Tag: Blogging

Test post from WordPress on the iPhone.

Does Markdown work?

Steve Gillmor has a new blog at eWEEK.

I’m experimenting with the K2 WordPress theme today. There’s going to some brokenness around here for a few hours.

Let me know if you have any suggestions, especially if you’re on an iPhone.

As you probably have noticed, I haven’t written anything of any substance here in a long time. With all the changes in my life over the last few months, this site has unfortunately become less of a priority for me. Now that I’m starting to get my balance again, I’m going to try my hardest to make time for writing.

I also think it’s kind of ridiculous for me to be attending “the blogosphere’s conference” next month when I’ve been doing such a horrible job of blogging. Yes, I realize that I always go through this I’m-a-terrible-blogger phase in the weeks leading up to Gnomedex. I’m going to try my hardest not to relapse this time, though.

Speaking of balance, I purchased a mountain bike on Friday. It’s the first time I’ve had a bicycle since I got too big for the dirt bike I won at the Henry County Fair when I was maybe four years old. (Is that right, Mom?)

For a couple years, I’ve been unsuccessfully trying to force myself to follow a running regimen. What makes running difficult for me is that I was born with a club foot. The doctors did a really good job of reconstructing my leg, but I still have very limited mobility in my left ankle. Because of this, my ability to run anything beyond a short sprint takes a lot of extra work. (It’s also quite funny looking, as Gabe can attest to.) Despite this limitation, I was successful at wrestling, baseball, and football in my youth.

So, knowing that running is difficult for me, why did I choose it as my method for getting back in shape in my adult life? I don’t really know. Probably some pigheaded need to prove that I can will myself to do anything. After running into the same wall over and over for the last couple years, I’m finally ready to admit that, yes, I am human. There are things I just can’t do. One of those things is run a marathon.

Which is just fine with me because, after just a couple rides on the new bike, I’m remembering how much fun cycling is. I’m totally hooked. I’m already trying to find ways I can tinker with my bike. I wouldn’t be surprised if I end up getting a road bike in the near future, as well.

My sympathies are with Andru Edwards, whose father, George Budabin, passed away yesterday.

As you may have noticed, I didn’t get the post about my new phone finished over the weekend. I wasn’t really in the writing mood. I also need to do a little more research. Tomorrow evening, maybe.

It looks like this weekend is going to be all about the mobile web. I just set up a Twitter account (feed here). I’m not sure I understand how it will be useful yet. But I said the same thing about del.icio.us before I started using it, so I’m going to give this a try.

Unfortunately, I only know two people who use Twitter. If you are using it please tell me.

This is a test post from my new phone. I’ll be writing more about it later this weekend.

Y’all have probably seen a lot of pink lately, inspired by the fight against breast cancer. Yesterday, I went to the Boulder Foothills Hospital (in the picture) where I was scheduled for a mammogram. I was terrified.

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Reducing fear doesn’t have to be about life or death or pain to be meaningful and powerful. If you can help your users feel more confident and less stressed, you’ve given them a wonderful gift.

This post by Kathy Sierra is both a good lesson and a top-notch example of using personal narrative to illustrate a point.

Wow. Steve Yegge writes the longest blog posts I’ve ever seen. (via why the lucky stiff)