more coming as time permits: Seoul 2008 Meeting Liam Seoul 2008 Meeting Liam Friday Liam In Korea Sophia Playing Easter 2008 Sophia in the Kitchen I’ve also got some [...]