Tiffany B. Brown » Blogging and Metablogging http://tiffanybbrown.com A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff. Wed, 23 May 2012 16:23:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 How to Blog for Business http://tiffanybbrown.com/2010/03/03/how-to-blog-for-business/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2010/03/03/how-to-blog-for-business/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:33:58 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=3509

To really work, Sierra observed, an entrepreneur’s blog has to be about something bigger than his or her company and his or her product. This sounds simple, but it isn’t. It takes real discipline to not talk about yourself and your company. Blogging as a medium seems so personal, and often it is. But when you’re using a blog to promote a business, that blog can’t be about you, Sierra said. It has to be about your readers, who will, it’s hoped, become your customers. It has to be about making them awesome.

From Let’s Take This Offline by Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software.

Joel goes on to say that blogging may not be the best way to build a customer base in terms of return on investment. In fact, he plans to give up the practice so he can focus on building his company, Fog Creek Software.

But Sierra’s point is a good one. What makes corporate blogs interesting is not about projects or people. It’s about the company’s culture. What intrigues the company as a group? What inspires them? What kinds of insights do they have? How closely do they follow trends and technology? Is my industry even on their radar?

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2010/03/03/how-to-blog-for-business/feed/ 0 On providing valuable content http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/11/20/on-providing-valuable-content/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/11/20/on-providing-valuable-content/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:08 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=2694 Robert Niles tells newsrooms what they need to do to stay relevant in his Online Journalism Review piece, Walt Disney vs. the news industry: How bad management is killing newspapers and their websites.

The audience doesn’t care about saving newsroom jobs or keeping journalists in journalism. Nor should it. The people who provide true value to the audience will be the ones who will be able to earn money from that audience. That was true in Walt’s day and remains true today. If people won’t pay for your content online, maybe that should tell you the content you’re delivering doesn’t provide enough value to the audience.

A big reason why the audience is turning to local blogs is because of the hyper-local coverage and sense of community they create. Rather than reprint the same 10 Associated Press headlines and then post them on the paper’s web site, online newspapers would do — or would have done — well to embrace this community model.

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/11/20/on-providing-valuable-content/feed/ 0 Does your blog have (or need) a content strategy? http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/11/16/does-your-blog-have-or-need-a-content-strategy/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/11/16/does-your-blog-have-or-need-a-content-strategy/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:14 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=2590 From How to Develop a Content Strategy for Your Professional Blog on Web Worker Daily:

Here’s the secret: you don’t have to obsess about your content strategy, especially when posting regularly becomes a habit. You just have to do what feels natural to you. But taking time to prepare your objectives, intentions, schedule and scope allows you to clearly set out and remember what is natural for you, before you get sidetracked with what other people are telling you to do with your blog.

My first reaction is to ask “What do you mean by the phrase ‘professional blog’?” Plenty of web professionals blog, and blog about a range of topics and ideas. Molly blogs about web standards, travel, and occasionally posts a poem. Anil Dash posts about everything from tech to hip-hop. PSFK is all about spotting trends and generating ideas. My own blog started as a blog about web development, and well, have you looked at my recent posts lately?

Plenty of professional bloggers also blog erratically. Blogging frequency matters if your ad dollars depend on page views. Readers understand that we all have lives and careers to manage. Besides quality is more important than quality when it comes to building mind-share and audience.

As “thought leadership,” “fresh insights,” “trend spotting,” and strategy become why people and agencies get hired or fired, I think a professional blog’s content strategy can be as simple as “Today, I think this is interesting. Here’s why.”

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/11/16/does-your-blog-have-or-need-a-content-strategy/feed/ 1 A complete list of JS-Kit Echo Classes for use with CSS http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/10/13/a-complete-list-of-js-kit-echo-classes-for-use-with-css/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/10/13/a-complete-list-of-js-kit-echo-classes-for-use-with-css/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:57:01 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=2259 I am implementing JS-Kit Echo for a project at work, and I am modifying it to match our design more closely. The Echo wiki has some great documentation on how to modify an Echo skin, but I needed more.

Below is the complete list of every Echo-related class, as found in the WordPress plug-in.

Notes:

  • Each line contains the kind of element the class was applied to.
  • Some elements have multiple, space-separated classes.
  • Not all elements are accounted for some elements lack a class.
  • This is raw, unformatted Firebug console output.

The list

  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jska-wrapper
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jska-header
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jska-headerText
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jska-clear
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jska-selectorContainer jska-label
  • [object HTMLSelectElement]: jska-selector
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jska-container
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-comments js-CommentsSkin-echo
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-CommentsArea
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-CreateComment jsk-CommentFormWrapper jsk-PrimaryFont jsk-PrimaryFontColor
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-CommentFormSurface jsk-SecondaryBackgroundColor
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-lcf-userInfoWrapper
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-userInfoWrap js-kit-nonLoggedUserInfo
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-lcf-avatarsManagerWrapper js-kit-lcf-Border
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-basicUserInfoWrap
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-lcf-fromMenuAnonymous
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-from-menuAnonymousWrap
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-from-control
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuRootHTML
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-GoogleLikeMenuBar
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-GoogleLikeMenuBarExpandMarker
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-GoogleLikeMenuBarText
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-clear
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer jskit-MenuRootContainer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-from-to-menu-title
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle
  • [object HTMLInputElement]: jsipe-input
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding jskit-MenuDeleteButton
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-from-to-menu-footer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-from-field
  • [object HTMLInputElement]: js-kit-from-name
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-clear
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-lcf-toMenu
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-lcf-toField
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuRootHTML
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-GoogleLikeMenuBar
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-GoogleLikeMenuBarExpandMarker
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-GoogleLikeMenuBarText
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-clear
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer jskit-MenuRootContainer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-from-to-menu-title
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon jskit-MenuItemCheckboxCnt js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemCheckbox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-from-to-menu-footer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-Dogtag
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-DogtagIcon
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-DogtagText js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-DogtagCross
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-clear
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-clear
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-commentAvatarArea jsk-CommentFormAvatarsArea
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-avt-area
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-avt-section-label
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-avt-list-area
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-avt-noAvatarsMsg
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-avt-upload-area
  • [object HTMLFormElement]: jsk-avt-upload-form
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-avt-upload-label
  • [object HTMLInputElement]: jsk-avt-upload-input
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-commentFieldRating js-commentRatingDisplay
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-CommentFormBody
  • [object HTMLTextAreaElement]: js-commentFieldInput jsk-PrimaryFont
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: mceEditor defaultSkin
  • [object HTMLTableElement]: mceLayout
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: mceFirst
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: mceToolbar mceLeft mceFirst mceLast
  • [object HTMLTableElement]: mceToolbar mceToolbarRow1 Enabled
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: mceToolbarStart mceToolbarStartButton mceFirst
  • javascript:;: mceButton mceButtonEnabled mce_bold
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: mceIcon mce_bold
  • javascript:;: mceButton mceButtonEnabled mce_italic
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: mceIcon mce_italic
  • javascript:;: mceButton mceButtonEnabled mce_underline
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: mceIcon mce_underline
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: mceSeparator
  • javascript:;: mceButton mce_undo mceButtonDisabled
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: mceIcon mce_undo
  • javascript:;: mceButton mce_redo mceButtonDisabled
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: mceIcon mce_redo
  • javascript:;: mceButton mce_link mceButtonDisabled
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: mceIcon mce_link
  • javascript:;: mceButton mce_unlink mceButtonDisabled
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: mceIcon mce_unlink
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: mceToolbarEnd mceToolbarEndButton mceLast
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: mceLast
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: mceIframeContainer mceFirst mceLast
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-CommentFormFooter
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-lcf-extraControlsMenuWrapper js-kit-tabs-singleTab
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-tab
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-tab-icon
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-tab-title js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-tab-expandMarker
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-clear
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-clear
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-commentSubmit
  • [object HTMLInputElement]: jsk-CommentFormButton
  • [object HTMLInputElement]: jsk-CommentFormButton
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-lcf-extraControlsMenuContent
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-poweredBy js-poweredBy-echo
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-LeaveComment
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-commentControl
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-commentControl js-commentTool
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-HeaderWrapper jsk-PrimaryFont
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-HeaderInfoBox
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-HeaderInfoBoxImg
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-CommentsCountWrap jsk-CommentsCount jsk-H1Color jsk-H1Font
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: jsk-CommentsCount jsk-SecondaryFontColor jsk-PrimaryFont
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-kit-clear
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-HeaderMenu jsk-LinkFont jsk-LinkColor
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-MenuAdmin
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuTitle js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuTitleExpandMarker
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer jskit-MenuRootContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuDelimeter
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko jsk-DisabledFontColor
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuDelimeter
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLTableRowElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemIcon js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemTitle js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLTableCellElement]: jskit-MenuItem
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuItemEnding js-nsgecko
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jskit-MenuContainer
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-ThreadWrapper jsk-PrimaryFont jsk-PrimaryBackgroundColor
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-OldCommentsWrap jsk-StreamWrapper
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-OldComments
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-singleComment jsk-ItemWrapper jsk-PrimaryFont js-singleCommentDepth0 js-comment-stripe-1
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-singleCommentBg
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-singleCommentAvatar jsk-ItemUserAvatarWrapper
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-ItemContentWrapper
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-ItemBody jsk-PrimaryFontColor
  • [object HTMLImageElement]: js-singleCommentAdminStar
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: js-singleCommentName jsk-ItemName jsk-LinkColor jsk-LinkFont
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: js-singleCommentIP jsk-SecondaryFontColor
  • [object HTMLImageElement]: js-singleCommentUrl
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: js-singleCommentText jsk-ItemBodyText
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-singleCommentRating
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-singleCommentPreviewImage jsk-ItemAttachmentsWrapper
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: jsk-ItemFooter
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-singleCommentDate jsk-ItemAge jsk-SecondaryFontColor
  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-singleCommentCtls
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: js-singleCommentFlagable
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: jsk-SecondaryFontColor
  • javascript:void(0);: js-singleCommentFlag jsk-SecondaryFontColor
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: js-singleCommentReplyable
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: jsk-SecondaryFontColor
  • javascript:void(0);: js-singleCommentReply jsk-SecondaryFontColor
  • [object HTMLSpanElement]: js-singleCommentDeletable
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  • [object HTMLDivElement]: js-singleCommentDate jsk-ItemAge jsk-SecondaryFontColor
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]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/10/13/a-complete-list-of-js-kit-echo-classes-for-use-with-css/feed/ 3 Recommended viewing: How NOT to Build a WordPress Plugin http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/10/01/recommended-viewing-how-not-to-build-a-wordpress-plugin/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/10/01/recommended-viewing-how-not-to-build-a-wordpress-plugin/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:26 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=2249

An amazing video from WordCamp Portland 2009 with tips on how to build a better WordPress plug-in. Lots of nuggets about functions and constants that aren’t covered in the codex.

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/10/01/recommended-viewing-how-not-to-build-a-wordpress-plugin/feed/ 0 Sort of pro-blogging for my massage therapist http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/03/09/sort-of-pro-blogging-for-my-massage-therapist/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/03/09/sort-of-pro-blogging-for-my-massage-therapist/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:00:24 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=1876 I’m dipping my toe in the pro-blogging waters for my massage therapist‘s web site. I’m not (yet) doing it for pay, but I am doing it to gain some real world experience in running and writing for a successful [read: one that generates business] blog on behalf of a client. Below are links to a couple of recent posts.

I am always looking for ways to diversify my skillset and experience, y’know? Should I find myself out of a job, I want to know that I have a hustle or five that can at least keep me afloat, if not make a raging fortune.

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/03/09/sort-of-pro-blogging-for-my-massage-therapist/feed/ 8 Giving this IntenseDebate business a try http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/12/09/giving-this-intensedebate-business-a-try/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/12/09/giving-this-intensedebate-business-a-try/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:05:02 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=1635 My comments are disabled right now. Why? Because I’m trying to install IntenseDebate. Apparently it takes a few hours to import existing comments into the IntenseDebate services. In the meantime, y’all can’t say nothing bad ’bout me … not here at least.

UPDATE: It looks like comments were broken because something went wrong during the import process. I used IntenseDebate 2.0 beta during the first install attempt and that failed miserably. I uninstalled ID 2.0 beta, installed IntenseDebate 1.75, the latest stable version, instead. Importing using 1.75 seemed to work. Then I decided to give the 2.0 beta another go. According to the settings panel, my comment import job is in the queue — it could take hours to be processed, and I will supposedly be notified by email when this happens. Of course, that didn’t happen the first time I tried the install.

Meanwhile, some comments still exist, but aren’t visible because of some IntenseDebate JavaScript and some older posts don’t yet feature the IntenseDebate form.

If these issues don’t work themselves out by tomorrow, I’ll uninstall the plug-in for good.

UPDATE 2: Yeah. Still not working for me. I never did receive an email notification alerting me that my comments had been imported. The one comment I did receive was high quality spam (the kind that you’re not entirely sure is spam, but adds nothing to the conversation but a compliment). I went to both my comment dashboard and the IntenseDebate dashboard and couldn’t find a way to delete the comment.

I reactivated IntenseDebate 1.75 and importing comments failed. So now, eff it all. I’m sticking with WordPress’ default commenting system for the time being.

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/12/09/giving-this-intensedebate-business-a-try/feed/ 6 My love life. Online. http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/09/08/my-love-life-online/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/09/08/my-love-life-online/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:04:45 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=1469 I know this post is a bit disjointed. I wrote it in a bit of a rush this morning because I wanted to put it out there while I felt inspired to do it.

I learned this lesson the hard way. I blogged about my breakup that started in February 2007, here, on Vox, and on Yahoo! 360. This was shortly before SXSW 2007.

Blogging was cathartic for me. But it also put my ex on blast, and opened us both up to a lot of questions about why we were splitting. I distinctly remember having uncomfortable conversations at SXSW about what was happening, especially since most of my SXSW crew had met the ex at SXSW 2006. The ex was also drilled by his rather large circle of friends and acquaintances.

I even argued with the ex about whether and where I should blog — Vox was the community where my peoples played; Yahoo! 360 was where his friend’s stayed, though I was connected to his friends there. If I had to blog, he wanted to know, why did I have to blog there and not where my friends were?

It made an uncomfortable situation worse — more for him than for me (win!) — but I decided that I’d rethink being so public about relationships in the future.

Then came Twitter, which, thanks to its ambient intimacy, made staying involved in my friend’s lives a lot easier. Even though we were, in some cases, separated by 2,100+ miles and three time zones, we still had this wonderful sense of connection.

SXSW 2008, then, was markedly different. I didn’t need to catch up on what was happening with my friends. We could just enjoy some real-world face time. I felt my online friendships slowly melting into offline ones.

One friendship in particular had changed in a palpable way. After some Twitter conversations, surprising dreams, and a series of private-plurks, I found myself on a plane to Los Angeles for Labor Day Weekend.

First and foremost, our trip was about seeing each other and having fun as friends. We have always had an easy way with each other, and some of the absolute best times I’ve had since 2005 — the year we met at SXSW — have involved him.

But we also knew this was about a potential love thing shaped by, if not directly attributable, to Twitter and Plurk.

We both live our lives in the digital public, and are generally open about things. We also, however, have a sense of privacy and boundaries. This tension came out in weird ways, particularly around whether and what to tweet. Is it an innocent tweet, or a double-entendre? Do I mention our visit to Frederick’s of Hollywood? What about those hilarious one-liners that are almost too good not to share, but would reveal what we did and how?

Ultimately, we were both concerned with how things would be (mis)construed. And what kinds of intrusive questions would arise from those who know us, and those who think they know us?

And while I’m at it, what about us? I’m not sure I was ready to officially state what was up between us, even though our friends knew instinctively. What’s said offline and hinted at through a carefully-crafted, semi-private tweet is, still, in many ways, deniable. If things didn’t work out, the details would be obscured if not concealed.

But what’s expressed publicly and tagged with my name? That’s big. And brave. And Google-able. And cache-able. It’s a huge leap of faith in our friends, our acquaintances, and most of all, in whatever this is between us.

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/09/08/my-love-life-online/feed/ 36 WordPress 2.6 released today http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/07/15/wordpress-26-released-today/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/07/15/wordpress-26-released-today/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:28:22 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=1316 The big new features?

  • Edit tracking: Tucked way down at the bottom of each post is a revision history. You can see who changed what and when.
  • SSL support for your administrative panel, plus the ability to force SSL logins. That’s critical if you frequently blog from public WiFi spots.
  • Press This: Post links, YouTube and Yahoo! Videos with a couple of clicks. This bookmarklet will extract a URL, or video embed code and ready it for posting.
  • Better plug-in update notification: Now you’ll see a bubble over the plugins link in the top navigation indicating how of your plugins have updates.
  • Theme preview: the ability to see a theme on your blog before selecting it.

Also notable — though only for what it could mean for future versions of WordPress — is support for Gears. This version of WordPress only saves CSS and JavaScript files locally. I suspect future versions will also support offline editing as Zoho Writer does now.

The 2.5 branch of WordPress will no longer be maintained, making 2.6 a mandatory upgrade if you want to keep your installation current.

I upgraded today with no problems — at least that I’ve noticed. However, since 2.6 makes changes to your database, backup your data first.

Official WordPress announcement

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/07/15/wordpress-26-released-today/feed/ 0 Recommended: “Ugly Violet” http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/03/29/recommended-ugly-violet/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/03/29/recommended-ugly-violet/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:38:32 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/03/29/recommended-ugly-violet/ Quoted from the piece:

I just write and talk about sex. But every woman on the Internet gets called slutty and ugly and fat (to put it lightly) no matter what; all we have to be is female. In dinner conversation, my friend Lori reminded me of the Oscar Wilde quote, “Give a man a mask, and he’ll tell you the truth.” I restated it for the Internet, replying, “Give a man a mask, and he’ll slit your throat.” The application here is, “Give a man (or a woman) an anonymous account, and he’ll eviscerate your self-esteem.”

Sad but true: if you’re a woman who blogs about politics or culture, at some point someone will make a disagreement with you into a problem with your looks, relationship status, and/or sexual orientation. Men can just be stupid. Women are invariably stupid, ugly, man-less bitches. Whether straight or gay, we’re always ‘lesbos’ who should be hate-fucked.* And yeah, the critic is ALMOST ALWAYS male — <hypocrite>and probably one who is at least as unattractive and offensive as he accuses us of being, but I digress.</hypocrite>

*Yes, there were two incidents in the last couple of years directed at women that used those exact words.

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/03/29/recommended-ugly-violet/feed/ 9 Why I went private on Twitter http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/01/14/why-i-went-private-on-twitter/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/01/14/why-i-went-private-on-twitter/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:00:08 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/01/14/why-i-went-private-on-twitter/ For 10 months I had a public profile on Twitter. I shared the minutae of my days or what I was thinking at the time, links to stuff I was reading, or jokes with friends.

Somewhere along the way a total of 150 people started following me. I only knew or knew of about 60 of them. Then my (now-former) manager joined and started to follow me. And then I got a new job and my manager there started to follow me. And then I had a weird boundary crossing / netiquette issue breach by a guy following my Tweets, and some generally obnoxious folks began to show up.

Eventually 202 people had their eyes on me, including two former co-workers, one former manager, one current coworker, and about a dozen industry contacts. Um yeah, I was starting to get uncomfortable. I actually mentioned that to my current coworker, and he offered to unfollow me. But, of course, that wouldn’t keep him from seeing my tweets. It would just mean that I wouldn’t know about it.

So I decided to take the plunge — or perhaps get out of the pool is the better metaphor — and go private. I did so, and then blocked about 140 strangers who were following me (but whom I was not following), and my current coworker. Monday may be a little bit weird :-) .

Internet Boundaries (going off on a tangent here)

One of the funny things about the internet is that not every has the same concept of boundaries. Some people think that because you share the same internet community or context that (a) they know you; (b) that you know them; (c) that the two of you are friends; and that (d) you would be comfortable with any kind of communication outside of that community or context.

For example: I am a freelance web developer (in addition to working full-time). I have my phone number posted on my web site(s) so that potential clients can contact me for work. Some people think that means it’s okay to call me at 10 p.m. on a Saturday, 11:06 p.m. on a weeknight or 4 p.m. on a Sunday. That’s already not cool — but these folks were not even calling to talk about a business opportunity. Even creepier is when some anti-abortion freak gets your address from DNS records and sends mail to your house.

Another funny thing: it’s hard to have boundaries on many social network and sharing sites. At least it’s hard to do without alienating some people you may know in real life.

I have a LinkedIn profile and it’s always awkward to get invites from co-workers you know, but don’t quite like, or know, but don’t work with closely. Denying them seems hurtful and a little bit rude. At the same time, your professional reputation is on the line. I’m not comfortable with one day being asked about Jane Jenkins’ work habits if we never worked on a project together.

Even worse, however, is when colleagues ask to ‘friend’ you on sites like MySpace, Flickr, and Facebook. For me, those are social spaces, and I’m uncomfortable with this idea that just because I know you, we should be involved in every aspect of each other’s lives. Thankfully Flickr gives you photo-level control over who (friends, family, just you or everyone) can view your photos (although there is a workaround). I’m not sure whether MySpace or Facebook give you such granularity.

This collision of the personal and professional, the online and offline will only intensify, as more people publish data online. I wonder what kinds of social norms and etiquette we will start to see and whether people will recognize internet space and privacy in the same way they regard physical space.

Related

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/01/14/why-i-went-private-on-twitter/feed/ 19 Russian propaganda goes online http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/01/10/russian-propaganda-goes-online/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/01/10/russian-propaganda-goes-online/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:51:49 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/01/10/russian-propaganda-goes-online/ Worth a listen: this CBC Search Engine podcast episode on the Kremlin’s use of bloggers as citizen propagandists, as well as government-paid hackers and saboteurs.

The Kremlin piece starts about 6 minutes and 17 seconds into the show [MP3 download].

And you can find the T-shirt in the photo accompanying the post on CafePress.com.

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2008/01/10/russian-propaganda-goes-online/feed/ 0 8 blogs you should be reading http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/08/27/8-blogs-you-should-be-reading/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/08/27/8-blogs-you-should-be-reading/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:00:39 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/08/27/8-blogs-you-should-be-reading/ Useful, interesting and/or fun, these are eight blogs to which I have recently been introduced.

Clientside
I mentioned Clientside before as a place to find documentation for Mootools, but it’s also the home of a very robust blog on JavaScript and other front-end development topics.
FOSSwire
News, reviews, and tutorials about free and open source software for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X
Freelance Switch
Advice on making your solo operation more profitable.
The Hood Internet
Okay, this is more like a blog that you should listen to. It’s mashups of hip-hop and R&B songs with electronic dance music. Equal parts hot and not, but always interesting.
Last100
From the folks behind Read/WriteWeb, Last100 covers digital media and devices for those who live way too much of their lives connected to wires and networks.
Microscopiq
An interesting mix of game reviews, design, gadgets, politics and the intersections of culture and technology.
Simplehelp
Groovy computing and technology tips for Mac, Windows and Linux users. Many of these tips are geared towards n00bs, but advanced users will also find some tasty bits.
WebAppers
Delicious freebies and top-notch tips for client-side web developers.
]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/08/27/8-blogs-you-should-be-reading/feed/ 10 Black Weblog Awards http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/08/16/black-weblog-awards/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/08/16/black-weblog-awards/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:20:26 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/08/16/black-weblog-awards/ The nominations are in. Vote for your favorite.

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/08/16/black-weblog-awards/feed/ 6 Recommended reading: When accessibility is not your problem http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/07/01/recommended-reading-when-accessibility-is-not-your-problem/ http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/07/01/recommended-reading-when-accessibility-is-not-your-problem/#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:10:14 +0000 tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/07/01/recommended-reading-when-accessibility-is-not-your-problem/ Accessibility expert Joe Clark writes about specific instances when web authors should not worry about web accessibility.

The philosophy that Clark is asking us to adopt is a simple one. From this article:

It’s not even that new, but what certainly is new is the fact that I’m calling for everyone to take a pledge of some kind. The philosophy is really simple: If a browser or adaptive technology can or should handle an accessibility issue, I won’t.

Clark is departing significantly from accepted standardista orthodoxy here (or perhaps he’s departing from the most vocal of the bunch). But the overall point he makes is an excellent one: Web developers have no control over how the client ultimately renders the page and we shouldn’t. That’s the job of the browser and the user.

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