June 2008 Archives
One of the funny things about having a blog is that you never know what is going to strike a chord with the people that read your blog, or for that matter Google. By some quirk of an algorithm you find that you're at the top of the charts on one topic or another and you find yourself being put in the role of "guru" on that subject (wether you are, or not).
This happened to my good buddy Mike Rohde with an article that he did on Yoplait yogurt. He wrote a quick article about an idea he had regarding their packaging and next thing you know, he's in the top 4 on Google if you do a search for yogurt packaging.
As for me, my hotspots have been Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap (currently slipped to page 2) and National Brand 43-571 (page 1) because of an entry I wrote concerning my love affair with paper. However, in looking at my Google Analytics this week, I found that the bulk of the traffic to my blog comes from an entry entitled "Having A Hard Head Can Sometimes Pay Off". Doing a search for "Axiom and Garageband" turned up the reason why -- I'm the #1 result.
The article dealt with my trials and tribulations in getting my Axiom 25
Regardless of my lack of interest in the subject, clearly there were plenty of people still looking for a solution, finding me and as luck would have it, being met with frustration. Over the past year, I've hacked this site every which way and never really completed the process. It goes a little something like this.
1. A client of mine wants to change something with their install of MoveableType.
2. I apply it to this site first to see if it'll work.
3. It does/doesn't and then I usually, but not always, revert the site back to the way it was and you can see where this is going.
All these changes affected my Axiom / GarageBand article when they broke the download to the PDF that provided the solution. Doh! So this afternoon, I updated the PDF, checked all the links, fixed the download tool I use to keep track of such things and generally cleaned this up a bit in the process.
So for those of you that found that article only to be met with frustration, I apologize. Hopefully the revised article will be more helpful. As for me, I'm going to be a bit more cognoscent of the long tail of my articles so that they don't spank me in the butt. :-P
Holly was a guest performer at the Moore & Moore Fan Appreciation Concert on Thursday for the CMA Music Festival (aka Fan Fair). The concert was held at the MetroCenter Neely's Barbecue in Nashville, TN. You can watch the video that I shot below.
Holly met Debbie & Carrie Moore (aka Moore & Moore) in her Jazzercize class and found they had a lot in common. The girls were kind enough to invite Holly to come sing at their latest gig and it was a lot of fun. It was a thank you concert for their fans and after doing a small set, they turned the show over to several guest artists while they socialized with their fans. It's a really great idea! We met people from all over the United States who came to Nashville strictly for Fan Fair and to see the Moore sisters.
Speaking of which, Moore & Moore have a very popular video right now to "Find Me A Man Like Goober", which you can see on YouTube at this link. There are a TON of cameos, so keep your eyes peeled.
And for the geeks out there, I shot the video with Flip Ultra and edited it in iMovie HD 6 because iMovie 08 doesn't import .mpg (don't get me started).
