Tag Archives

My Favorite Blog Feeds, 2014 Edition

By Tuesday, December 30, 2014 0 Personal , Permalink 2

I like being up-to-date on topics that interest me. The main tool I use to do that is RSS feeds. I use Feedly to subscribe to RSS feeds of information sources that I want to follow (mostly blogs).

While Feedly is available via web and mobile apps, I use the Android app almost exclusively. I might use the web version to organize my subscriptions from time to time, but I do the actual reading on my Nexus 5.

I made it a habit to catch up on my Feedly Must Read list as a filler, whenever I have “down time” (commute, waiting for something, coffee break, etc.). Much better than burning time on Facebook and such, in my opinion 🙂 . I religiously clear out my Must Read queue at least once a week (I estimate it’s currently around 1,200 items per week).

This post lists my favorite RSS feeds, as of December 2014.

Continue Reading…

Choosing Hosting Service for The Ostrich Website

By Monday, October 20, 2014 1 Meta , The Ostrich Website Permalink 0

To start a new website, I need to choose a hosting service provider. This is the fourth milestone in The Ostrich website project roadmap. This post is a project progress report, summarizing the completion of the milestone.

The expected outcome, from the roadmap: Hosting plan purchased; Mock instance of chosen content platform installed.

I eventually chose HostGator. Read on for more details on the options I explored.

Continue Reading…

The Ostrich Website Branding Decisions

By Monday, September 29, 2014 0 Meta , The Ostrich Website Permalink 0

Making decisions regarding my new website branding is the first milestone in The Ostrich website project roadmap. This post is a project progress report, summarizing the completion of the milestone.

The outcomes, as apparent if you’re reading this on my blog, are:

  1. I decided to move away from the old itamaro.com branding.
  2. The new site name is The Ostrich.
  3. New site tagline: Break; Build; Repeat;.
  4. Domain for new site: ostricher.com. Being also my last name, I already own it. So, hurray!
  5. Social network branded account / profiles / pages created:
    1. Facebook page “The Ostrich” with address Ostrich.IO (The.Ostrich wasn’t available..).
    2. Google+ page “The Ostrich” with address Ostricher.IO + Google+ community The Ostrich (I’m not sure what’s the difference though).
    3. Twitter account “The Ostrich” with handle @OstricherIO.
    4. Quora blog at theostrich.quora.com (not sure what I’ll do with it).
    5. Tumblr account at ostricherio.tumblr.com (not sure what I’ll do with it).
    6. Reddit account as ostrichio (yet again, not sure what I’ll do with it).
    7. Pinterest account as ostrichio (…again…).
    8. StumbleUpon account as ostrichio (..guess what..).
    9. GitHub organization at github.com/theostrichio (though I’m not sure how to use it along my personal account..).

Continue Reading…