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How to Migrate from Instagram To WordPress

Jun 10, 2020

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Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently I migrated my photos from Instagram to a WordPress blog. The process took some trial and error. The first step is to understand how to read JSON files and format them in a way that WordPress can use. The next step is to import that data into WordPress. To request your…

The Fun and Games of Attempting to Migrate Instagram Data continue

Jun 5, 2020

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in social media

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Fun and games of attempting to migrate Instagram data continue. I have now spent several days on the task. I have my Instagram posts currently sitting on a local blog. The challenge has been to migrate it from my local WordPress installation to the main website. After dozens of failed…

Close to Success – Exporting Instagram images to WordPress Natively

Jun 2, 2020

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in social media, social media living room, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Instagram was a self-run startup I loved the product. I loved that it was a way of sharing images with friends. I loved that it was fast and that it was light. I also liked that it had it’s own community. I liked that it was a way of sharing real…

Blogging And Digital Minimalism

Mar 6, 2020

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richard

in social media

Reading Time: 3 minutesBlogging and Digital Minimalism are related. Blogging is about finding a topic and focusing on it for an extended period of time. Social media has shifted from being a conversation between individuals to one where personalities broadcast, and their audience is ignored. When I saw an article, read a book, or had…

Avoiding User Generated Content With Adverts

Feb 5, 2020

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richard

in advertising, social media

Reading Time: 2 minutesInstagram has become user-generated content with adverts every fifth post. We went from following friends and their life to following personalities within our field of passions. I follow climbers, photographers, and friends. By following strangers, the timeline has become less relevant. This is especially true about following influencers. Influencers don’t share their…

Socialising and Networking

Jan 22, 2020

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richard

in editing, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter university, I estimated that I got to know of at least 600 people. I was on campus every day and I was out almost all the time. Whether it was in the edit suites, the library or the bar. I used to sit indoors with the bags as a non-smoker but…

Keeping Twitter Private

Jan 15, 2020

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richard

in social media, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesTwitter has three options. You can tweet to the world without barriers and anyone can read and respond. This is great when you want to grow your network and have conversations. The second option is to send DMs to specific individuals or groups (if I remember correctly). The third option is to…

Does the World Wide Web Dumb us Down too Much to Read

Sep 17, 2019

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richard

in Real Time Web, social media, tech related, Uncategorized

Reading Time: 4 minutesDoes the World Wide Web dumb is down to much to read is an article exploring the idea that we have too many distractions and that as a result we are unable to focus. Yesterday I wrote about blogging rather than writing twitter threads and this article goes some way to exploring…

Twitter Threads and Blogging

Sep 16, 2019

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richard

in social media, social media living room

Reading Time: 2 minutesTwitter threads and blogging are both free but whereas with one you need to click to read the continuation and it’s hard to print the other is self contained and easily shareable. I see twitter threads, that as twitter threads are a waste of time on a conversational channel but would be…

Strava – The Escape Plan

Sep 2, 2019

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richard

in social media, Sports

Reading Time: 2 minutesStrava – The Escape plan has the goal of getting people to move 15 minutes a day 5 times a week for four weeks. This includes all sports from Alpine Skiing to Yoga with walking, hiking, kayaking, cycling, swimming and more. In other words your walk to the shops, the café and…

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