Owner: Fragmentist: Culling pieces to find connections URL:http://www.fragmentist.com Join Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:37:43 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: Irregular, fragmented musings and blog of Joshua Dodson on web design, writing, music, language, process, and everything in the cracks. The entries are intended to give tips and ideas on the best way to write, blog, and consider life's own idiosyncra Site statistics:Click here
Inconvenience 2008-03-09 23:09:57 I apologize for the inconvenience that you may have experienced when attempting to view my site Sunday, March 9th. There were server errors that crashed not only my web site, but every web site that uses my host.
I have never had bad experiences with NearlyFreeSpeech.net (where I have hosted several web sites within the [...]
Life with Baby: Am I the Only One? 2008-03-07 06:27:16 My wife and I will be walking around a shopping mall and some random person will step in front of us and say, “Congratulations! How old is he? What’s his name? Is he a good baby? Does he sleep through the night? I bet he’s already spoiled, isn’t he?…” But we don’t even know this [...]
SEO Checklist: Key Points in Optimizing Your Web Site 2008-03-05 22:49:22 I have been doing quite a bit of search engine optimization (SEO
) research lately. I have found it to be a fascinating field of study and would like to share some of the key points that I have found. Part of this I have found in searching the web and reading various web sites on [...] Read more:Checklist
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Writing tips: Blogging for the Wary 2008-03-03 23:39:08 I believe that writing in a blog can have quite a few benefits for any writer. It forces a writer to keep a steady schedule. We have the expectation of new content from our readers. We get constructive feedback from readers. This can seem like a daunting task for many, but the benefits of blogging [...] Read more:Blogging
Quality Personality Trait 2008-02-29 20:27:10 Character is putting your shopping cart in the cart corral when you are finished with it.
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Writing Tips: Become Familiar with the Muse 2008-02-25 22:32:57 The key to writing is in the invocation of the muse. If the muse is not properly invoked, the writing is in pieces of disarray, which is different from fragments that can have its benefits. A piece of writing that is in pure disarray mirrors the mind of its author. To hold a conversation that [...] Read more:Become
It’s a “Hamster” 2008-02-24 14:49:10 It was a busy day at the West Town Mall in Knoxville. Michelle and I already had a long day of shopping behind us. In need of a bathroom break we made our way to the food court restrooms.
The men’s room was completely full. There was one open urinal in the corner, so I [...]
Human Brain Cloud 2008-02-23 12:48:04 Human BrainCloud
is a very cool web site that acts as a word association “game.”
Look at the word. Type the first word or phrase that comes to mind. This will gradually help build a giant network of associated words you can view.
It is definitely worth wasting some time with.
Using WordPress as a CMS: How to Create a Dynamically-Generated Subject Guide 2008-02-19 23:17:45 I have been working with a library on a redesign of their web site (set to go live Summer ‘08). The director approached me and asked me to check out LibData, which has a very interesting way of structuring content within pages. She had used LibData at the last library she had worked at to [...] Read more:Guide
WordCount, Conspiracies Included 2008-02-13 07:15:18 This is a great find. It looks like it has been around for a while. I don’t know why I haven’t found this earlier.
WordCount™ is an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness. Each word is scaled to reflect its [...]
Free eBook of Sentience with Kinesthesia (Poetry) 2008-03-17 13:56:10 I know that it has been a little while since I have posted last. I have been working on putting together a free eBook
of my second collection of poetry, Sentience with Kinesthesia. I won’t guarantee that this will always be here for free, but it is for now.
I also have an audio version [...] Read more:Poetry
Changing the site a bit today 2008-03-27 10:08:59 If you are unable to access a page you are trying to read, it is because I am doing a bit of maintenance today on the site. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please bare with me. Thank you! Read more:Changing
Free eBook of Sentience with Kinesthesia (Poetry) 2008-03-27 10:05:54 I know that it has been a little while since I have posted last. I have been working on putting together a free eBook
of my second collection of poetry, Sentience with Kinesthesia. I won’t guarantee that this will always be here for free, but it is for now.
I also have an audio version of Sentience with [...] Read more:Poetry
Renovations 2008-04-18 21:11:56 I have been doing a bit of house cleaning lately. The site is now redesigned. I may add a thing or two… but I wanted a cleaner feel to it. I also want to add a bit more emphasis on my portfolio, which I will be adding more screenshots of.
As a side note, I [...] Read more:Renovations
Ulysses 2008-04-24 23:54:36 Please take a look at my new, free WordPress theme, Ulysses. I will post more soon about how to set up dynamic subject guides by using this theme, but you do not need to use subject guides to enjoy it. It is a bookish theme intended for libraries, writers, and book-lovers.
See a demo or download [...]
Updated Portfolio 2008-05-08 00:00:46 I have recently updated my portfolio. Please take a look at it. The newest addition is the Rocky Top Soccer Camp Web site. It sports some vibrant oranges in the spirit of Knoxvillian Rocky Top pride.
I also updated the About page on the site. Check it out if you would like to know a [...] Read more:Portfolio
New Article in Code4lib Journal 2008-07-04 12:46:39 I recently wrote an article for code4lib journal. The article is called
WordPress as a Content Management System for a Library Web Site: How to Create a Dynamically Generated Subject Guide. It features my Ulysses WordPress theme as an example of how to use WordPress to create library Subject Guides. The technique in the article could [...] Read more:Article
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Two New Web Sites 2008-07-04 12:38:38 I have updated my portfolio with two new Web sites that I have created.
Open Bible Community Church
Roadkill Zen
Please take a look at the sites and let me know what you think. Read more:Sites
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