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5 WordPress Plugins to Rock Your Blog

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This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series. I thought it had been a while since I’d done a BfG post, but I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized that, in fact, I had… even if it was a redux. Better than nothing, right? Image: Craig Walkowicz via Flickr, CC 2.0. Here are some more cool plugins for you to try out on your WordPress blog.

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On Love: Borne, Begotten and Blessed

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There are three things happening this weekend that make me a tad ruminative (and yes, that is a word, look it up ). My friend Priya Ramesh is getting married tonight. It is my maternal grandmother’s birth anniversary (that’s me with my grandma’s best friend). And tomorrow is Father’s Day. On the face of it, these three things don’t have anything in common.

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Costa Coffee: Why Isn’t Twitter Brewing?

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What, no Twitter? A few months ago, I read a great blog post by Ray Grieselhuber on the Ginzametrics blog about Trader Joe’s, and the fact that they, a major grocery chain, didn’t have an official presence on Twitter. It seemed baffling, and Ray did an excellent job of identifying the benefits of having an official Twitter presence. It made me think about the largest company in the UK without a Twitter account.

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Crowdsourcing & Spec Work: Not a Great Rule of Thumb

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Guest post by Kirsten Wright. [Ed: Kirsten Wright had a strong reaction to my recent post on MycroBurst. Since I respect her opinion, I invited her to guest post on WUL as to why she doesn't think crowdsourcing is the way to go. Here you have it.]. To start, what is spec work? Traditional spec work. This is usually done by new designers to get themselves experience and using “free” to outbid any other designers.

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Is Crowdsourcing Really the Industry’s Dark Side?

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Guest post by Adam Weitz. [Ed: Apart from Kirsten Wright , Adam also responded on Twitter to my original MycroBurst post. Here is his guest post.]. “Oh, crap.&#. Those words jumped out of my mouth when I learned what crowdsourcing was. Despite being relatively unknown at the time, I knew this trend was going to pose a threat to businesses like mine.

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Weekly Roundup: The Father’s Day Edition

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Admit it, you knew it was coming. With today being Father’s Day, of course I had to do an FD roundup! (That’s my dad & me, Christmas 1999). 1. Fun Friday: Top TV dads , by Joey Strawn. Why: self-explanatory. And I loved Cliff Huxtable. 2. 11 great last minute geeky Father’s Day gifts , by Matt Burns for CrunchGear. Why: what are you waiting for?

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The Magic That is Apple

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I was all tapped out yesterday. Monday was a hectic day, yesterday we had a really energetic #measurePR Twitter chat with Megan Berry of Klout (can’t wait for that recap, can you?), I had 16 papers to grade, my husband’s birthday is coming up, followed a week later by our wedding anniversary… so much going on, to do/plan/prepare for… aargh!

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