While I have not changed my mind about the evils and just plain silliness of Facebook, I have a confession to make. I’ve set up a Pied Type page on Facebook. Although FB is called a “social network,” I noticed a lot of businesses, organizations, and politicians, for example, openly use Facebook as a way … Continue reading A wee confession
Wow. Thank you, readers. And thank you, WordPress. I added the new WordPress share buttons to my posts just yesterday and already you, the readers, have thought enough of my stuff to share it 73 times. That means more to me than hits, which could be accidents or visits so brief that nothing is actually … Continue reading WP share buttons a hit
Heads up, bloggers. They could be coming for you (or me) next. The city of Philadelphia is requiring some bloggers to buy a $300 business privilege license and pay taxes on any income. Currently they’re going after anyone who reports any income from a blog. Even if, as in a story in Philadelphia Citypaper, it’s … Continue reading And then they came for me
If I hear one more person say “focus like a laser beam,” I’m going to scream. So far I’ve managed not to (scream, that is), but this particular phrase has already been overused enough to be driving me crazy … er, crazier. It makes me cringe. I think Pres. Obama originated it, or at least … Continue reading Today’s grammar rant
This morning a friend sent me a link to a site called “I Write Like.” It has an “analyzer” that looks at a few paragraphs of your writing and spits out the name of an author with the same writing style. Fun, but likely not very scientific. I don’t have a nice long novel in … Continue reading Decidedly pied
WordPress includes a ratings feature that can be enabled on one’s blog. Either a five-star rating or a thumbs up or down rating. I’ve had it enabled for almost two months, and garnered all of 5 votes. Because it adds clutter to the page and because the ratings mean vary little without a decent amount … Continue reading Because you care
