Author Archives: sigurd

Building with WordPress

Posted on January 30, 2011 by sigurd

I’ve run into multiple sites related to WordPress. Some of the more interesting I’ve encountered recently are: WP Candy – an active site with WordPress developers and users chiming in. It has news, opinion, tutorials, reviews, a forum and much … Continue reading →

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Review of Online Website Builders

Posted on January 30, 2011 by sigurd

Found an interesting web post titled 7 Best (Yet Free) Online Website Builders. Doesn’t even mention WordPress.com. Haven’t had a chance yet to look them over.

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File System structures

Posted on January 25, 2011 by sigurd

This post deals with the fundamentals of how computer operating systems organize and reference files. The unix-derived world and the Gates-derived world handle things differently. With Windows, one can create shortcuts to a file in folders other than the file’s … Continue reading →

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Process Enneagram ™

Posted on January 24, 2011 by sigurd

“Process Enneagram” is the phrase Dick Knowles uses to describe his approach towards applying the enneagram to guiding an organization. The organization being guided might be an individual or a corporation. I consider it a powerful tool that takes much study to use effectively. Continue reading →

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by sigurd

I found an article titled SEO Basics: The Principles of Search Engine Optimization via a page on the site http://www.hovercoupon.com/ . I don’t quite understand what they’re selling, or its possible value to me – so for now, I’m endorsing … Continue reading →

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Composite Content Platforms

Posted on January 11, 2011 by sigurd

I ran across yet another content management system, jahia, with both free and paid distribution. On their blog, I found some interesting articles about the future of web tools (from the point of view of large-scale sites and web applications).  … Continue reading →

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Content Management Systems

Posted on December 23, 2010 by sigurd

In the early days of the web, sites were created using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). Over the years web site construction added CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and various programming languages. Some companies created software specifically to manage the content of … Continue reading →

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Face to match a name

Posted on July 7, 2009 by sigurd

For people who (like me) remember faces better than names, I include a picture of Sigurd & Sigurd – me (L) and my father (R) on the “About” page of this site. The second picture is with my wife. The … Continue reading →

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WordPress heralds a new era in building & managing web sites

Posted on July 7, 2009 by sigurd

The moderately long post I put here when I created this site has moved to the page titled “Building Web Sites.” In order to make this a more general site for professional purposes, I’m restructuring the content.

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Hello world!

Posted on June 10, 2009 by sigurd

I put this site up July 7, 2009. This post is “back-dated” because I edited the initial “Hello World!” posting. It took 24 minutes to: run the “Simple Script” to install WordPress, edit this “Hello world!” post, and enter and … Continue reading →

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