This Week in the World {Links}

by clairediazortiz | Jun 1, 2013 | Best Links

This week, I got back into peanut butter. In a big way. I continued to be annoyed by everything Aria says on Game of Thrones. (Whiny, much?) I bought 18 boxes of tea (Subscribe and Save, anyone?) I read a few more books, and I came to California. The picture? Me and...

I Went to Kenya to Climb a Mountain…

by clairediazortiz | May 29, 2013 | Blogging, Twitter, Twitter for Good

I’ve been thinking a lot this week about Twitter for Good, a book I wrote about using Twitter well. When I wrote that book I also launched an online video course alongside it. But things change, and it’s time for that course to sunset (at least for 2013)....

Should You Pay Money to Start a Blog?

by clairediazortiz | May 27, 2013 | Blogging

I love me some blogging, and have since 2006, when I started my first blog. The other day I gave you a complete step-by-step tutorial for how to launch your own self-hosted blog on WordPress. In response to the post, I got lots of questions from readers about starting...

This Week in the World {Links}

by clairediazortiz | May 25, 2013 | Best Links

This week I finished the 25-hour (!) audiobook I had been listening to, Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown. This was actually the third time I’d read this particular book (first via audiobook) and I came away feeling as I always do with...

How You Wanted Me to Help You

by clairediazortiz | May 23, 2013 | Goals

Last week I sent out a question. It was a simple one, and apparently it resonated. When I asked, “How Can I Help You?”, I got over 250 responses. There were a number of things folks wanted help with, and after reading through each and every email and...