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Ignore snow and get Blogging

January 6th, 2010

my koi pond and gardenOne of the best things I like about blogging is being able to write about anything, at anytime, from (almost) anywhere.

Today, January 6th 2010, the UK has been gripped by ’snow fever’. The main TV news, tabloids, social media networks, everything and everybody has had just the one subject to talk about – snow!

The image accompanying this article is of my koi pond and garden, taken with my Nokia N95 mobile phone at 8.00am. Looks pretty doesn’t it? Read more…

Meet Xavier Lur

May 14th, 2009

xavier-lurHave you set yourself any blogging goals?

If you have, great. If you haven’t, I’d suggest you should.

A common blogging goal is to reach the milestone of X number of followers. Aiming for 100 initially, then 1,000, then 5,000 and so on.

Many Twitter users, perhaps even the majority, strive towards achieving a specific ‘followers’ goal.

Yesterday (May 13th 2009) Xavier Lur had 66,988 followers on Twitter! Read more…

Drupal themes

May 12th, 2009

OK, it’s time to ‘fess up! Since starting Blogging Crew I’ve pretty much ignored the Drupal platform and I need to put that right.

Don’t know much about Drupal? Here goes…

Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize content on a website. Drupal powers a wide variety of websites, including… Read more…

New to Blogging? A few tips and pitfalls!

April 2nd, 2009
When I took the decision to start blogging three years ago (with a now defunct blog) I jumped in with both feet and made a lot of mistakes. No wonder I hardly got any readers.
 
Here are a few tips and pitfalls to help you.
 

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