Archive for June, 2006

My Inspiration for PigletPaper

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Following is a list of sites that I frequent and that gave me the inspiration to start my own site. It is quite a hodge-podge of sites. But they are all awesome! Thanks to each of them for doing a great job and for being a catalyst in my effort to learn to blog and develop PigletPaper.

This is Merlin Mann’s site about personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life better. If you are a fan of ‘Getting Things Done’ (GTD) or David Allen, you’ll love his content.
On this blog, they are “changing the world, one apartment at a time”. As an apartment dweller, I find numerous ideas here. I am also envious of the loft-style apartments that frequent their pages since we don’t have them as an option here in Midland, TX.
Described as a “design blog showcasing fresh finds, from sofas to stationery”. Although much of it is a little too feminine for my tastes, I love the design ideas and links to great sites.
They say, “Lifehacker makes getting things done easy and fun.” I say it is for the geek in all of us!
This is your “Daily digest and pointers on productivity, getting things done and lifehacks”. Another great site if you are into GTD.
“A Directory of Wonderful Things”. I love the eclectic and off-the-wall posts these guys come up with.
The site is about “Better Living Through New Media” but I like David’s post on productivity.
Not so much his site, but rather his book, Blog Wild! It was a great primer to get me going.

2007 Harley Models

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

One of the things I enjoy doing on the weekends after my early morning walk is to sit down with a hot cup of coffee and catch up on a few of the forums I try to frequent. A favorite of mine is the Sportster forum on HD Forums.com. It seems that there is never a dull moment there and usually I find quite a bit of good information that I didn’t know.

I came across a topic there that was of great interest to me. That being a question as to whether or not there would be a 50th Anniversary Edition of the Sportster.

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My First Post… Finally!

Friday, June 9th, 2006

The past couple of weeks have been such a blur. Like many, I have spent quite a bit of time with my day job and have been trying to get PigletPaper up and running as a blog site in my spare time. In trying to learn not only WordPress but also how to run the hosted version, I haven’t had much time to even think about writing anything at all. However, I had a small window of opportunity today, so I thought I would change that.

As I play with the layout, content and all with the site, I would welcome any and all feedback on how to make it better. I am always interested in learning what may make things better, or I should say that I am at least willing to “listen” to suggestions.

Looking forward to your feedback!