The Wonderful Web

Web Wonders and Horrors: e-Mail

Bean — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:48:41 +0000

I love the web best when it isn’t just linking pages together but when it is linking people. Email and the Internet have evolved into powerful tools that allowed us to relate with others in new and powerful ways. I have been very blessed by the relationships that I initiated and cultivated over the Internet. [...]

WordPress 3.0: Custom Taxonomies and Custom Post Types

Bean — Wed, 12 May 2010 06:00:18 +0000

There is a new version of WordPress coming and I am pretty excited about it. I am a data geek. I love information and I like to organize it in different ways to make it accessible and interesting to others. WordPress 3.0 is going to make it easier for you to organize your information so [...]

Hang with the Cool Cats

Bean — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:00:07 +0000

For about a year now, I have been appreciating the email feed from Cats Who Code. The posts on the Cats Who Code web site are well written, easy to read and are chock full of good information. Nothing is dummied down nor do you need to be a rocket scientist to understand the concepts [...]

Woopra Registration Re-opens

Bean — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:44:18 +0000

Woopra, the real-time statistical analysis and tracking program for web sites and blogs, has re-opened for registration. For over a year, Woopra has been beta, working with its beta testers to create a robust statistical analysis program. The Woopra beta version was available by invitation only and those invitations were highly prized. Recently, Woopra exited [...]

Guess who is coming to visit LVS Online?

Bean — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:09:21 +0000

Image by Randy Stewart via Flickr Lorelle VanFossen and Mark J Carter will be a guest instructors for the Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune Class at LVS Online. Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune is one of six classes that I am teaching next session for LVS Online, which begins on 8/29/09. The Blogging [...]

Why Awareness Messages Aren’t Enough for Social Media

Bean — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:27:57 +0000

I found this great quote today about social media messages: But hear this trick: it won’t be because you gave the message to me in your words. It will be because the experience gave *me* the inspiration to create messaging of my own. It might be what you intended, but it might not. And it’ll [...]

How Social Media gets bloggers out of their pajamas

Bean — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:58:41 +0000

Tweetups, Meetups, conferences and twittered invites are opening up the doors to pajama bloggers. Blogging in one’s pajamas is a stereotype, but like most stereotypes it is grounded in at least some element of truth. I like my pajamas and I am quite comfortable blogging in them, but there is something missing when we live [...]

Don’t click on that link: Stalk Daily Twitter worm

Bean — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:30:41 +0000

UPDATE: Twitter has confirmed that they have blocked the hole that allowed the StalkDaily worm to invade Twitter. For a comprehensive explanation of this worm and remedy, please read the explanation at Mashable. Have you seen all of the links today for the new, improved and oh so much better Twitter? Don’t click on that [...]

Live Web site tracking with Woopra Analytics 1.3RC

Bean — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:58:04 +0000

What is happening on your blog or web site right now? With Woopra Analytics Live view, you can determine who is doing what, where on your website. Woopra Analytics Live provides you with a wealth of information about the current activity on your blog. Even while perusing daily statistics or summary statistics, Woopra keeps you [...]

Woopra Analytics: Referrer and Search Reports

Bean — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:39:40 +0000

Explore the new Woopra 1.3RC for dynamic blog and web site statistics. Starting with the newly revised Woopra dashboard, continue your Woopra exploration with analytical reports on Visitors, Systems and Pages. Here, you will explore the analytic reports on Referrer and Search. In addition, we will look at powerful segmentation reports and filters to really [...]