Archive for December, 2009

Hardcore Mac Fans Create Awesome Rap Video!

Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

I am still laughing from this awesome video. Egads! I must be a real geek.

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My Wordpress Ping List

Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

One of the benefits of having a Wordpress blog is that it can automatically notify blog directories every time your blog is updated.
To customize the settings of which blog directories get notified whenever you publish a new post, go to your Wordpress Dashboard and click on “Settings”.
Then click on “Writing” and scroll towards the bottom [...]

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Official Twitter Buttons Released

Posted on 27. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

Attention Twitter users. If you click on the “Goodies” button on the footer of your Twitter page, you will notice that some new “goodies” has just been added.
Twitter has finally released official “follow me” buttons to add to your blog, Facebook or MySpace page. Go ahead, check it out.

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3 Great Web Apps To Help Start A Great The New Year

Posted on 27. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

The start of the new year gives us hope of starting anew. We give thanks for the blessings and successes for the year and we hope that the setbacks and challenges we faced will be lessons learned to make us wiser and stronger for the future years.
To this end, here are 3 great websites that [...]

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How To Use HootSuite & Ping.FM to Publish Your Wordpress Blog To All Your Social Media Sites

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

Let Me Set The Scene…
I love blogging. But, I don’t want to spend time updating all my social media sites every time I write on my blog. I just want to focus on my blog and create awesome content. But what’s the point of great content if people don’t find my blog? Argh! The dilemma. [...]

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How To Use Ping.FM To Update Multiple Social Media Accounts and Become a Social Media Ninja!

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

About Ping.FM
Chances are you have more than 1 social media presence and that number will keep growing. Twitter and Facebook are most likely. You may also have a blog or Tumblr site. Perhaps you’re into photography and have a Flickr or PhotoBucket account. If you’re a social media Ninja like me, then you may have [...]

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A Simple Way To Make Your Wordpress Blog iPhone Friendly With The Free WPTouch Plugin

Posted on 19. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

Did you know that it is really easy to create a mobile web browser friendly version of your Wordpress blog?
This is what my blog looks like on the iPhone before and after installing the WPTouch Plugin

I found two options – the WPTouch mobile Wordpress theme and the Wapple Architect. As an iPhone user, I had [...]

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Social Media Addicts Association (S.M.A.A.) Meeting

Posted on 19. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

Funny Video:

I do wonder if it helped Sony sell any more laptops or if it had the opposite effect? What do you think?

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Blogging from My Phone With Wordpress iPhone App

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

This post was written entirely from my iPhone. Why? Well, I am trying to get a feel for blogging on my iPhone using the Wordpress iPhone app.
So far, I am not convinced that I will be able to use this regularly unless I am posting under very specific circumstances.
I have found [...]

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My Love Hate Relationship With Google Adsense

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.

When I first started my blog, I really had no specific ideas or plans for it. I started with a free blogger.com blog, then I moved to a free wordpress.com blog. I’m not sure whether that is still the case, but at the time wordpress.com hosted blogs did not allow Adsense or other forms [...]

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