It is such a great pleasure when others ask me to share my expertise and/or experiences. I was overwhelmingly enthused when Kim Foster, of Digital Media for Women of Color, asked me to be a part of her interview series. Check it out (audio hosted on Kim's website)... Highlights of our discussion include:

• The biggest myths about building a blog
• How personal should you get when blogging?
• Where to find inspiration for blog posts?
• How often should you blog?
• The best ways to promote your blog
• Brand monitoring tools
• The key to building a  successful business online
• and more!

Your turn... I'd love for you to check it out and if you have any feedback, leave a comment and let me know! Also, Kim is looking for more women of color in tech and digital media to interview and would love your suggestions!

Hey guys, did you see one of the new cool features on your Wordpress website/blog in the latest Wordpress 3.1 upgrade? Cool New Admin Bar Pretty cool eh? You can also hide or disable the Admin Bar if you aren't as excited about it as I am. Go to your User Profile options and deselect it. Reasons Why You Should ALWAYS Keep Your Blog Updated

• Keeps your site secure and safe from idiotic hackers. Geesh, don't people have anything better to do!?!?
• The Wordpress folks are continuously giving us new cool things to play with like the new admin bar that's on our site when we're logged in!
• Could eliminate the need for certain plugins by giving us the functionality "out of the box" - can't beat that.

Fun Fact! WordPress 3.1 “Reinhardt” is named in honor of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Version 3.1 is 

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Have you ever had some great blog post ideas when you were away from your computer? Ever wondered how you could manage and maintain your Wordpress blog on the go, including moderating your comments? Well, question no further! I've seen people blogging on their phones a lot lately and with faster, bigger screens and keyboards, it's getting a whole lot easier to blog from your phone and, in a lot of cases, is a lifesaver. Gone are the days where you need to wait to get to your computer to blog. If you have a mobile phone or other device with an Internet connection, you can post blog entries while you're on the road. If you have a WordPress blog and an Android/Blackberry/Nokia/iOS platform based phone, then you are in luck. Select your phone's platform from the options below, and download Wordpress to your ...

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Okay ya'll, it's poll time! I recently realized I now have 23 active plugins and considering more (like the top commenter's widget)! I asked myself, "Kesha girl, how many is too many???" Yes, I have conversations like this with myself...LOL : - ) So I thought I'd ask others how many plugins are installed on their blogs. Of course there is no correct answer as this is not a test, but it will be interesting to see if there is a particular number of plugins that most people use (if you have multiple blogs, just provide an average number). So go count your plugins and cast your vote! Note: It just seems easier (and faster) to install a plugin than to hard code/adjust functionality to the theme. As of today, 1/21/2011, here are the plugins currently installed on this blog: ...

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Have you seen the section called Trackbacks on people's blogs? Or maybe you've seen in a blog's comment section, it lists links next to people's names instead of an actual comment. I used to wonder what the heck that was. The more I visited others' blogs, the more I saw the word "trackback". Suddenly, my curiosity got the better of me and because I can't stand not knowing something, I looked it up. I had to see what I was missing out on. So what is a trackback? Susan, from 5MinutesforMom.com said it best, "A Trackback is like a remote comment." Well, lo and behold, I've learned trackbacks can be extremely useful in a number of ways.

1. For one, trackbacks can extend a conversation from one blog

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