As delivered at Wordcamp Mid-Atlantic on May 16, 2008, Jared Goralnick explained tips for being a more balanced blogger

1. BECOMING A Balanced Blogger
technotheory.com
@technotheory
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2. I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOU
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3. Tell Me About You
Why do you blog?
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4. Tell Me About You
Why are you here?
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5. WRITING, WRITING, WRITING
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6. WordPress Dashboard
• Insert a Link ALT + SHIFT + A
• Apply Blockquote ALT + SHIFT + Q
• Unordered List ALT + SHIFT + U
• Ordered List ALT + SHIFT + O
• Left Align ALT + SHIFT + L
• Center Align ALT + SHIFT + C
• Right Align ALT + SHIFT + R
• Switch to Code Editor ALT + SHIFT + E
• Insert Read More ALT + SHIFT + T
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7. Windows?
Try Windows Live Writer
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8. Mac?
Try MarsEdit or Ecto
MarsEdit2
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9. Focus on the Content?
Q10 or DarkRoom
for the PC
WriteRoom for
the Mac
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10. Type Faster
with Texter (PC) Texter
and TextExpander
(MAC)
• Stop typing the
same thing over
and over
• Custom keyboard
abbreviations to
insert frequent
phrases
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11. For Quick Posting
Try Press This
http://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Tools_Subpanel
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12. Mix It Up
Video, Photos,
Links, Text
• (You May Even Find
a New Voice)
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13. MORE TOOLS?
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14. Make WordPress Faster
Use Turbo mode with Google
http://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Tools_Subpanel
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15. Plugins for Productivity?
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16. BUT YOU STILL NEED BALANCE
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17. Purge Your Mind
Sit still, and make a long-ass list
Achieve “Mind Like Water”
http://snipr.com/makealist [Technotheory]
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18. Analytics That Count
Flickr Photo: tyla Flickr Photo: leoplus
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19. Analytics That Count (vs masturbation)
Flickr Photo: tyla Flickr Photo: leoplus
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20. 50/10 (50 min work, 10 min break)
Flickr Photo: lwr
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21. Social Media Fame vs. Real Life
Flickr Photo: cybertoad
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22. In the Stream, Out of the Stream
Get your value
and then get
AWAY.
Flickr Photo: bullish1974
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23. Unplug
Flickr Photo: ppdigital Flickr Photo: mark78
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24. Cone of Silence + Batching
Start a task
“Cone of Silence”
Don’t multitask
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25. The Essential and the Incidental
Decide on
your goals
Group together
the incidental
Flickr Photo: OceanView2008
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26. Learn your Circadian Rhythms
Schedule around your body’s cycle
Wide awake Dead tired
Thought-intensive, Bite-sized tasks
creative tasks and those that
require movement
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27. Done? Go Home
http://snipr.com/justgohome [Technotheory] Flickr Photo: laertes
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28. Thank you. Let’s keep in touch…
www.awayfind.com
www.technotheory.com
jared@setconsulting.com
twitter.com/technotheory
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