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Posted on 2014-01-222014-02-11

Thanks for Offering to Guest Blog or Advertise, But…

Once again I’m blogging on a topic I’ve previously spent much time covering in email replies. So rather than compose that email reply yet again I’m blogging it for today and for future reference. TL;DR Thanks for offering to guest blog or advertise; forgive me though but I’ll have to decline. Or, If You Want …

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Posted on 2014-01-052019-02-19

Who Do You Recommend to Design a WordPress Website?

Here’s an email I got a few days ago from someone I met at a Meetup about 6 months ago: Hi Mike, I have a friend looking for setting up a non-profit website and they want to use WordPress. I was wondering if you’d be able to help with this, or if not if you …

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Posted on 2010-03-202010-03-25

25 Best Practices for Meetup Organizers

I’ve been organzing meetups in the Atlanta area since January 2007.  Over that time I’ve organized over 50 meetup events, they’ve typically achieved average ratings of 4.5 of 5 or better, they’ve typically had 50 or more people attend, I’ve helped at least five (5) other people launch their meetup groups, and the member list …

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Posted on 2008-06-132008-06-15

WordPress, Finally!

It’s been a really long time since I last blogged, and it’s all because I got totally fed up with my old blog software and vowed never again to blog until I replaced it with WordPress. Well as you can guess getting around to replacing it took far longer than I planned, but now it is finally …

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Posted on 2006-12-182008-06-15

About me and Xtras, Inc.

A little history about me. In March 1994 I launched Xtras, Inc. as VBxtras, Inc. VBxtras was a catalog/mail-order reseller of 3rd party components and tools for developers using Visual Basic versions 3.0 through 6.0. I later changed our brand’s name to "Xtras.Net" as an Internet reseller of 3rd party components and tools for .NET …

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Posted on 2006-08-252019-02-19

A New Blog of Mine: Thoughts on Salesforce.com

Last week I mentioned I had several new projects on the burner, and one of them is my blog about Salesforce.com: Thoughts on Salesforce.com UPDATE: I sold this blog, late 2008 I think. For a pittance.

Posted on 2006-08-202019-02-18

Starting a New Chapter in Life…

Those of you who follow my blog are aware it has been a long time since I’ve last posted. Some of you already know what has been going on in my life, but most of you don’t. For those of you who do not as well as the rest of you it’s time for me …

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Posted on 2005-06-222008-06-15

As Rip Van Winkle Re-Awakens…

Okay, so you may have noticed that my prior blog post was a really, really long time ago.  Why?  Well…. We hosted my blog on a server here in the office. I made the mistake of not mirroring the hard drive on that server.  My net admin made the mistake of thinking that server wasn’t …

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Posted on 2004-09-302008-06-15

The Wonders of a Stress Free Lunch

I just finished blogging about my mini-vacation weekend riding motorcycles in the north Georgia mountains with my father, but I decided to split it in to because this was logically seperate. After we left Suches, Georgia on Sunday around 1pm, we traveled south to Dahlonega, Georgia to meet Kathleen Dollard who had scheduled to have …

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Posted on 2004-09-302008-07-14

Getting into the Zone

I don’t blog too much about my personal life but this weekend was too great to stay silent. My dad is an avid motorcyclist. At 65, he still rides one of his several motorcycles whenever it’s not raining. Though he has a newer one, his favorite is his 1989 Honda NT650 Hawk, a V-twin. Growing …

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