Modifying RSS feeds using Yahoo Pipes

If you’ve ever wanted to change the contents of an RSS feed, then Yahoo Pipes gives you an easy way to do it. The problem I am solving is one where I need to update a podcast feed to add the name of the show.  On the Lifestyle PodNetwork when we display a list of [...]

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Social Media: A handy guide for where to post

Social Media: A handy guide for where to post

Clever thoughts bubble up constantly, but what’s the right venue for all of them? Now Breaking Copy gives you this handy graphic to help make those hard choices easier.

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What Steve Jobs meant to me

What Steve Jobs meant to me

When I heard that Steve Jobs passed this week, I went numb. As much as we all knew it was inevitable, I wanted to believe it was not true.

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Creativity-blocking assumptions

It’s important to know how close you are to your subject matter, because the more familiar you are with your content the less sharp you get at asking the right questions and driving out assumptions

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How to ping Feedburner automatically

Using Feedburner with Yahoo Pipes meant that sometimes my feed wasn’t updating for days, even though the feeds had updated. I needed a solution to the problem, a solution that would force feedburner to check the Pipes output for any new feed items.

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Running your podcast like a business

I recently read an article that suggested podcasting success came through running it like a business. The article pointed to the highly successful Keith and the Girl podcast and suggested ways that they have been successful. I agree with the idea that a podcast can be run like a business, but felt that I could build on this article to help you get a better handle on the steps to success.

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Rethinking Statpress

Statpress is a site statistics plugin for Wordpress which is potentially bad for your site’s performance and could cause you problems with your hosting provider – but there is another way to achieve the same result.

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WordPress 3.2 Upgrade and MU problems

WordPress 3.2 Upgrade and MU problems

There are more than a few serious issues with the latest 3.2 release of Wordpress – affecting Multiuser environments.

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Google+ offers a new podcasting hangout

Google+ offers a new podcasting hangout

I got about an hour to take a look at Google+ and I’m very excited about the potential for podcasting: Video, Voice, Chat, smart Youtube sharing and the ability to add callers all in one simple interface.

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Creating a custom Facebook URL

Facebook URL’s can be customised for individual profiles and facebook pages, here’s the quick steps you can take to get yours.

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