-Obama Receives a Daily Devotional on His BlackBerry
President Obama told a gathering of religious news reporters today that he receives a daily devotional including a prayer from White House faith director Joshua DuBois every morning on his Blackberry. He

Book Review: “WordPress for Dummies, 2nd Edition”
By Lisa Sabin-Wilson (Hoboken,NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2009, 394 pages) Second Edition is quite an improvement over the already excellent original. It is the essential book for those using WordPress in publishing a blog. This edition is updated to feature version 2.7+ which reflects th

45+ Essential WordPress Plugins
(Logo via CrunchBase) BlogPerfume Provides a list of essential WordPress plugins along with evaluations and images for each one. This is one of the best articles that I have ever seen on the subject—check it out! Lots of useful info!    &

Blogging: 5 More Mistakes to Avoid Starting Out
5 more mistakes to avoid when starting out blogging—another excellent post by Melanie Nelson: “Beginning Blogger Checklist: 5 MORE Mistakes to Avoid” Here’s the first 2: 1.  Mistake: Choosing an uninteresting or redundant blog name. 2.  Mistake: Not owning your domain name. <

Re: WordPress 2.8 Upgrade
(Image via CrunchBase) I just upgraded all of my WordPress blogs to 2.8 last night. As usual I have a ‘testsite’ that I try everything on first before proceeding to make sure everything works. Also, a good database backup is always in order. WordPress has a list of plugins that are compatible with the new upgrade and also a supposed list of themes. It would be a miracle if the theme you actually use is on th