A couple of years ago I met a remarkable woman named Blanca Stella through JournalXtra. We've kept in touch and worked together on a number of web development projects since then. Not long ago we decided to cement our good working relationship into a business partnership. Our 'new' partnership gave us both a good excuse to dive in and redesign our business sites. I'm very taken with Blanca's site. She's done an excellent job with the redesign and I want to share it with you. So without further adieu, I am very proud to announce the reopening of -- ta dada daaa -- VizRED! Working as … [Read more...]

The people at Jetpack, the WordPress plugin home to WP Stats, have made a 2011 fireworks display of posts published at JournalXtra. Fireworks displays should be shared so here it is. Best viewed in Chrome or Safari (Firefox is too slow), click the link and watch as rockets hurtle skyward for every post made at JournalXtra during 2011. JournalXtra in Fireworks If you have a WordPress blog that uses Jetpack to collect stats you can view your own fireworks display by going to Jetpack > Site Stats and clicking the 2011 Annual Report link below the date at the top. I'd love to see your … [Read more...]

I'm taking this moment to wish you and your families a very warm and pleasant Christmas. I hope Santa puts something heartwarming under your tree; and may God bless you for a prosperous year ahead. Merry Christmas!!! Because I know you're just as excited to know how far Santa is from you.... You can follow his progress here Woohooo he's only a few hours from me!!! … [Read more...]