As I sit here in front of my dual monitors here at work getting ready for my day, I took a quick look over at Google Analytics. Some people will tell you not to look at your statistics for you blog on a daily basis, I agree with them. Why you might ask? Well if you look at your stats every day they won't look like they are doing much … Continue Reading »
One of the websites someone mentioned on Twitter was a service called Pipl.com, a people search for the web. I do like to periodically see what comes up when I Google myself but I was curious what would this people search find on me if I entered my name and country. Luckily it doesn't really give out any information I would not want people to know, or did it? When I … Continue Reading »
As some of you have seen via Twitter I have been starting to post links to a blog called WestCoastAlpine.com. What some of you might not know is what this blog is about, hopefully I can help explain it in case you were curious. If you are into winter activities in British Columbia or just in general I recommend following our updates (you can subscribe to the RSS feed) as … Continue Reading »
The past few days I've been slowly reading the book Blog Blazers: 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets (author: Stephane Grenier) which I won over at Derek Semmler's blog and there is one point I would have to agree with in regards to being a serious blogger: Don't rely on blog hosting services such as WordPress.com, Blogger, TypePad. Don't get me wrong, there are some really good Blogger or WordPress.com … Continue Reading »
I just finished and confirmed our WordCamp Whistler 2009 hotel reservation for the Fairmont Chataeu Whistler at the base of Blackcomb Mountain. This should be a pretty fun and interesting WordPress Wordcamp as well as a good day for some ski and snowboarding too. Robyn and I are looking forward to getting up to Whistler/Blackcomb for this WordPress event, not to mention get in a couple runs in on Sunday. … Continue Reading »
Chances are if you a frequent surfer of the online world you have probably come across the term Twitter. You may or may not know what Twitter is all about but I for one find the service really useful, not only to have another way of communicating with other people in my industry but also to find out the new online trends or even world happenings. I find that I have … Continue Reading »
Some of you out there might have heard the phrase 'Best of 604' over the past few weeks and if you're curious as to what it is about well let me tell you, or attempt to. Rebecca (Miss604) came up with an fun idea to promote popular blog sites in the Metro Vancouver area and thus Bestof604.com was created. The first stage of the Bestof604 was to nominate your favorite blog … Continue Reading »
Well finally after a while WordPress 2.7 has been released to the masses and so far as a first impression it looks pretty cool. Mainly the WordPress 2.7 upgrade seems more of a UI (user interface) upgrade for the administration section for WordPress blogs. If you are running a WordPress.com blog you should have already seen this upgrade go in last week. Yesterday seems to have been the day for … Continue Reading »
For many of you who read Tyler Ingram dot Com you know that I do have some ads, in fact there is on in this post. It seems people out there in the blogosphere (not all of you though) try to generate some sort of revenue with advertising on your site be it with Google's AdSense, TextLinkAds, Chikita, other affiliates or even by selling private ad space. Well I know … Continue Reading »
Alright since I cannot wish my brother a Happy Birthday on Facebook (think he deleted his account yet again), I thought I would wish him a Happy Birthday here on my blog. Whether or not he reads it doesn't really matter. Though I know occasionally he'll drop by and leave some crazy comment. It's weird when people find out I have siblings, don't know why they don't think that though I … Continue Reading »