by Wayne Hastings | May 4, 2009 | Google, Search Engine Optimization, Self Promotion
Have you seen your Google Profile yet? Visit http://google.com/profiles/me and get started, then! Google Profiles might be a stealth attempt at building a social network in the shadow of FaceBook’s dominance. The profile isn’t as feature rich or complex as...
by Wayne Hastings | May 3, 2009 | Plugins, Self Promotion, WordPress
A couple weeks have gone by, and I have been tweaking this site a bit, both in the look and feel of the user interface and in the functionality in the plugins installed. I added one new plugin, deactivated one and replaced it with another. Since my last post, I have...
by Wayne Hastings | May 2, 2009 | Self Promotion, Tweet, WordPress
After Chet twittered about my blog running the WPTouch theme, I was reminded I hadn’t customized it at all. First things first, a new icon! Now, if you go to this site (waynehastings.net) on your iPhone or iPod Touch, click the Bookmark “+” icon,...
by Wayne Hastings | Apr 22, 2009 | Life, Self Promotion, Social, Tweet
Obsessively Googling my name, I found these lovely nuggets. Facebook — late to the bandwagon again Thursday, 20 September 2007 So I set up a Facebook page. I knew you were waiting for that. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=618093298 Twittering Wednesday,...
by Wayne Hastings | Apr 3, 2009 | Life, Self Promotion, Social, Tweet
Last night I had my first “brush with greatness” since moving to Los Angeles. And this is a story for everyone who claims noone ever made money off of Twitter. I discovered Heather B. Hamilton (aka Dooce) several months ago while I was still living in...
by Wayne Hastings | Feb 25, 2009 | Design, Politics, Self Promotion
If you’ve been following me on Facebook and/or Twitter, you’ve seen posts about Feb. 25, 2009 being Pink Shirt Day, a day to support anti-bullying worldwide. This weekend, I was playing around in Photoshop and CafePress, and put together a couple of...