I took a drive down to Cherry Hill to visit a friend to talk about his website, social media and running a business. I'm no expert, but I provided guidance on using WordPress to host his website content. WordPress is a popular content management system with wide developer and designer support. Choosing a template was the easy part but I went over the basics of creating content as well as some SEO basics. We talked about social media, something I've…
Manuel Hernandez, a Community Advocate for Ning send me shout about the growth of the social network. Ning.com is a platform that lets you create your own social network for anything. It has been experiencing phenomenal growth and just recently passed the 170K mark. Manny and I became acquainted shortly after he created, TuDiabetes.com, a social network for people touched by diabetes ( I have Type 1 diabetes ). TuDiabetes is among hundred of community sites created with the Ning.com…
A few months ago I started taking a leadership course. Inside that course I took on a project, "You're Not Alone!" to build an online community for people with fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is characterized by muscle, joint, or bone pain, fatigue, and a wide range of other symptoms. My wife has suffered from it for a few years. I have watched her struggle; unable to help her other than saying a few words of encouragement. The inspiration for my project is…
