Website & Blog

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Tools for Entrepreneurs: Create. Collaborate. Communicate.

I created this presentation for entrepreneurs who need online tools to make their ideas happen (I gave it earlier this year at the Professional Women’s Association in Milan). The presentation “Tools for Entrepreneurs: Create. Collaborate. Communicate.“ started out as a way to explain very technical things to non-technical people, but I quickly realized that most people when approaching technology … Continue reading »

Digital Curation: The New Frontier of Knowledge

This past Saturday I presented “Digital Curation: The New Frontier of Knowledge” at KnowCamp, an Italian BarCamp in Modena about knowledge and the web. If you’re not familiar with the Ignite format, it’s very exciting for both speakers and spectators. 5 minutes, 20 slides, 15 seconds each slide. It’s a timing nightmare and you’re always … Continue reading »

Social Media Geek: Adding Community Features to Your Blog Liveblog from BlogHer 11

The liveblog of my panel at BlogHer ’11: Social Media Geek | Adding Community Features to Your Blog is now online. I talked about BuddyPress and bbPress as ways to extend your WordPress site into a community and I definitely recommend checking it out. The liveblog is about 90% accurate, which is amazing since we were talking … Continue reading »

WordPress for Large-Scale Installs and Enterprise

Here’s the presentation I gave at WordCamp San Francisco – the official annual WordPress conference. This year there were more than 1,000 participants and not only did I speak, but I was working behind the scenes with the rest of the Automattic crew and volunteers to make the conference great. Here are the video and … Continue reading »

Plugin Advice for WordPress Newbies

It’s a question I often get asked: What plugins do I need on my WordPress site? My answer is always the same: it depends. Sophia at Fiction Vixen put it more eloquently than I could and listed a bunch of considerations that I suggest anyone read when deciding if they should add plugins to their … Continue reading »

How to Use WordPress as a Website (not Blog)

I’ve been fortunate to do a lot of speaking lately, and I’ll be slowly getting those presentations online, but I wanted to share this one presentation I did for the Stampa all’Estera, the Foreign Press in Milan. They specifically asked me to speak about using WordPress as a website, instead of a blog, as many … Continue reading »

Don’t be afraid of bloggers: They’re Communication Start-ups

There are still people out there afraid of bloggers. I explore why there’s nothing to be afraid of a new democratized form of communication and publishing. Continue reading »

Awesome WordPress.com site designs with Custom CSS

I showcase some of the websites I’ve seen on WordPress.com that have made their sites beautiful using one of the default themes as a base and customizing the site with just the Custom CSS upgrade Continue reading »

How to use Featured Images with WordPress

The presentation I gave at WordCamp NYC about using WordPress Featured Images for users: the evolution of featured images, popular magazine themes to try, and plugins to incorporate featured images in your existing theme! Continue reading »

How to Choose Web Hosting for your Website or Blog

You’re ready to start creating that website you’ve been dreaming about, and you need to get web hosting: a place where you can store and modify your website’s content and make it accessible. Here’s how to choose your web hosting provider. Continue reading »

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