Upcoming Events

July 26th – KCSEM monthly meeting at Barley’s; 6pm July 28th – WordPress Kansas City monthly meetup at OfficePort; 7pm Aug 3rd – KCITP’s 3rd Birthday Party at The Waldo Well; 5:30pm This one requires registration, though, so be quick!

Strategy vs. The Entrepreneurial Gut

There is a common bit of wisdom that says successful businessmen rely on their gut to guide them. It goes hand in hand with the ‘grab the bull by the horns’ and ‘strike while the iron is hot’ mentality and has begun to be applied to all aspects of business. There is merit in this idea...

Traffic and Keywords

The question I have for the world at large today has to do with site traffic. I should point out that the only reason I’m thinking about this at all is because I was in the middle of a steep bit of research this afternoon while trying to come up with a better “from here on out” sort of...

AP Style and Online Presence

I have become a level-headed young lady, yet I have never bothered to stop being enthusiastic about things. My enthusiasm can range from the very simple (customizable Dashboards on GA, anyone) to the absurd and complex (game theory as it relates to dessert choice). I have been known to get very enthusiastic...

Crowdsourcing Your Decisions

Last Friday, when faced with the tough choice between heading to the pool or heading out to see local artwork, I tweeted my dilemma and waited. Two minutes later I had about ten votes for going poolside and seven for art hopping. I admit that I ended up doing both. Crowdsourcing is not traditionally used to...

Internet Vigilantism and News of the Web

Internet vigilantism refers to the act of private citizens of the web, or netizens, punishing those they feel have broken rules of the internet. This is generally carried out by a group of people against one person or event. There have been many notable instances of this recently but none so much as News of...