Meeting at Surterre with Marcus

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Went to Laguna to talk WordPress and showing how to post from iPhone

Samsung Nexus vs iPhone on Verizon. My Rant and Review

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On January 14th 2012 I bought the Samsung Nexus on Verizon. This is the new flagship phone that has the latest Android OS called Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s a very pretty phone and the screen is amazing. The speed of the network is fast. The battery is poor. It was a nice phone but I

New Look and Merged Content

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Hope everyone had a good Thankgiving. I spent the past 4 days with 16 members of my family at a cabin in Big Bear, CA. I am happy to report that it wasn’t a total nightmare and was actually quite enjoyable. There was some sledding, playing of board games, Christmas Tree lighting in Old Town

Increase efficiency and stop using email folders

Email Folders are Inefficient

Keeping email in folders is pointless with today’s technology. It pointless before the increase in search capabilities, but now it really is. Many of my clients that I setup Google Apps for always say “What about my Folders?!?” I tell them to give them up, but to make the transition easier I import their email

What you lose when you stop using Outlook

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I promote Google Apps solutions for all of my clients. I also at the same time tell them to stop using Outlook completely. I used to be an Outlook junkie like many of my clients and I understand the difficulty of eliminating the use of Outlook and going to web based Google Apps email only.

How much time to build a web site

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This question always comes up. How much time does it really take to build a WordPress based website? That question is a loaded question and there are so many variables. But to get a generic idea I put a sample WordPress website together with a Real Estate niche. Sample site – www.yorbalindapropertylistings.com I used some pictures

Genesis Custom Author Box

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I was looking for a custom solution to the Genesis Author Box. I didn’t find one. I did find examples and bits and pieces. First I used Greg Rickaby’s idea to add extra fields to the WordPress user profile. http://gregrickaby.com/2011/01/add-new-contact-methods-to-wordpress.html I used the first part of his code Then I combled this bit together And

Who am I and what am I doing here anyways?

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The question is asked many times and sometimes I wonder as well. Who Am I? Asking who I am or what I do is a legitimate question and sometimes requires a lengthy answer and sometimes a sort answer. So let’s start shall we…. Who are you? I am Loren Nason What do I do? The

Another Wordcamp is finished

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OC Wordcamp was this past weekend. It was a great event put on by some great people. This is only my second Wordcamp and the first one I had the pleasure of speaking in a session. One plugin that caught my eye was GeoPosty by Mobiah. What is it? It’s a cool plugin that you

Virus’ are spreading for Mac OSX

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Mac people say their beloved machines cannot be infected. That is a completely un-true statement. Currently there are a lot of reports of Fake Virus’ getting installed by tricking the user to install the Virus. I will say that this virus still requires the user to type in their password before it installs, so it