And the Winner is…

April 9th, 2007 :: by Vivien

Hurrraaah! No more new contest announcements on this blog (at least not for some time). Now it’s time to give back and thank my readers. Today I’m announcing the winner of the First Contest with Inspiration Bit, who correctly identified all three small changes on this blog prior to March 27. The changes were:
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April 8th, 2007 :: by Vivien

Today I’m announcing my last contest for the Reader Appreciation Week. Do you feel excitement in the air, or in the wires, with all the winners and prizes that will be announced and given out next week?
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Is This Really A New Definition Of Love?

April 8th, 2007 :: by Vivien

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Smashing Magazine Logo Contest

April 6th, 2007 :: by Vivien

A month ago Smashing Magazine announced a Logo Contest for their website. Personally, I’m not a big fan of such contests for a couple of reasons: I don’t support the idea of a free talent exploitation by someone who can afford to pay, and I don’t have time to participate in such contests. On the other hand, it is definitely a good publicity for many designers who are trying to break into the market, get a recognition and simply take on a challenge.
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Fourth Contest with Inspiration Bit

April 6th, 2007 :: by Vivien

While you’re busy commenting on my blog and competing for the $50 Amazon prize for winning the Third Contest with Inspiration Bit, I’m presenting another contest with a non-monetary prize.
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New Invaluable Wordpress Plugin - WP Ajax Edit Comments

April 5th, 2007 :: by Vivien

There are many interesting blogs that we all visit and sometimes comment on. Sometimes when I was too eager to quickly submit my comment and move on to another post, or another blog, or get back to my work, I wasn’t proofreading my comment and only afterwards noticing a typo on my already published comment. Or sometimes I would comment on a blog, and after submitting it I wish I could go back and re-phrase my comment, but it was too late to correct the mistakes. That’s when I was hoping that there was an option to edit the comment on all these blogs.
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Third Contest with Inspiration Bit

April 5th, 2007 :: by Vivien

As you all know today was the deadline for my Second Contest with Inspiration Bit. I will announce the two winners and prizes on April 10th.
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From One Blogger to Another - 48 Things To Do or Not To Do

April 4th, 2007 :: by Vivien

A week ago I posted my Blogging Mistake That I Still Tend to Make as an entry to a bigger group project hosted by DailyBlogTips. Frankly, I expected to learn about hundreds of blogging mistakes from other bloggers, but only 48 have participated. Still it’s more than enough to learn from and avoid those mistakes in future.

So here you go - a must read for any (A-Z-List) blogger - true confessions of blogging mistakes by 48 mortals, including “moi”:
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