rivercrow on October 31st, 2006

The structure of the site is complete. I made some final adjustments–fixed the spell check, fixed the CSS–and now he’s got content to write. Lots of content. If he’s listening…. I’ve started commenting on what his posts. This is hard–it’s easier to just email or talk about it. The rich discussions we have away from [...]

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rivercrow on October 15th, 2006

Today we discussed topics. For hours. The more we talked, the more ideas we generated. Old ideas get rehashed and re-formed. Old dreams get revived. We’re getting a direction in mind. He wondered would I be willing to keep editing his stuff and working on his site. I told him not to worry about that. [...]

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rivercrow on October 10th, 2006

I’ve been reading about blogs for the last several months. I’ve been keeping one for a while–well, several–and I get itchy if I don’t touch it on a regular basis. That’s reason enough to be interested in the topic of blogs. I thought I’d share a couple unrelated tidbits that have been buzzing around my [...]

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rivercrow on October 9th, 2006

After several long emails back and forth and exchanges of examples, I think we’re getting some ground under our feet. What I love most about his writing is the immediacy and warmth. His personality is so strong and his voice so good. He commented on his need for an audience, so I am it at [...]

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rivercrow on October 8th, 2006

One of the folks I am building a blog for is presenting some interesting challenges. He’s brilliant, but is a self-admitted non-techie. He has evolving ideas of what he wants to do with a blog–and what he could do. I’m not entirely sure WordPress is exactly the tool he needs. Mostly, but some of the [...]

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