Monthly Archives: November 2008

On Twitter and the Cool Table

By theresa | Published: November 26, 2008
I’m new to Twitter. And by “new,” I mean that I’ve been playing with the service for a few months, but only recently started actually having conversations. I have a feeling that a great deal of my followers only followed me because I followed them. A few days ago, I [...]
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How did I not see this before?

By theresa | Published: November 24, 2008
How did I not see this before?  InCorporate Nigeria, a “magazine for the Nigerian Professional,” is actually . . . not so bad.  The writing is occasionally juvenile, but it’s an interesting look into the world of Nigerian corporate lifestyles.  I imagine that, if the magazine takes off, it will improve as readership (and ad [...]
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Moved into my new office

By theresa | Published: November 19, 2008
And by new office, I mean the spare room. After over a year of dining-room-table-doubles-as-office, we each have desks (tables) of our own.  I have shelves.  And, thank God, I have some peace and quiet.  
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Plugins to turn WordPress into a serviceable CMS

By theresa | Published: November 15, 2008
@fairminder asked me to put together a post on the plugins we use most frequently to turn WordPress into a CMS. The list isn’t exhaustive, but it’s relatively complete.  
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Power outages are infuriating.

By theresa | Published: November 12, 2008
There’s nothing more awesome than being up against a tight deadline only to find yourself subject to the (national) power company’s electric vagaries.  However, the problem is better today than it was two years ago, when we were subjected to rotating outages of 8 hours each, meaning that, on any given day, we were guaranteed [...]
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Updates

By theresa | Published: November 12, 2008
Blogging was hella easier when I was just journaling about my experiences here in West Africa. I may get back to doing that soon. Some quick notes: Wordpress 2.7 is the love. We now have an internet connection in our apartment. I am on a social media kick. And everyone in Benin [...]
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