Peaking into Facebook’s algorithmic black box

February 04 Comments Off on Peaking into Facebook’s algorithmic black box Category: Feed, HackText, Journalism

If you came to this post from my Facebook you’ve been participating in a little not-so-scientific experiment on my behalf. For most of the month of January almost all of my Facebook shares have passed through a new site I set up with WordPress and PressForward. On Chronoto.pe I archive a copy of everything I’ve read […]

Code to escape WordPress strings for Google Analytics.

February 11 Comments Off on Code to escape WordPress strings for Google Analytics. Category: Code, Feed, Tumblr, Wordpress

Code to escape WordPress strings for Google Analytics. :

A Quick Template Tag to create Google Analytics Event Tracking on links. Built on behalf of CFO Publishing. 

I don’t really see anyone doing this in a way that guarantees completely safe strings for event tracking or custom variables. I think this way does, especially for strings with quote marks in them, which could be nasty. Thoughts?

Four ways to fail upward with content

March 08 Comments Off on Four ways to fail upward with content Category: Blogging, Feed, HackText

Entrepreneurs are often told to fail quickly, but when you’re a writer, your primary product is content. What can you do to build the same mentality into written text? When start-ups seek to fail frequently, they’re really aiming to try new things and to not be afraid to throw out what doesn’t work. If you publish often, the same mentality […]

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A Few Good WordPress Plugins [Update]

February 17 Comments Off on A Few Good WordPress Plugins [Update] Category: Blogging, Feed, HackText, Wordpress

Looking to start your own WordPress site, or just improve a current one? Here are the WordPress plugins that I love best.

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