They sent me a message saying, “Can you please let me know if this is still a problem in the new version.” They also put in a link to the latest Version. This is an example of Great PR, and because of it I’ll probably continue to support them. not to mention I’ve come to like their app!

So this is my Recommended FTP Application, Captain FTP. Don’t let the name fool you it’s a great app. And, for all you people out there who just need to upload or download some files this will suit your needs with out confusing you.

:)

I pretty sure I saw the copywrite say 2003-2009 so I get the feeling this one has been around for a while. The company that developed this App (illumineX.com) also has iBlogger.

This is my first post so I really can’t give you a fair comparison on what I think, but I’ll let you know. I’ve been using MarsEdit which is a great app and has some amazing features. No custom fields though, which I’ve been wanting to have for many reasons.

Do you use a Desktop App for publishing your Posts? OR are you old-school diehard “gotta use my browser!”

Almost forgot, for all of you WordPress peeps out there that dislike the WP Post Editor this app is for you!

Here are a few well known resources that you should check out if you’ve never heard of them. A little some thing to wet your whistle on Wednesday.

WordCamp is a little something special for all you WordPress fanatics that wish there was a way to meet people who love the blogosphere as much as you do. I’ve still yet to go, and I’m sad about that. All the same it’s worth 5min to look at.

Here is a something that I think the couch potatoes out their would enjoy. well the Blogging couch potatoes… They call it “Your Visual Resource for All Things WordPress“. There’s plenty to see and plenty to learn, so dig in, grab a bag of fritos and start watching.

I also figured I would share with you the two plugins that I’ve found to be the most usable that will help you pull your flickr pics into your WP Blog.

Keep in mind, there are probably thousands of flickr apps, plugins, javascripts and whatNot to keep us happy for years with our flickr. So!, if you have any good suggestions lets hear it.

My Top 2 Flickr WP Plugins ↓

• flickrRSS Plugin – Great for adding widgets to your sidebar. Also works with wpTouch for the iphone.
• Flickr Photo Album – Brings your flickr account to your Edit Posts Page & More. There is a lot to this plugin,, I only use it to bring my flickr to my edit posts page.

Online places for Flickr Galleries

Flickr

flickrSLiDR

Slideoo

enjoy :-)

They have gone so far that is almost better than most profession web designs out there. Well done Lydia, just think what you could do with a unlimited html, css & php canvas. You should look into it…

I’ve had this waiting on my back burner for about 2 months and I just haven’t had the time to test it, and wouldn’t you know it I only spent about a half hour on it…
If I’d realized that I probably would have done this a long time ago.

So that’s it,, if you’re not sure what’s going on here with this post go to my little side bar in the top left and click on the ‘tags’ or ‘links’, and don’t fall off you seat when you’re dazzled… im just kidding)

Let me just through this out there for all you guys, if you’re going to use libraries for your sites you should look in wp_enqueue_script() as a way to call your js files… There are a lot of conflicts out there from other Plugins so this will help clean up the mess.

Although if you are really wondering where this came from than you should go and read some of the magnificent Tuts over at Nettuts. They do a great job of laying out some of the basics the new web…

;-)

Let me explain what I’m talking about.

I want a “Pen” that has that “Red Optical Laser” from the “Optical Mouse”, and I want it to be BlueTooth. (and no I don’t want to have to plug in a usb receiver, every computer being made these days should be bluetooth compatable)

I’m not talking about the “Pen & Tablet” where you have to have the “Tablet” to make the pen work. While those are nice, I have one, their kind of cumbersome to lug around when you need to be mobil. (not to mention they take up quite a bit of space on the desk)

Unfortunately the only thing I could find is this weird looking thing that has the USB receiver and it looks like you might have to grip it like a two year old grips a crayon.

In the end I still don’t have what I want, and I’m going to keep looking. Has anyone out there seen or heard of Pen like this…? If so let me know.

This App allows you to change out Icons for all of your Mac Operating Systems standard Icons. There are a few ways to go about changing Icons, but this just makes it easy to hit a bunch at once. it also has a nice ‘relaunch finder’ button to refresh the icons..

Swapping Icons…mac says

1. Select the volume, application, folder, or file whose icon you want to stamp onto another, just click the icon to select it.
2. From the File menu, choose Get Info or press Command-I to open the Info window.
3. Click the icon in the upper-left corner of the Info window to select it.
4. From the Edit menu, choose Copy or press Command-C.
5. Select the volume, application, folder, or file whose icon you want to replace.
6. From the File menu, choose Get Info or press Command-I.
7. Click the icon in the upper-left corner.
8. From the Edit menu, choose Paste or press Command-V to replace the icon.

Basically just copy and past them in…Relaunch the finder and blamo…

Here are a few links to find some cool Icons.
Pixelgirlpresents This one is kind of hit an miss. some of the .sit files are no good.
apple.com/downloads/macosx/icons_screensavers/ has a lot of stuff to look at, but it also has other apps and screen savers mixed in. Worth checking out.

Here’s a little added bonus → img2icns
Drop just about any image file into this program and it will convert it into a usable file for an app icon or folder icon… I would suggest that you use images with transparent backgrounds.

This week I’m talking about TypePad… One of the for-most blogging platforms out there, and definitely one of the leaders. But,, I’m a little confused about a few things, and I was hopping some of the TypePad people out there can set me strait.

Here is my Beef

In general ‘Free‘ Blogging is going to incorporate a (dot)something into your domain name, for example visualcoma.typepad.com or visualcoma.blogspot.com or visualcoma.wordpress.com, there’s really know way around that. Even ‘Free‘ has a price, although it’s not money.

In my mind your domain name is ‘Real Estate‘ it has value and it can give value to your content. The more sources pointing to your Domain.com the more the search engines like you. Especially if you’re really cool and you have some real heavy hitters that like you.

About a week ago I decided to check out TypePad to see what all the fuss was about, but I didn’t get very far. I just couldn’t bring myself to put my credit card in and pay to have visualcoma.typepad.com. So I stopped there, but TypePad didn’t. Later that same day I got an email from them asking if they did something wrong.

me –>> “Well, Yeah you did something wrong. The first thing you wanted from me was my Credit Card info…”

here’s the email and what I was thinking…

Don’t get me wrong, I fully understand that most sites are going to charge you for what you see below. There is no doubt that these things have to cost money. I’m wondering this, “Does TypePad offer the ability to mask your domain name with a name you’ve personally registered with out paying for the Premium Package.”

The reason I ask is that I’ve seen more TypePad users take their blog serious than other platform users, while still leaving the ‘(dot)typepad’ in their name.

My Point is this…

If you are serious about your blog than why aren’t you focusing on establishing a domain name with ‘Real Estate‘ value. If you are a Musician, Author, Publicist, Marketing Developer, Designer, Charity or anything of personal value than you Need to be creating a Brand for yourself that doesn’t include someone else’s name.

The simple fact is this.

Blogging has quickly become the latest trend/necessity for online marketing and publishing. Don’t go jumping the gun and get the first piece of land you hear about or see. Browse the market, find out what other people are using and get more than five opinions. There are millions of Blogs out there, trust me 5 opinions is not a hard number to find. Remember, if your goal in Blogging is anything more than a journal to your family and friends than it’s worth your time to do your homework…

Here are a few Options

WordPress, Blogger, Typepad, Habari, b2evolution, Moveable Type

WordPress Database Backup

It’s a typical install, easy and fast. And it’s just a few clicks away from sending you an email with a .sql.gz file holding all your Database info. You can set it up to automatically back up every week, which leave you free from worrying about the big What If…

Check it out and see what you think. If you’ve got any amazing plugins that you like so much you’d recommend lets hear them.