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Apologies for the last post (if you saw it)

Posted on February 3, 2015 in this siteby Scott Berkun

I’m working on some improvements at the site and had a post go out a few minutes ago that…

Redesign: How can my website better serve you? An invitation

Posted on May 1, 2014May 1, 2014 in this siteby Scott Berkun

It’s time to redesign scottberkun.com. Yay! I’m looking to hire a designer to work on a redesign of scottberkun.com…

Web designer wanted for work on scottberkun.com

Posted on April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 in this siteby Scott Berkun

Hi folks. I’m working on a minor to moderate redesign of scottberkun.com and I’m looking to hire a freelance designer to…

scottberkun.com may be down this morning

Posted on January 15, 2014 in this siteby Scott Berkun

I’m having some work done on scottberkun.com today (moving to a new webhost) and the website may be down,…

Issues with scottberkun.com

Posted on January 8, 2014 in this siteby Scott Berkun

Hi there. Just wanted to drop a short note to let you know there have been performance issues with…

My Most Popular Posts of 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 in this siteby Scott Berkun

There are always surprises in which posts earn the most attention and which are ignored. I’ve learned it’s hard…

What To Expect If You Follow Me on Twitter

Posted on July 18, 2013November 17, 2013 in pr, this siteby Scott Berkun

Twitter is a curious place. It’s used in so many different ways that when I follow people whose work…

New site feature: Control My Mind (Ask Berkun)

Posted on July 1, 2013 in reader's choice, this siteby Scott Berkun

I’ve been working with the folks at FreshMuse on a new feature: Mind Control. I’ve always enjoyed Q&A with you…

Best posts of the month (October)

Posted on November 13, 2012 in this siteby Scott Berkun

Last month was one of the best months of traffic ever at scottberkun.com. These posts led the way in…

New site is live: report any issues here

Posted on October 11, 2012October 13, 2012 in this siteby Scott Berkun

Thanks for bearing with us. The new design is live and the basics are working. It should look like…

Site news: new design coming soon (sneak preview)

Posted on September 28, 2012 in this siteby Scott Berkun

As a design minded person I’ve had a long list of fixes, improvements and updates I’ve wanted for scottberkun.com.…

Sorry if you lost a comment

Posted on December 7, 2011 in this siteby Scott Berkun

Due to some unintentional shenanigans on my part, comments were not working here for most of the day. I’m…

Now scottberkun.com has threaded comments

Posted on November 1, 2011 in this siteby Scott Berkun

It only took a zillion years, but scottberkun.com finally has fully threaded comments. Now you can disagree with someone,…

Join my free and smart mailing list

Posted on July 11, 2011March 3, 2014 in this siteby Scott Berkun

Here are 5 good reasons you should join: I blog / tweet often and good things are easy to…

Should I Keep “Readers Choice”?

Posted on June 3, 2011November 13, 2012 in this siteby Scott Berkun

For awhile now I’ve done readers choice posts – and I used the now defunct slinkset.com as a way…

Truth is found between these posts…

Posted on December 13, 2010 in this siteby Scott Berkun

There’s an old George Carlin joke about how between Idaho’s state motto “Famous Potatoes” and New Hampshire’s “Live free…

10,000th comment: thanks

Posted on November 1, 2010 in this siteby Scott Berkun

A few days ago we hit a milestone – Dorian Taylor’s comment on my review of The War of…

Poll: Write more or write better?

Posted on October 19, 2010 in this site, Writing Wellby Scott Berkun

A question on my mind regarding this blog, is this: should I be writing more often? Or writing less,…

Site issues – need your help

Posted on June 29, 2010 in this siteby Scott Berkun

We’ve had some character set issues on the site – Weird characters showing up in posts. This issue has…

Help me celebrate my 1000th post

Posted on March 18, 2010 in this siteby Scott Berkun

Hey folks – I’m on the homestretch to 1000 posts. This is officially #985. I’m still looking for ideas…

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