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Blogging 101

You sit down. You want to write your first blog post. You fight for your fingers to move. Writer's block. Is this as easy as you thought it would be? I have been blogging since 2009 and creating websites since the late 1990s.  Even today I have struggles Blogging.

Check out my series of Blogging for beginners posts and exercise to help stimulate your creative juices as you work through your first post or 100th. When you have a chance also check out other articles in our 101 Universe and Photography 101 areas.

Blogging 101

How to: Turbo Charge Self Hosted WordPress Sites

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If you are facing the problem of slow loading self-hosted WordPress website, or simply want to improve your user's experience by minimizing loading times?...
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Blogging 101

Blogging 101: Add a New Page or Post

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WordPress seems to take on two hats, as an incredible, blogging and communicating platform that is used across the globe to share our thoughts,...
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Blogging 101

Blogging 101: Exploring Alternative Beliefs in Your Writing – Two plus two equals four?

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Life seems pretty straight forward, 2 + 2 = 4, right?   What seems so simple, so rudimentary, kindergarten basic, is actually a very...
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Blogging 101

Blogging 101: Create a Blogroll – Blog-Rolling around with Others

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Today's Blogging 101 assignment is to create a Blogroll powered by the Links tab to help manage the sites you enjoy to read and...
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Blogging 101

Blogging 101: Catering to your Design Needs

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Todays Blogging 101 assignment was to add and/or customize two widgets, one text-based and one image-based. Which sounds like great fun. The main reason why...
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Blogging 101

Blogging 101: What is your favourite thing about reading?

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I fell upon a post yesterday that asks simply that question, "What is your favourite thing about reading?"  What is funny, is that we...
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Blogging 101

Blogging 101 – What can we learn through others?

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One of the most powerful aspects of blogging is the interaction with our readers, their comments, their questions. How do you build a readership?...
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Blogging 101

Blogging 101 – Write an About Me Page – Exploring me and who Am I

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Today's assignment for our Blogging 101 course was to write an About Page.  Who is Mark, what is he all about, and most importantly,...
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Blogging 101

Blogging 101 – Try a new Theme. Don’t Judge a Book By its Cover

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I plead to you, Don't judge a book, or in our case a Blog by its cover!  Admit it, themes, themes, themes, this feels...
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Mark is a foodie in training, photographer, Starbucks addict, runner, cyclist, and single parent living outside of Toronto, Ontario. Living with Crohn’s Disease and Diabetes, life for this Transportation Planner and RPP can be an interesting mix.

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Tip: How to Stop Your FreeStyle Libre Sensor From Falling Off Before the 14-day Expiry?

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Hits and tips I use to keep my FreeStyle Libre attached for 14 days. With these tips I have never had a sensor fall off early.
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