[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Q&A: What comic book character would you want as your teacher (or your student)?
- [Fantastic Fangirls: Comics and Culture - Anika]
- How to Unlock the Secret “All Settings” Menu in the WordPress Dashboard
- [Pressography - Sarah Gooding]
http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/options.php
When is the “All Settings” Menu Useful?
* When you’re too lazy to log in to phpmyadmin
* Plugin development and testing
* Change plugin settings not offered to normal users
* Find out if your options table needs a clean upWarning: Don’t try this at home, kids.
…If you find a lot of old options from unused plugins, it’s a good idea to go in with phpymyadmin and clean out the options you’re no longer using. If you’re not sure about doing this, grab a plugin to do it for you. [links]
- How to Use the Ansoff Matrix to Develop New Products for Your Blog
- [ProBlogger Blog Tips - Darren Rowse]
- LinkedIn Competitor Has 100 Million Profiles, Wants You to Claim Yours
- [ReadWriteWeb - Adrianne Jeffries]
[DON'T PANIC. This is a less-evil profile scraper. -L]
…has a space for you to tag a contact, write notes about her, shows your contacts in common from various social sites and display her recent blog posts or Twitter updates.
Gist will also assign a level of "importance" for your contacts, editable by you, which it factors into a Facebook-esque "News Feed." It's a consolidated inbox… a powerful, usable alternative to competitor LinkedIn…[has] a plugin for Gmail, Outlook, Salesforce, [blah blah floorwax. -L]
…plans to monetize by providing premium services to users who want to see information from paid databases…
It's all information that you've made public in some way or another, but it's a little scary in the aggregate.
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