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Blog commenting is the not-so-secret weapon to building your brand and authority, letting you cut through the clutter and tap into the attention of creators.

What’s the right way for a blog—or a newsletter—to die?

Here is my complete blogging workflow from how I manage ideas all the way to publishing and sharing.

Although they will not appeal to everyone, these blogs are some of the hidden treasures of the Internet.

Recently, I was commenting to my wife that I find myself often going to my Draft posts for notes I’ve taken on completing some task. I complained that these posts were not ready to be published as they had not met my high standard of quality (i.e. I hadn’t removed the most obvious typos and […]

Blog post explaining how and why I ended up starting to publish draft blog posts on my site.

Fifty-eight steps to the fourth floor, down the hall to the right, lives my office in James H. Zumberge Hall on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus. On days when I’m not out taking photos of events, research or campus life, I sit at my computer editing photos in my square room with a view that looks towards Lake Superior Hall and the water tower that dons a large blue "GV."It’s not long before I hear the clack, clack, clack of skateboarders as they cross the divides in the sidewalk or the steady muffled roar of the lawn mowers in summer. In the fall, the Laker Marching Band can be heard playing the Fight Song and Star-Spangled Banner in repetitive starts and stops. When the temperatures start to wane, the shifts from hot to cold bring pops and creaks from the expansion and contraction of the structure's architecture. I hear laughter from students, the pitter-patter of raindrops, the squeegee of window washers and the scraping of snowplows.The sun eventually finds the sliver between the shades and sill and forms a golden line on my wall and that’s usually when I can’t help but pull open my blinds to see what I’m missing. I find long shadows, lovely views of clouds and vibrant sunsets. There are students battling the elements with grace and dancing snowflakes that hover at my window.Even when busy at work, the light and noises find me and pull me back outdoors...

Let’s face it: the classic blog post is boring. Barring the text and images, each one generally has the exact same layout. We see little originality from one post to the next. Of course, consistency and branding are extremely important to consider when designing a website or blog, but what about individuality? Does a blog post about kittens deserve the same layout as one about CSS hacks?

A very mini list of things that I usually think of while I'm writing about life and tech, that have helped me to blog better! - My number one tip is that a bl…

Michael falls asleep at about half past seven. I doze and wake and doze and wake. I'm pretty sure I heard a ghost at one point but it was probably the wind. I wonder whether I'd feel comfortable staying in a bothy alone. I'm unsure. I'll stay in the van alone, I'll camp alone, I'll bivvy alone. But part of me wonders whether staying in a bothy alone would be too much for me. Ghosts or no ghosts.

Whether it’s professional photography or just a hobby, the .blog extension is perfect for anyone looking to start a new photo blog and take full ownership of a little piece of the internet.

This video includes insights from Anne Butera of My Giant Strawberry, Jen McCleary, Kristen Sampson, Julia Bausenhardt, Nicole Cicak, Kelsey Rodriguez, and Sneha of Essem Creatives as well as Gwenn Seemel.

It seemed like Judson Conway’s fingers should have been frozen by then, but he still had the dexterity to tie on what he thought the fish might bite—a rubber-legged hares ear followed by a tungsten zebra midge.He’d been wading upstream on the New River, which was frozen solid in parts. Those parts were so well frozen that he and his son, Colter, 19, were able to take breaks from the arctic stream by standing on the sheets of ice.

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We wrap up our visit to the Alpine Loop with two iconic passes: Black Bear Pass and Imogene Pass. They are spectacular, and I'll show them to you!

Getting worse and getting better; Jesuits; common prosperity; Rossini's glittering realm; slow-casual chains; Lem's ocean; vowelsongs.

As we descended down the South Kaibab Trail tight switchbacks in the dark, the sunrise slowly revealed the world around us.

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This is an adventure report of a long awaited adventure across the sea, amongst the ancient castles and majestic mountains of the Scottish highlands and our quest to get to the very tip of the notoriously beautiful cliffs of Brothers Points. You can expect great cycling, mind boggling views, off-season tourist tips and a guide to make your next trip to the highlands an instant success!

Many of us on the path of nature spirituality grow close to trees–so very close.  What happens when a tree that you love dearly, who is a good friend and mentor–tells you that it is tim…

Teaching and learning from preschoolers

There was a time when owning digital space seemed thrilling, and our personal sites motivated us to express ourselves. There are signs of a resurgence, but too few wish to make their digital house a home.

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As noted a while ago I went into a deep rabbit hole after wondering if the Apple lightning to 3.5mm dongle affects audio quality. So there is a chip inside the small dongle that converts the digital audio signal to analog. In case you're wondering, apparently the $15 (SGD) dongle is pretty good...

The experience is so nostalgic, it made me smile.

While waiting for my new book to arrive from the printer I’ve been going through some pieces I wrote years ago, and thought I’d keep you entertained in the meanwhile. This one appeared in Motorcycle Sport & Leisure twenty-three years ago. I’d been thinking of doing another long journey after living in the USA for twenty years, and it was time to see how it […]

Since as far as I can remember I have been feeling lonely. I was so lonely that for long periods of my life it was tempting to believe I was an alien abandoned and forgotten by her mothership. This sense of loneliness – that I was all alone in this world with nothing for me...