100 on the 1

Today (Tuesday, October 20th) is a big day! We are celebrating 100 on the 1, meaning this is jBlog’s 100th posting on the day of its 1st birthday… How exciting is that?! Anyway, wish I had prizes to give away, but I’m just a starving (actually, I’m dieting) college student. So thanks for stopping by on this personally historic day. As always, your comments are welcomed no matter if you are registered with WordPress or not. And remember kids, blogging is not dead, it’s really just getting started.

F5: Publicize!

Hey… jBlog postings are now publicized on Twitter (Psst… You can follow me here).

Only one problem, however. If I post to Twitter via WordPress, then my Tumblr will post both this direct blog and the Twitter publicized version… Meaning… Two entries will show up on Tumblr. Hmm… I’ve got an idea! I should remove jBlog as a source my Tumblr blog monitors and aggregates… That way, when I post a blog here, it will post to Twitter, and then Tumblr will see the publicized post on Twitter and make a new entry that way.

F5: jBlog… Good to Go!

Hey there,

jBlog has just taken another step in technology! Prior to July 1st, 2009, only self-hosted WordPress.org blogs could wield the power of the iPhone mobile blogging application created by WordPress. Now the newest version has been released, and it opens the door for regular WordPress.com blog authors (like me). This is a great day!

What can you expect from jBlog from this day forward?… More updates, faster information, on-the-spot postings, and photo uploads – all directly from my iPhone. I look forward to this opportunity to cover the horizons while being away from my computer. Keep on reading… We’ve reached the 1000 mark (kudos Lander), and there’s a lot more to come.

Plus, I hope you enjoy the July blog header. New font, new backdrop… Better than ever!

Posted exclusively from my iPhone 3G

Blueprints!… Blog Upgrades Official!

After all the work put towards FARWESTBLOG, I have all-so-suddenly transitioned to jHICKS.ORG. I really think it’s important to start maintaining a more professional themed blog if I want to escalate in the coming years to a position of media in this world. My postings will stay the same, but I am proud to announce that this site will officially operate as jHICKS.ORG. It is my intentions that, perhaps if I keep the domain, jHICKS will run as a website, and the blog will be a branch of that site. But I still need help from everyone… the “jHICKS.ORG” looks a little awkward. The fault lies upon the lowercase “j” and uppercase “HICKS.ORG”. Any suggestions?

The Pain of Rain, and the Blog Re-Work Concept

Hey all,

This rain is terrible! I am sitting in the Memorial Union here at OSU waiting for my body temperature to dry away my water-soaked clothes. Leaving class on east campus, the weather began as a few stark drops. Given a couple more minutes of biking, trying to avoid the swells of students and get to the MU, the rain only escalated to a full-out downpour. See, sunshine and temperature are majorly predictable – rain is not. It really ends up testing your tolerance and ability to bounce back from being irritated. Rain… I’m ready for it to go.

And the bigger, growing news… this blog. I realize that, in the coming year or so, I will probably need some proof of professional-like experience in my own creations. For example, it is likely a better idea to make this blog centered around me as who I am, not an interweb nickname like Farwest. The above header is an example of what the future of this blog, or perhaps, even a website, may look like. Of course, with the mind of mine, I am always wanting to make changes, alterations, and overall new ideas. Please let me know any ideas you may have. I have a few… very few readers. It would be nice for people to actually comment. I want your thoughts.

Thanks for reading!

Scribble22: New Widget (Updated)

WordPress now has a Twitter widget for the sidebar. Subsequently, I have added it to my blog. You can check it out on the right column, or follow me at www.twitter.com/farwest!

UPDATED: The Twitter widget is seeming pretty buggy.  I will often come back to preview my blog, and it displays that there are no responses from Twitter. However, when I simply go to the widget editing settings and re-save the changes, it returns to normal. So… We’ll see how it goes and hopefully WordPress will work out the kinks.