BobBuskirk.com » The Blog http://www.bobbuskirk.com Adventures of a [Dot Com] Guy! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Year, New Blog Design http://www.bobbuskirk.com/new-year-new-blog-design/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/new-year-new-blog-design/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:48:10 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/?p=1174
  • Unique Blog Designs 1 Year Anniversary Contest!
  • ThinkGaming Re-design
  • New Design Giveaway!
  • Make Your Blog Your Own
  • New Design Giveaway Winners!
    • ]]>     Well as you can see I have a new layout here on my blog! The old layout was on the site for around 3 years, which is quite a long time. Over time it had got cluttered and just seemed boring and out dated to me. Also for a time I had thought about making money on the blog, but I never really got into that so some of the things on there were just pointless. After the 3 years of looking at the cluttered blog I knew I needed to change it. After doing some searching I found a great layout and that is what you see now.

    The layout is called Beauty & Clean and it is actually a free layout! The whole point of my blog now is to keep friends and family updated on my life and to express thoughts that I cannot do on ThinkComputers. So I did not need a very complicated layout, just something simple and clean. So this layout was the perfect fit!

    I really did not have to do that much editing to the theme either, just add what I wanted to the sidebar, and make a few custom menu’s and I was done. I really like the way everything came out. What do you think of the new blog layout?

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    ]]>     http://www.bobbuskirk.com/new-year-new-blog-design/feed/ 1     Becoming Personal Again… http://www.bobbuskirk.com/becoming-personal-again/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/becoming-personal-again/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:00:12 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/?p=976
  • Your Own Personal Brand
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  • Soulja Boy Tell Em – Personal Branding Done Right
  • A Personal Day
  • CES Swag Contest Over
    • ]]>

    Well the other night I went back and read every post I’ve ever written on this blog. I think I just wanted to look back over the past 6 years, but I noticed something. Up until a few years ago I was really being personal, talking about what was going on in my life, how my business’s were going etc. I honestly love reading those posts again, seeing how motivated I was and seeing the encouragement from friends and other people who commented on the blog.

    Well after a night of thinking I really need to start blogging like that again. No only is it a good way to start up a great conversation again (no one really comments here anymore!) but it is also a great way for people to see what I am going through and how things are going. This also is going to serve as good motivation to get back in to personal blogging. I admit for the past 2 years this blog has been quite dormant, so hopefully I will be keeping it up to date like I used to.

    One thing I really enjoyed about blogging back then was the group of bloggers I became friends with. As of right now only 2 of those people maintain blogs now. So I am going to start looking for some great personal blogs to check out and comment on. Obviously this blog will not be all personal things, I will still be talking about things that interested me, giving you tips and other things I want to write about.

    Stay tuned a lot of great post are to come!

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    ]]>     http://www.bobbuskirk.com/becoming-personal-again/feed/ 1     February 2010 Thoughts http://www.bobbuskirk.com/february-2010-thoughts/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/february-2010-thoughts/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:46:58 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/?p=713 Snowed In post. I was extremely busy working on a new project and ThinkComputers last month so I was only able to write 6 posts, my favorite out of them would have to be the Things I love about Pittsburgh Related posts:
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    4. July 2009 Thoughts
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    ]]>     [ad#right]2010 is sure going by very quickly! It is already March and it seems like it was just the new year not that long ago! This month hasn’t been the best here is Pittsburgh as we’ve had some of the worst snow storms in recent memory as you could tell from my Snowed In post. I was extremely busy working on a new project and ThinkComputers last month so I was only able to write 6 posts, my favorite out of them would have to be the Things I love about Pittsburgh post.

    Popular Posts
    So what was everyone checking out this month? Let’s take a look…

    Great to see the new articles getting most of the traffic!

    Traffic Sources

    Nice to see some new traffic sources up there!

    Top Commentators
    Well I said I was busy this month so I forgot to take a screenshot of the top commentators on the last day of February!

    Stats

    As you can see the RSS numbers are way down, maybe this is because I switched this blog over to a new server, I’m not sure yet!

    On to March
    I think that March will be a good blogging month for me. Blogging gives me a good break from the normal everyday work I do so expect a lot more posts this month!

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    ]]>     http://www.bobbuskirk.com/february-2010-thoughts/feed/ 7     January 2010 Thoughts http://www.bobbuskirk.com/january-2010-thoughts/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/january-2010-thoughts/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:22:07 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/january-2010-thoughts/ My 2009 Year In Review. It is always good to look back and see what you were doing and having a blog enables you to look back. That is why I love blogging, from time to time I will go back and read my old posts to remember fun times, get new ideas, and just to look at old photos. That's just another reason to start blogging if you haven't already. Related posts:
    1. January 2009 Thoughts
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    3. January a record month for posts!
    4. July 2009 Thoughts
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    ]]>     Wow it’s already a month into 2010! January was a really crazy month for me as I was in Las Vegas for CES. I tried to fill everyone in on my trip, but I still have 3-4 posts to publish, so stay tuned for those. Out of the 9 posts from January my favorite would have to be My 2009 Year In Review. It is always good to look back and see what you were doing and having a blog enables you to look back. That is why I love blogging, from time to time I will go back and read my old posts to remember fun times, get new ideas, and just to look at old photos. That’s just another reason to start blogging if you haven’t already.

    Popular Posts
    So what was everyone checking out this month? Let’s take a look…

    Awesome that the PodCamp articles are getting some traffic!

    Traffic Sources

    Nice to see some new traffic sources up there!

    Top Commentators

    The Top commentators for January were Caterers Sydney, Voyage Montreal, Bathroom Wall Floor Tiles, Colin Dean & Michael Kwan.

    Stats

    I’m sort of disappointed that my twitter numbers went down.

    On to February
    As I said I still have a few CES and Vegas posts to publish and I want to blog about a ton of other things so let’s see if I can get February’s post number in the double digits!

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    1. January 2009 Thoughts
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    ]]>     http://www.bobbuskirk.com/january-2010-thoughts/feed/ 3     My 2009 Year in Review http://www.bobbuskirk.com/my-2009-year-in-review/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/my-2009-year-in-review/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:16:57 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/?p=678
  • Year In Review: ThinkComputers
  • Clique Vodka 1 Year Anniversary Party!
  • A Good Start To The Year
  • The CES 2009 Swag
  • 2009 PC Race for Charity
    • ]]>

    Wow it’s 2010! Not only a new year, but a new decade! This past year was a very good year for me, there were all kinds of ups, downs, and in between’s. If you have a blog you know how great it is that you are able to look back on things you have done and be able to see the good times, reflect on your mistakes, and just remember some things you may have forgot. So here is my 2009 year in review, hope you all enjoy it!

    2009 started off like most year’s with my trip to Las Vegas for CES. Some of the highlights from that trip were the Night before CES Party, IANteract Dinner at Rum Jungle, and the PC Race for Charity. While in Vegas I also experienced my first In-N-Out Burger! It’s the best fast food ever!

    The Steelers won their 6th Super Bowl! They have won more Super Bowls (6) than any other NFL team! I talked about being productive on the road. It is very important, the first couple times I tried to do work while on the road it did not work out so well!

    I’m really hate negative people and I hate when I get in a negative so I gave you some ideas about how to get out of a negative mood. Celebrating St. Patty’s day in Pittsburgh is something I think everyone should experience, it was so much fun! Crazy Mocha is a local Pittsburgh coffee company and I started going there a lot.

    It is always nice to get out of town, so I took a small trip to Great Falls Park and Washington, DC. I definitely need to go back there soon! As many of you know I’m a big hockey fan so I went to Pittsburgh’s first NHL Tweetup. I discovered another great sushi place, Sushi Too in Shadyside. When you work online your income streams can change a lot so I let everyone know what was making me money in 2009.

    Twitter really exploded in 2009 and I showed you how to easily get 1000 followers. Brand recognition is very important and I talked about how to get that brand recognition. Star Trek was a big movie in 2009 and I gave you my thoughts on it.

    The Pittsburgh Penguins have been building their team for the past few years and it all payed off when they won the Stanley Cup this past year! Since I’m a hockey fan I went crazy! I was out that night too and Pittsburgh was sure a party city! Working from home can be annoying so I told you some of the things I do to escape.

    Since the Pens won the Stanley Cup they had a parade downtown, you know I wouldn’t be missing that! I moved once again, this time to a more urban area very close to the city, I really like my new apartment. I was invited to Pittsburgh’s first TasteCasting at Melange Bistro Bar and it was great. I was able to give myself a vacation this year. I went to Myrtle Beach with some friends and it was a blast!

    I turned 25 this year and it really gave me some time to reflect on the past 5-10 years of my life. Over the past year I really started getting into tea and now I drink it almost daily. I went to another Pittsburgh TasteCasting, this time it was at Castaways Outside Inn.

    The G20 Summit was held in Pittsburgh this past year and those few days were full of surprises. It was definitely a once in a lifetime experience! I started using Seesmic Desktop in 2009 and I’m still using it. The best twitter app that I’ve ever used! This summer was really a fun one for me and I did so many things, Labor Day weekend was no exception!

    I finally attended PodCamp this year in Pittsburgh and it was definitely worth it! I can’t wait to go next year! I hung out quite a few times at Schenley Plaza over the summer, it is a great place to relax and even work since they have WiFi! I did some maintenance on the blog and I changed the header image to ones that rotate every hour with different sayings on them.

    bit.ly is a great URL shortening service and I use it basically every day. ThinkComputers finally got a new redesign and we moved the site over to WordPress. It was an annoying process, but totally worth it! Everyone likes ThinkComputers so much better now!

    Well that was my year, crazy to think that I’ve been blogging since 2005. Here is to 2010!

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    1. Year In Review: ThinkComputers
    2. Clique Vodka 1 Year Anniversary Party!
    3. A Good Start To The Year
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    ]]>     http://www.bobbuskirk.com/my-2009-year-in-review/feed/ 12     October 2009 Thoughts http://www.bobbuskirk.com/october-2009-thoughts/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/october-2009-thoughts/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:02 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/?p=663
  • October Thoughts
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    • ]]>     Wow what a crazy month it has been! First you may have noticed I have not updated this blog in a over a MONTH! That is way to long without an update! There is a good reason for this, if you head on over to ThinkComputers you will notice the new design. Not only did ThinkComputers get a new design it was moved to the WordPress platform and we even gave it it’s own hosting! So this past month has been pretty crazy, but things are slowing down a little bit. So thinking back to October my favorite post would have to be Old Media using New Media. That session was my favorite at PodCamp and was very interesting as well as funny.

    Popular Posts
    So what was everyone checking out this month? Let’s take a look…

    Awesome that the PodCamp articles are getting some traffic!

    Traffic Sources

    Nice to see some new traffic sources up there!

    Top Commentators
    Looks like I forgot to do this again, I really need to make a script that does this!

    Stats

    All of the stats keep on going up!

    On to November
    Well November is already almost over, but I want to get a few more posts in before the month is over! Also stay tuned for a lot of WordPress-specific posts as I am using it on a daily basis with ThinkComputers!

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    1. October Thoughts
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    ]]>     http://www.bobbuskirk.com/october-2009-thoughts/feed/ 17     A Few Blog Changes http://www.bobbuskirk.com/a-few-blog-changes/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/a-few-blog-changes/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:27:57 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/a-few-blog-changes/
  • Some new blog features!
  • Our First Blog Sponsor
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  • Welcome to my Blog
  • Blog Updates
    • ]]>     If you come to this blog often you know that I don’t change things up that much. Well finally I made a few changes, some of the stuff I’ve been meaning to do for a while actually, and I just never got around to it. It is always good to change up your blog from time to time, that way people notice if you actually make a change. The changes that I made are very small actually, mostly tweaks and other things like that.

    First off let’s start with the contact page. For some reason the contact form was not sending out e-mail. So if you sent me a message from the contact form in the past month or so I most likely did not get it. I’m really not sure what the reason for it not working was, but I updated the plugin and the contact form works great again!

    Moving over to the side bar I finally added a Subscribe to my RSS Feed link under feed. I just had the FeedBurner feed counter and my Twitter Counter there. Now you can use the link to subscribe to the RSS feed as well as subscribe via e-mail all from the sidebar. I hope this will increase RSS subscriptions, I’m not sure if many people really notice the RSS subscription box at the top of the blog. I was using SayTweet.com for a while to display my current Twitter status, but I decided to just use the regular Twitter widget. The one I’m using is actually the Myspace widget, I like it better than the website widget. Finally I added the PGH Bloggers chicklet under all of that to show some love to the PGH Bloggers website.

    Probably the most noticeable change has to be the Header Image. I changed the style and font on it a little bit, but if you check back in an hour the header image will be different. This is because I am using the WP Header Image Rotator plugin that will automatically rotate my header image every hour. So I actually have 5 different header images right now. They all have different sayings on them. The current plugin that I’m using only allows for 5 images, I might just buy the pro version of it for $2 so I can use more than 5 images. If you are for some reason seeing 2 different images in the header press crtl+f5 to refresh the page. Here is a peek at one of the images I’m using as a header.

    Check back to see the other images as they are in rotation. Let me know what you think of the updates in the comments!

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    ]]>     http://www.bobbuskirk.com/a-few-blog-changes/feed/ 8     September 2009 Thoughts http://www.bobbuskirk.com/september-2009-thoughts/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/september-2009-thoughts/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:28:44 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/september-2009-thoughts.html
  • May 2009 Thoughts
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    • ]]>     Another month has gone by and as always it went very, very fast. This month was more like a chill month I didn’t get as much work done as I would have liked to, but I still worked pretty hard. Towards the end of the month I really started to get cold here in Pittsburgh that really made me realize that summer is over. I only managed to publish 8 post in September, which was an improvement from August, but still is not what I would like to be posting. Out of those 8 posts my favorite was My G20 Experience. It was a really crazy experience and I never thought something like that would happen in Pittsburgh.

    Popular Posts
    So what was everyone checking out this month? Let’s take a look…

    Glad to see some of my new posts getting a lot of traffic.

    Traffic Sources

    Nice to see some new traffic sources up there!

    Top Commentators
    Looks like I forgot to do this again, I really need to make a script that does this!

    Stats

    All of the stats keep on going up!

    On to August
    Well it’s starting to get cold here in Pittsburgh, that means I will not be going outside as much which means I will be working more on this blog so stay tuned!

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    1. May 2009 Thoughts
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    ]]>     http://www.bobbuskirk.com/september-2009-thoughts/feed/ 2     August 2009 Thoughts http://www.bobbuskirk.com/august-2009-thoughts/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/august-2009-thoughts/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:45:25 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/?p=637
  • September 2009 Thoughts
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    • ]]>     Well I guess that’s it, summer is over! September 1st marks the end of summer for most people, they go back to school or start getting too busy to go out all the time. Things do seem different now that it is September, but let’s look back on August. August was another slow blogging month, I think the main reason for that is because I was trying to get the most out of my summer. Last summer I really didn’t do anything, this year it seemed like I was always doing something, which was good. I also turned 25 this month so you know I celebrated my birthday that entire weekend! Out of the 6 posts from August my favorite one would have to be Turning 25… it was good to look back and be happy with how my life has turned out so far!

    Popular Posts
    So what was everyone checking out this month? Let’s take a look…

    Looks like some of the same posts are getting a lot of traffic.

    Traffic Sources

    New to the traffic sources are BackType and Nate Whitehill, thanks for the traffic!

    Top Commentators
    Finally I remembered to take a screenshot for the top commentators! They are as follows…Branding Sydney, Mother of Pearl Beads, Kitchen Cabinets, EarningStep, and Coast guard gifts. Thanks for contributing to the site!

    Stats

    All of the stats keep on going up! Every stat went up higher than they did last month!

    On to August
    As I said summer is pretty much over so it will be prime time to really start kicking ass at ThinkComputers and this blog! If you have any suggestions on what you would like me to blog about please let me know, thanks!

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    1. September 2009 Thoughts
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    ]]>     http://www.bobbuskirk.com/august-2009-thoughts/feed/ 6     July 2009 Thoughts http://www.bobbuskirk.com/july-2009-thoughts/ http://www.bobbuskirk.com/july-2009-thoughts/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:33:07 +0000 Bob Buskirk http://www.bobbuskirk.com/july-2009-thoughts.html
  • August 2009 Thoughts
  • September 2009 Thoughts
  • January 2009 Thoughts
  • February 2009 Thoughts
  • April 2009 Thoughts
    • ]]>     Wow another month that has flown by! I guess that what happens in the summer it seems like it goes by so fast! This month was a very productive one for me! ThinkComputers has really been pushing out content and our traffic has been up a lot. Since being in my new apartment it seems I’m getting more work done and I’m definitely more motivated! Now as far as the blog goes I did manage more posts than last month, but I would have liked do to more, but I was away in Myrtle Beach for a week! My favorite post from July would have to be Pittsburgh’s First TasteCasting – Melange Bistro Bar, TasteCasting is a great idea and I’m glad to be part of it.

    Popular Posts
    So what was everyone checking out this month? Let’s take a look…

    Interesting that 3 iPhone App posts are up in the top 5 posts.

    Traffic Sources

    It seems traffic is still coming from the same sources, hopefully that will change soon!

    Top Commentators
    As expected I forgot to take a screenshot for this month’s top commentators. Hopefully next month I will remember!

    Stats

    Once again another month with all of the stats going up! Hope I keep that trend going!

    On to August
    Wow summer is almost over! I still hope to get away for a weekend and as always I hope to improve the number of posts here on the blog. I’ve been having some trouble trying to find things to blog about so if you have anything you would like me to write about please let me know!

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    1. August 2009 Thoughts
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    3. January 2009 Thoughts
    4. February 2009 Thoughts
    5. April 2009 Thoughts

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