I don't chase blog stats but wondered what the demise of Google Reader would mean for RSS use. It appears that Feedburner (which I use for watching that) is either broken or blatantly lies. My Feedburner Subscribers (the green line below) plummeted from ~9500 to ~250 after Google
March 31st means it is blog’iversary time again. I find it hard to believe nine years have flown by since that first tentative post. To everyone, everywhere, thanks for visiting, reading and subscribing! Statistics: Last year broke the million visit mark and in spite of reduced posting from me
Google are killing Reader, their RSS feed aggregator: Official Blog: A second spring of cleaning “We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage
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I’ve been using Windows Live Writer to create drafts for this blog for several years. The, recently decommissioned, Mesh/Live Mesh sync service to enabled me to blog from my PC or Netbook. When I fired up Windows Live Writer all the post drafts, images and other resources would
The nice thing about having other services linked to Facebook is you never have to use their awful website. The annoying thing is those links appear to be fragile. My TypePad > Facebook link needs fixing at least monthly. Given currently TypePad, Microsoft Windows 8 People & Tweetdeck can'
Wow, where did 2012 go? Months flew past like weeks and now it’s nearly is 2013*. Time to look back at the past year from a (not just CAD) blog perspective: Best Blog Event: Usually it is Autodesk University but I didn’t get there this year. However, I
Click through for my 2012 Blogging Highlights (as posted on CAD Blog)
One of the most amazing aspects of this whole “blogging thing” is the unexpected connections it brings. Primarily this has been meeting, both virtually and in person, some amazing people like the subject of this post. Way back in March 2010 Edwin Prakoso ran an AutoCAD Tips competition on his
A while ago I decided it was time for a blog redesign. After considering lots of options, including radical change based on entirely new templates and a fun diversion, I have settled on some simple tweaks: * Simplified Font: “Lucida Grande” Verdana replaces Arial — and no italics except for quoted text
See the details behind the current bioluminescent theme here
A few weeks ago I mentioned I was considering a redesign for the blog. At the time I made a few tweaks as realised a new ‘look’ would take more time than I had to spare. A few months ago I was one of many who helped crowd fund a
Coincidence is a strange thing. Last night I was playing around with some new TypePad Blog Themes and considering a major re-design. While that may happen it will take a while so I decided a quick “makeover” was needed. Although the design hasn’t changed I have reviewed the sidebars