Looking for Some Feedback
Because we are in the middle of home construction (as in we have no roof at the moment) I’m going to need to keep this brief. Many of you know that I’m in the process of developing another Revolution theme, and wanted to get some feedback on it before it was released.
Go ahead and check out the Revolution Video theme – as of right now, I do not have the home page developed, but this should provide enough of an idea as to how the overall theme will look.
Please feel free (good or bad) to leave some comments about the theme, including what you like, dislike or would like to see added to it!
Under Construction
To make you all feel better, I am not referring to my personal website – this design is here to stay for some time. I’m referring to two things… the first being my absence of late on my blog – we are currently in the process of building an addition to our house, and playing general contractor is taking up quite a bit of my time. So I apologize in advance if I haven’t contributed much here.
The second, and more exciting reason, is that I am also in the development stages of another Revolution theme – the image I’ve placed in this post should give some hints as to what kind of theme it will be. Feel free to guess in the comments section… as I will affirm any of the correct guesses!
Once I have the core of the theme done, I’m planning on posting the link, and allowing people to give feedback about the layout/design before I actually release it.
I’m really looking forward to offering this theme, as I’ve received a TON of requests for it… can’t wait!
Social Networking in Action
Just over a month or so ago, I swore to myself that I would never get hooked into Twitter. Not that I thought it wasn’t cool, rather I feared the inevitable. And yes, I hate to admit it, but it did happen.
This past weekend my best friend Cory Miller and I had the fortune of attending Blogging for Businesses conference here in Chicago called SOBCon.
This blogging event is put on by a brilliant networker and strategist named Liz Strauss, someone that I have come to know online, but was great to finally meet.
Others that I finally had a chance to meet, included Lorelle VanFossen from Lorelle on WordPress, Brian Clark from Copyblogger and got a great big hug from Wendy Piersall from Sparkplugging (formerly known as eMoms at Home.)
While many of the speakers were talking, a lot of those attending were busy typing away – I figured some were checking email, some blogging, and some just doing their own thing. However, midway through one of the talks, Terry Starbucker started walking around the room and checking out what a lot of people were doing on their laptops.
During an interactive part of Wendy’s talk, Terry chimed in and made reference to the fact that many people were Twittering about what she was saying – some Twittering her with words of affirmation, some taking notes on what was being said, and even some just random commenting back and forth between those who were in attendance.
For a few minutes that afternoon, I really was able to wrap myself around the fact that social media is such an incredible tool, and even a powerful way of communication. It can be used for networking, a way to keep clients up to date and most importantly, something to do while you’re listening to a speaker talking about the very thing that you are doing!
