http://www.dougdaulton.com Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:06:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a thing for apocalyptic themes in fiction and film. Yes Virginia; I have a dark side and the midi-chlorians are not to blame. :) In most cases, I find these stories to be mindless fun. For example, Mad Max does not really provoke much critical ... http://www.dougdaulton.com/2008/06/19/the-apocalypse-grows-up/ Apologies to Descartes. While sitting through the most excellent Podcasting Bootcamp at PXC today, I was reminded that I had yet to join the legion of Twitter micro-bloggers. So, I signed up for Twitter; then found Sarah Isaacson's Twitter Widget Plugin for Wordpress. The results are now displayed ... http://www.dougdaulton.com/2008/06/16/i-twitter-therefore-i-am/ In journalistic world dominated by sound bytes and bombastic blowhards, Tim Russert stood out and stood above the rest of the pack. To my mind, he was the Walter Cronkite of our generation. Smart, honest and direct; Russert was always on point and respectful no matter who was ... http://www.dougdaulton.com/2008/06/14/farewell-tim-russert/ Based on a discussion at last night's LV Pixel Corps meetup, I put together Las Vegas Media Guild; a more robust social network and forum than that which is offered by Meetup.com. I've created some preliminary groups and content there. So, please have a look and join if ... http://www.dougdaulton.com/2008/05/29/las-vegas-media-guild-lvmgorg-launches/ Ok. We have a base theme and most of the annoyances cleaned up. If you are looking for a quality, professional theme on which to launch your Wordpress site, I strongly recommend the Revolution Theme from Brian Gardner. It is a joy to work with and has ... http://www.dougdaulton.com/2008/05/22/now-we-are-getting-somewhere/ So, the site is live and it is a mess. The client list is incomplete. My resume is out-of-date. And, what is up with the weirdly repetitive theme? Well, it is a work in progress. I guess it is a good thing I am not actively looking for ... http://www.dougdaulton.com/2008/05/17/a-work-in-progress/ Hello friends, After a long hiatus, I have relaunched my website. In the past, the site hosted my stream-of-consciousness blog, which I have since moved to apakuni.com. From here forward, this site will function primarily as my professional web presence. Look for news of past, current and future ... http://www.dougdaulton.com/2008/05/16/hello-world/