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Just finished upgrading one of my many Wordpress blogs to v 2.7 - the newest upgrade which was released on Dec. 10 makes several attractive improvements to the interface. This upgrade is not so concerned with functionality as it is with improving the user interface.

I was able to upgrade my Article Marketing blog in about 15 minutes when all was said and done. There were no suprises and no hitches along the way. I'm sure subsequent upgrades on other sites will go faster.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Squidoo New Look

Squidoo seems to have a new edit and publish interface. I've always found it a bit clunky in the past, but now it seems quite a bit easier to add modules. The process makes more sense to me.

I just created a lense about Car Repair for a client.

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What Makes A Good Blog?

Since I'm writing a series on "Creating A Successful Blog" I've been looking (not very diligently) for other opinions on what makes for a successful blog.

One thing I've discovered is that there is no magic answer to this question. First of all, every blog speaks to a different audience in a different tone of voice. So what one group likes another group will find boring or maybe even overtly aggravating.

I stumbled on an instance of this today when I followed a link from Lisa Barone's post called "Six Kickass Writing Resources for Bloggers".

First on her list was "What Makes a Good Blog?" by Merlin Mann.

Now I must admit there are several things in Merlin's list which I agree with, but I find the overall tone fairly aggravating. For instance, he says, "People start real blogs because they think about something a lot...They make and consume smart forebrain porn. So: where do this person's obsessions take them."

Frankly I don't see why "obsession" is a necessary part of blogging. Is it because in order to do real blogging we must express our personality; and expressing our personality necessarily involves creativity; and because creativity is so relatively scarce and difficult that it will not happen without an obsessive focus on something?

Or is this just the way an obsessive person looks at it?

Of course it takes all types. But there is a certain arrogance and air of superiority about talk of obsession and creativity that I can do without.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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House Prices Continue Rising More than Expected
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House Prices Continue Rising More than Expected According to to a report by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight home prices in the US continued to rise in the 1st quarter of 2006. But the increase was slower than in the last quarter of 2005.

Across the U.S., home prices were 12.5 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2005. The increase in the same period a year earlier had been 13.3 percent.

The typical home's value, though, rose only 2 percent in the first three months of 2006, an annual rate of 8.1 percent. That is about a percentage point below the rate from the fourth quarter of 2005 and the lowest quarterly rate of increase since the first quarter of 2004.

The states with that lead the price increase parade for the past 12 months were: Arizona - 32.81%, Florida - 26.62%, Hawaii - 24.99%, Oregon - 20.96%, DC - 20.84%, Maryland - 20.47%, Idaho - 20.31%, Washington - 19.37% and California - 19.2%.

South Dakota and Iowa actually saw price decreases in the 1st quarter of 2006.

The slowest price increase states for the last year were: Michigan - 2.86%, Ohio - 3.26%, Indiana - 4.18%, Nebraska - 4.45%, Kansas - 4.47%, Iowa - 4.75%, Colorado - 5.10%, Kentucky - 5.53%, Texas - 5.93%
Also, for the first time since late 2002, average home prices fell for the quarter in two states, Iowa and South Dakota.

According to James B. Lockhart III, acting director of OFHEO, the 1st quarter data "... show average housing prices still growing stronger than some might have expected. They do indicate, however, that price growth is moderating in some parts of the country, particularly in areas where prices have been rising the most."

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