The secret to my success: Community No matter what you hope to achieve in life I cannot understate the incredible value of building a strong and diverse personal community. It is without any reservation that I can say that I am where I am today because of the amazing people that have supported me along the way. They have freely offered their knowledge when I’ve requested it, they have caringly shared their support when I’ve needed it and they have...
Tag: setup
3 hours 32 minutes, 4 cups of tea, half a box of somewhat stale Triscuits and 1 celebratory beer after we began I took a step back and I felt a huge weight lift off my shoulders. My girlfriend Brittney and I had just spend the better part of an evening writing down and filing every single last “need to do” in our lives. And when I say every I mean Every! “Finish installing the return-air vents, send thank you cards to friends,...
Okay admittedly I got off to a rocky start registering a domain and hosting service (see shameful last post The Internet is Hard) but Wordpress itself was actually pretty easy! Sure there’s definitely some complicated coding jargon that exists underneath the surface but for the most part everything was point and click and there was a ton of great tutorials that made it really hard to screw up (even for me). I’m hoping this will be a great resource for anyone starting...
Just build a blog, how hard can that be, right? Well unfortunately even with the best intentions I somehow always end up doing things the hard way. It’s mid way through January when I decide to commit to my new list of 12 month challenges; my first, to “learn WordPress and build a blog.” I’m eager to get to work on this new exciting venture but unfortunately I now have far less than a month to accomplish this and I haven’t...