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Dec 31 2006

Snow on New Year’s Eve

It doesn’t get any better than this. Makes me wish I had some little boot skis when I was a kid. Those things look fun! (If only the neighbor would quiet down Fido.)

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Dec 29 2006

Last weekend, I checked out a book from the library by Debbie Weil titled The Corporate Blogging Book: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Get It Right. The main reason I brought it home was for “Cover Your A..” (CYA) purposes, but I found a little more information than expected. For example… (oh yes, here comes one of those famous lists):

Companies should generate policies and guidelines for in-house bloggers. Blogs are the new wave. Accept it and set up limitations.

I’ve set my sights on a future job title known as Chief Blogging Officer (CBO). It’s real and I know certain people *ahem* want me to do this as the blogosphere continues to grow. Exponentially. (Hear that, people?)

Technorati isn’t the only way to keep tabs on what people are saying about you online. Check out IceRocket, Feedster, BlogPulse and Talk Digger. Good stuff there.

Selling T-shirts is the cool new thing to do on a company or personal blog, so I’ve decided to set up shop on CafePress. That’s right. And what will happen with the proceeds? Every penny will go directly to the Catholic Kids’ college fund, because you just can’t start early enough when it comes to saving for college. Been there done that as a poor college student, just like many others out there struggling with skyrocketing tuition rates. So I personally invite my visitors to browse around at http://www.cafepress.com/itcatholicmom.

Tagging is big, and apparently I need to pay more attention to it. With accounts on del.icio.us and Flickr.com, creating tags should be fairly easy. Ecto might be helpful, too. We shall see about that.

Reading on, the author focuses on ways to make a good case to the boss in support of blogging. It’s obvious that she didn’t check with me first, because I would’ve shared my story about how my blog is a tactful way of looking at the day-to-day by way of an online journal. And if my blogging creates good PR for my employer, then it’s well deserved. On the flip side, if a company is afraid that a blogger will leak negative secrets, well… perhaps the truth hurts, doesn’t it?

But again, I digress. That happens. Goes with the territory. Enjoy the weekend!

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Dec 28 2006

Where’s that draft coming from?

Published by itchick under Holidays

Back at the office today. It’s quiet, especially considering the large number of people who showed up for work. So as I dig out of the little pile of IT-related requests that has started to accumulate, I came to a huge realization:

You know you’ve had too much holiday cheer
when you find your zipper down… MID MORNING.

‘Scuse me as I retrace my steps and congratulate myself for not working on the President’s computer this morning, because that would have nipped my existence in the bud around here. I’m quite sure of it.

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Dec 27 2006

iDog Jam

Published by itchick under Blog Stuff, Holidays

Santa delivered iDogs to the Catholic household this year: CG received a green one and I got a red one. We’ve named our new pets Kiwi and Doogie respectively. So far, so good. They don’t require housebreaking, but they’re extremely demanding for iTunes right now. Check out the jamfest in progress:

I.T. Catholic Mom is not affiliated with iDog in any way, shape or form.

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