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WordPress Diigo Plugin

March 31, 2009 at 8:31 am · Filed under Uncategorized and tagged: , , , , , , ,

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I have tried out a WordPress Diigo Plugin which automatically inserts my bookmarked sites from a Diigo group, via feed, into WordPress as a daily post.  It is a fine idea and works seamlessly, so why consider removing the service?

For me it is a style preference more than anything; the visual difference between the text blocks of blog posts and a feed’s long list of links. I have noticed that the post and feed combination (from Diigo or Twitter) makes it difficult for me to skim other blogs. I believe the combination creates the same readability problems in this blog.

One solution is to set all feeds into a separate column.

Another solution is to create a separate Diigo group to insert just a few daily top picks.  A feed that is a similiar length to blog posts, matching visibility style, could make it easier for readers to digest the combination of links and posts.

The third solution is a separate blog just for feeds, like the examples at Alltop or MoMB.

For the next week or two I will test out using a daily short list of top picks from my Diigo bookmarks in combination with posts.

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December 10, 2008 at 10:47 am · Filed under Uncategorized and tagged: , , , , , ,

Galileo semantic areas sewcom method

I just added Zemanta a firefox-add on (download it here); a semantic application that adds suggestions, “fuels content”, for photos, links, tags and other helpful items as I post. A fantastic feature is that each item’s copyright license is displayed, or a directive to “check for yourself” is noted, if a license statement is not located by the search function.

I’ll go back to a few prior posts to test it out, meanwhile you can take the Zemanta tour.

Right away I’ve seen that photos should be added at the start of a post since the style of this blog has narrow columns. Otherwise, individual words get stuck floating along side the image.

Thanks for the correction!…

One idea for adding images in-between text is to include it where you want it, then while writing click on a small image of an image in top-right corner of inserted image. A new dialog will open up where you can select alignment type “none”. This should prevent it from messing up your design.

__Jure Cahalev (comments: 12/15/2008)

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Now I can’t wait to try scribefire and Insights, a WordPress plugin!

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