News at the Portal

Kevin’s Portal: Today’s Updates

particularkev — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:40:44 +0000

I have completed a number of updates to the site today. These include the following:

the removal of all Google Buzz buttons and replacing them with Google+ buttons.
I have removed the CatchFree web application/site, as I no longer use this (from the general page).
I have added thankuz.com to the emails and communications page. Thankuz.com is a web application that provides an online avenue for passing on thank you note to others.

Filed under: CatchFree, Kevin's Portal, thankuz

Kevin’s Portal: The Latest News

particularkev — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:14:59 +0000

I have had an extended break from much of my online web presence over the last 6 months, so plenty has changed over that time. Not necessarily intended change on my part, but change there has been. I have had to change hosting companies on some sites, web applications and social networks have come and gone, undergone change, etc. So as try to put all of the pieces together again, I will try and keep things updated on my progress in this Blog.

Filed under: Kevin's Portal, News at the Portal

MlkShk: Now Being Used

particularkev — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:38:16 +0000

I have had an account at the photo Blogging site Mlkshk for some time now, but hadn’t been using it for a while. I have now started to use it – just to post amusing photos that I find on the Net.

Visit at:
http://mlkshk.com/user/particularkev

Filed under: MlkShk

Kevin’s Portal: Shelfari Removed

particularkev — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:33:51 +0000

I have just removed Shelfari from my social networks and web applications at Kevin’s Portal. I am no longer using this site and have posted about it at my Blog ‘At the BookShelf.’

Visit the post at:
http://atthebookshelf.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/shelfari-closing-my-account/

Filed under: At the BookShelf, Kevin's Portal, Shelfari

Kevin’s Portal: Overhaul Completed – Normal Blogging to Continue

particularkev — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:51:24 +0000

The overhaul of Kevin’s Portal is now complete and it has been a massive work. The site has increased in size tenfold plus – and that’s a big plus! I hope the site is even more useful to visitors and a help to those interested in my online activities.

What’s to come now that I have this overhaul in the bag? Well, I will continue to add new social networks and web applications to Kevin’s Portal as I discover and begin to use them. I don’t expect there to be any major changes to the site now for the the foreseeable future – phew!!! I am thinking about some additional content at some point – being mainly a page about the software I use to create my online presence, such as Internet browsers, HTML editor, etc. That is down the track however.

Visit the new look site at:
http://kevinmatthews.zxq.net/

Filed under: Kevin's Portal, Software

Kevin’s Portal: Overhaul is Complete – Almost

particularkev — Sun, 29 May 2011 09:59:10 +0000

I have been working away on the site overhaul and I am in the last stages of it. There are a few things still to do, but the vast majority of the work is now complete.

Visit the new look site at:
http://kevinmatthews.zxq.net/

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Kevin’s Portal: Site Overhaul Aready Appearing Live

particularkev — Sun, 22 May 2011 15:38:28 +0000

The site overhaul is progressing well – so well in fact that some of it is already live. The amount of time that I have already spent on it I would have thought I’d have made more progress, but the progress made I think is good and so the time well spent. There is so much more to do though – but it is looking good.

Not all of the links in the directory in the left column are working yet. Some are and you’ll be able to get a feel for how the site will look when the overhaul is completed.

Not only is the content that was there before being placed back onto the site, but there is a massive amount of new content being added as well.

Visit the site at:
http://kevinmatthews.zxq.net/

Filed under: Kevin's Portal

Kevin’s Portal: Latest Update

particularkev — Sat, 21 May 2011 11:13:05 +0000

I am currently overhauling the site to make it a little more useful. I think it was beginning to become a little too overcrowded and all over the place on the main page (what was the only page). This overhaul will be completed and go live on the 1st June 2011. There will be no further news or updates on this Blog until then – which isn’t too far away. Stay tuned.

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Diaries: What to Do?

particularkev — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:56:59 +0000

I was for quite some time bewildered as to what web application I could use for a private diary or journal. I carried out web searches and tested a few different applications (as well as software). I just couldn’t find anything that set out the journal in a way that I liked. The other thing was the fact that I like to test out web applications. So I just had to test out as many as I could. In the end I couldn’t settle on anything that I really liked.

Penzu seemed good – and it is. However, it didn’t have enough formatting options for me and I would have liked more ability to customize it also. But I didn’t want to let go of Penzu – especially if it improved over time and more features were added. Of course, there was always the concern about a web application suddenly closing down as well. What to do?

Suddenly it occurred me – what about WordPress.com? I love WordPress and use it for pretty much all of my Blogs – though I also have other Blogs that I use on Tumblr and Posterous for example (I love testing web applications remember). If there was a private option on WordPress.com than that would be brilliant – and there was. So that was the answer for me – use WordPress for my journal.

So I use both Penzu and WordPress, posting the same entries to both platforms. I like to use Namo WebEditor to write and format my enteries first though, just as I do for all of my WordPress Blogs. It gives me much more control that way. Of course Penzu is still limited in that area.

I thought I’d share that on the News at the Portal Blog because it could be a useful way for people to write their own diaries or journals should they wish to. Don’t rule out WordPress.com as an option – it’s great.

Visit WordPress.com at:

http://wordpress.com/

Visit Penzu at:
https://penzu.com/

Filed under: Diary and Journal, News at the Portal, Penzu, Posterous, Software, Tumblr, Wordpress.com, Wordpress.com

Kevin’s Portal: Latest Update

particularkev — Sun, 15 May 2011 08:42:20 +0000

The following links/sites have been added to Kevin’s Portal:

Get Satisfaction

Get Satisfaction is a social network for setting up communities. I have essentially joined Get Satisfaction so I can participate in discussions at the Bundlr community on Get Satisfaction. Never-the-less I do have a profile there now:

http://getsatisfaction.com/people/particularkev

Evly

Evly is a crowdsourcing platform that I have joined. I am not really sure as to what I will do with this just yet, though I have a few thoughts floating around upstairs.

http://www.evly.com/User/Persona/E-HR2z/particularkev

More information Evly and crowdsourcing can be found here:
http://www.evly.com/crowdsourcing.htm

Page 99 Test

Page99Test is a social network to rate and comment on page 99 of books – a type of book reviewing service.

http://page99test.com

Other Links Added But Already on the Page

Digg

Filed under: Bundlr, Digg, Evly, Get Satisfaction, Kevin's Portal, Page 99 Test