I usually try to do this on the 15th of the month, but I'm a few days late with it this time.
A big, hearty thank you to the 10 sites that dropped the most EntreCards here in the past month:
On the Bricks
Mama Flo's Place
1 Blog and 2 Sides
Better Information, Better Health
Blogging MoRe
Passport2Cruising
Cromely's World
Everything Has A Reason
Zental Floss
Not Your Average SuperGoddess
If you can, check out their sites. Tell them Haley sent you. Or don't. :P
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
July linky love and SezWho
It's link love time, when I get to publicly thank those Entrecard top droppers for the past month.
So, in no particular order, I'd like to thank the following people/sites for visiting me.
Aerten Art
MamaFlo's Place
On the Bricks
Daisy the Curly Cat
Cromely's World
Work at Home Mom Revolution
Blogging MoRe
Sharp Words
Not Your Average SuperGoddess
Doodle Week
As an added bonus, I've added their Entrecards and links to their sites across the bottom of my page. Hopefully, throughout the next month, you'll take a moment and visit their sites.
I apologize. I really want to recognize my top commenters for this past month in this post, but I'll have to save that for a future date. It's very time-consuming to compile the list by hand and I'm way behind in things today.
In other Entrecard news:
"Thanks to Entrecard, blogging just got a whole lot better!"
There's something about that headline that just doesn't fit the tone of this blog, so I'm not going to use it.
But, I will say that I've installed SezWho, which you'll see in the commenting section of any of my posts. It has stars so you can rate the post and the comments. I'm not really into rating features, but I'm willing to give SezWho the old college try. Why did I install it? Check out the Entrecard blog for an explanation.
I'm curious what you think of Sezwho on this blog, so I've posted a poll in the right column. Take a few seconds and vote, please and thank you. Or just leave a comment. Or do both.
So, in no particular order, I'd like to thank the following people/sites for visiting me.
Aerten Art
MamaFlo's Place
On the Bricks
Daisy the Curly Cat
Cromely's World
Work at Home Mom Revolution
Blogging MoRe
Sharp Words
Not Your Average SuperGoddess
Doodle Week
As an added bonus, I've added their Entrecards and links to their sites across the bottom of my page. Hopefully, throughout the next month, you'll take a moment and visit their sites.
I apologize. I really want to recognize my top commenters for this past month in this post, but I'll have to save that for a future date. It's very time-consuming to compile the list by hand and I'm way behind in things today.
In other Entrecard news:
"Thanks to Entrecard, blogging just got a whole lot better!"
There's something about that headline that just doesn't fit the tone of this blog, so I'm not going to use it.
But, I will say that I've installed SezWho, which you'll see in the commenting section of any of my posts. It has stars so you can rate the post and the comments. I'm not really into rating features, but I'm willing to give SezWho the old college try. Why did I install it? Check out the Entrecard blog for an explanation.
I'm curious what you think of Sezwho on this blog, so I've posted a poll in the right column. Take a few seconds and vote, please and thank you. Or just leave a comment. Or do both.
Friday, March 07, 2008
Things I've discovered this first week of March
~random ramblings and reflections from the past seven days~
I still have the stamina to pull an all-nighter
I'm not sure that's a good thing. I mean, I wish I was motivated enough to finish the task during normal hours. But if I need to stay up all night to finish something and still function at work the next day, I'm capable. Let's just not make a habit of it, OK?
I'm an old-school emoticon kind of girl
Yeah, I like my emoticons built out of old-fashioned text characters. None of this flashy animation for me. :P
This photo is generating hits
I don't get it. This photo is horrible. It's available light using my camera phone. It's not even flattering. But my SiteMeter says at least three or four people have visited my site in the past week because of this photo. Huh?
My journalism professor was right
Way back in the late '80s, before the Internet age, my favorite journalism professor, Bob Woodward (not *the* Bob Woodward of Watergate fame), liked to tell me that my byline should be "haleyhughes, one word, lowercase." This week, as I was typing my name for the umpteenth time on some web form, I realized that the Internet has proven Professor Woodward right and, indeed, my byline is now "haleyhughes, one word, lowercase." And I like it that way.
I write at a sixth-grade level
A post I read on Bloody Computer! reminded me that Microsoft Word has a feature that allows you to judge the readability of your writing. It's through the spelling/grammar check tool. Anyway, after reading the post, I copied the text from my blog's main page into Word and ran the check. It came back as a sixth-grade readability level, which I think is great, because that means it's easily readable, like they taught me in J-school. I'm not trying to write a dissertation here. An enjoyable reading experience is the goal.
Avon Romance Blog
I've been reading romance novels since I was 13 years old. Some of the first that I read and many of my favorites have been published by Avon Books. So imagine my surprise when the Avon Romance Blog dropped an EntreCard on my site and then requested to place an ad here. OMG, Avon! I have since become a regular reader of the blog. If you like to read romance novels or if you're writing a romance novel and want to learn more about the acquiring editors, go visit this blog.
CoComment
A cool way to keep track of comments you've made on other blogs, and track followup discussions. Unfortunately, a few comments do manage to escape its tracking system, but I'm not sure how. Maybe if there's no RSS feed?
AdSense
I haven't felt the need to place advertising on this blog before, simply because I know the return would be minimal. Plus I'm not blogging for the money, although money is nice. Sometimes, though, my curiosity gets the better of me and I sign up for something just to see it from the inside. So, I signed up for AdSense (see the Google ads in the right column) and I've been discovering the inner workings. I think I've earned all of 1 cent so far. :)
Not everyone has an EntreCard widget yet
Every blog I visit now, I find myself searching for the EntreCard widget so I can drop my card. When I don't find one, I wonder: Why hasn't this person signed up yet? Are they afraid of the extra traffic and exposure? Seriously, follow the EntreCard link, take the tour, create an attractive 125-by-125 pixel calling card for your blog, sign up and see what happens. (I'm talking to you, Don M.F.H. And Wook. And Stanimal.)
I still have the stamina to pull an all-nighter
I'm not sure that's a good thing. I mean, I wish I was motivated enough to finish the task during normal hours. But if I need to stay up all night to finish something and still function at work the next day, I'm capable. Let's just not make a habit of it, OK?
I'm an old-school emoticon kind of girl
Yeah, I like my emoticons built out of old-fashioned text characters. None of this flashy animation for me. :P
This photo is generating hits
I don't get it. This photo is horrible. It's available light using my camera phone. It's not even flattering. But my SiteMeter says at least three or four people have visited my site in the past week because of this photo. Huh?My journalism professor was right
Way back in the late '80s, before the Internet age, my favorite journalism professor, Bob Woodward (not *the* Bob Woodward of Watergate fame), liked to tell me that my byline should be "haleyhughes, one word, lowercase." This week, as I was typing my name for the umpteenth time on some web form, I realized that the Internet has proven Professor Woodward right and, indeed, my byline is now "haleyhughes, one word, lowercase." And I like it that way.
I write at a sixth-grade level
A post I read on Bloody Computer! reminded me that Microsoft Word has a feature that allows you to judge the readability of your writing. It's through the spelling/grammar check tool. Anyway, after reading the post, I copied the text from my blog's main page into Word and ran the check. It came back as a sixth-grade readability level, which I think is great, because that means it's easily readable, like they taught me in J-school. I'm not trying to write a dissertation here. An enjoyable reading experience is the goal.
Avon Romance Blog
I've been reading romance novels since I was 13 years old. Some of the first that I read and many of my favorites have been published by Avon Books. So imagine my surprise when the Avon Romance Blog dropped an EntreCard on my site and then requested to place an ad here. OMG, Avon! I have since become a regular reader of the blog. If you like to read romance novels or if you're writing a romance novel and want to learn more about the acquiring editors, go visit this blog.
CoComment
A cool way to keep track of comments you've made on other blogs, and track followup discussions. Unfortunately, a few comments do manage to escape its tracking system, but I'm not sure how. Maybe if there's no RSS feed?
AdSense
I haven't felt the need to place advertising on this blog before, simply because I know the return would be minimal. Plus I'm not blogging for the money, although money is nice. Sometimes, though, my curiosity gets the better of me and I sign up for something just to see it from the inside. So, I signed up for AdSense (see the Google ads in the right column) and I've been discovering the inner workings. I think I've earned all of 1 cent so far. :)
Not everyone has an EntreCard widget yet
Every blog I visit now, I find myself searching for the EntreCard widget so I can drop my card. When I don't find one, I wonder: Why hasn't this person signed up yet? Are they afraid of the extra traffic and exposure? Seriously, follow the EntreCard link, take the tour, create an attractive 125-by-125 pixel calling card for your blog, sign up and see what happens. (I'm talking to you, Don M.F.H. And Wook. And Stanimal.)
Friday, February 15, 2008
Things I've discovered this week
The concept of a "meme"
It's an idea or exercise that is spread from blog to blog. Kind of like the survey-get-to-know-you chain-letters that people like to email, but instead it's something you post on your own blog, then tag other bloggers to do the same. See my The Page 123 Meme for an example.
Lisa 365
A blogger who has taken the challenge to try something new every day for a year. This idea really resonates with me. A few years ago, I experimented with doing something that scares me every month. It only lasted for a few months, because, well, everything was scary. Lisa's challenge of trying something new every day doesn't require that the something new be big, just new, like building a tower out of wine glasses or cutting up a credit card.
Entrecard
The bloggers in the World of Warcraft community all seem to be using Entrecards, so I explored the idea and signed up. I'm less than a week into using Entrecard, and the hits on this site have gone up. The idea is that you drop a digital business card on sites that you visit, earning credits every time you do. Then, you can use those credits to display your digital business card on other Entrecard sites.
Blog 2 Print
Someone has invented a way to take the content from a blog and have it printed into an on-demand book. Looks intriguing, but I can't really see why anyone besides me would want a book version of this blog.
Ugly blogs
While playing with Entrecard, I've visited a lot of blogs that I wouldn't have normally visited. Some are gorgeous, but some are so cluttered with money-making schemes that it's hard to find the content. I'll stop there.
Facebook
I can import this blog into my Facebook account's Notes section. Not only that, the Notes will automatically update whenever I post to this blog.
It's an idea or exercise that is spread from blog to blog. Kind of like the survey-get-to-know-you chain-letters that people like to email, but instead it's something you post on your own blog, then tag other bloggers to do the same. See my The Page 123 Meme for an example.
Lisa 365
A blogger who has taken the challenge to try something new every day for a year. This idea really resonates with me. A few years ago, I experimented with doing something that scares me every month. It only lasted for a few months, because, well, everything was scary. Lisa's challenge of trying something new every day doesn't require that the something new be big, just new, like building a tower out of wine glasses or cutting up a credit card.
Entrecard
The bloggers in the World of Warcraft community all seem to be using Entrecards, so I explored the idea and signed up. I'm less than a week into using Entrecard, and the hits on this site have gone up. The idea is that you drop a digital business card on sites that you visit, earning credits every time you do. Then, you can use those credits to display your digital business card on other Entrecard sites.
Blog 2 Print
Someone has invented a way to take the content from a blog and have it printed into an on-demand book. Looks intriguing, but I can't really see why anyone besides me would want a book version of this blog.
Ugly blogs
While playing with Entrecard, I've visited a lot of blogs that I wouldn't have normally visited. Some are gorgeous, but some are so cluttered with money-making schemes that it's hard to find the content. I'll stop there.
I can import this blog into my Facebook account's Notes section. Not only that, the Notes will automatically update whenever I post to this blog.
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