Category: this site

Countdown to 1000 posts

This post, according to WordPress, is #952. I have about 50 more to go to hit the 1000 mark.…

I have a big, chart heavy report on research I did into how people prepare to give presentations. Problem…

I’m really digging this system of having you folks submit and vote on topics. My rough plan is I’ll…

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been writing about a wider and wider range of things. This is no accident.…

There is something important I don’t say very often. I need you. Yes you. Not the guy in the…

With a new book on the way it’s time to redesign this website, a site still working the same…

As research for the book, I’ve been collecting stories of things going wrong. From hecklers, to equipment failures, to…

Just for the record, I beat Oprah to it by at least a day. I get the point already…

I know I’m fond of criticizing the world. I have many posts with titles like Why X sucks and…

I was out and about today, and got home to find email from a friend telling me my site…

For a few hours today my nice little RSS Feed, with close to 20k subscribers, was replaced by a…

I’ve finally had enough of dealing with dreamhost. Love their features, but man, does stuff go down often. And…

My webhost is having all sorts of problems today, and all of my email is down. Fun! If you’re…

A few weeks ago I posted about a comment lottery, an experiment in rewarding participation on the site –…

I locked down the forums recently on the basic principle that if takes more time to maintain and de-spam…