Monday, January 17, 2005

Blog notes

We'd like to think the decision to go with Blog software was thought out in excruciating detail. Actually, we just had a hunch that the blog thing was the way to go, and did a quick Google search. We came up with several options, but in a flash, Expression Engine looked like the best of them. Nonetheless, it required a little bit more technical ability than we have. So at the suggestion of an EE tech, we posted a request on the EE forum for programming help, and lo and behold, Sue Crocker reared her beautiful head. The former Microsoft programmer came to our aid literally within minutes of the post, and the deed was done.

The Buzz Is Back item at the top is "sticky." That's Blog Lesson of the Day. "Sticky" means it sticks to the top of the Blog, presumably until we "unstick" it by changing its properties in the guts of the program.

One more thing: That snap decision to go with Expression Engine? We were perusing the book aisle of Costco, our favorite emporium (Church of the Divine Dollar; Shrine of the Holy Bargain) the other day, and came across a new book by one of our current favorite authors, Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell, a staff writer for the New Yorker and author of The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, has written a new booked called Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. It talks about the incredible quality and value of the decisions we make in the first two seconds of consideration. Check it out.