Nick Burns
RSS.  Atom syndication.  XML feeds.
Try locating a straightforward explanation of these terms, and why they are important to Internet users.  I doubt you will succeed.  Most of the RSS information available today is cryptic techno-babble, and unless you are Nick Burns, you may have a hard time making any sense of it.
In this article, […]

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There are more than 50 million blogs on the Internet now, and thousands more are added every day.  If you want to keep readers’ attention in this hypercompetitive environment, you must create posts that both look interesting and read well.
This is an example of a basic pull quote.
Pullquotes are one of the easiest ways to […]

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This is a continuation of Give Thanks to Your Blogging Inspirations.

From the All Marketers Are Liars Blog
Until recently, I had no interest in marketing.  Like so many other scientists and engineers, I considered marketing a necessary evil, unworthy of my own efforts. 

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When I first started the Martial Development blog, I wanted to use a martial-arts-themed design. Since I could not find any in the public Wordpress theme library, I applied the Light theme by Stephen Reinhardt instead.  Until now.

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After a few months of publishing a full RSS feed on this blog, I am contemplating a transition to partial feeds.  Here are my reasons:

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In the spirit of the holiday season, I would like to show my gratitude and give thanks to some of the inspirations for this blog…

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The Popular Articles section in the right column of this page is automatically inserted by the Popularity Contest plugin for Wordpress.  Unfortunately, the current version of this plugin (1.1) is not completely compatible with my version of Wordpress (2.0.2).

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After dedicating most of my day to work and family obligations, I am lucky to find a spare hour or two for my martial arts hobby. Many of you have a similar problem, no doubt.
We could practice an hour per day for our entire lives, without exhausting the breadth and depth of martial arts. […]

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