I’ve been Stumbled
One of my entries about ensuring your passwords are as secure as possible was picked up by StumbleUpon. I posted that entry in late April.
Over the last day and a half, over 2,000 4,000 visitors have visited that entry via SU. That’s pretty much what this blog did in terms of traffic all of last month. Here are a few things I’ve noticed during the surge.
I’m glad I installed the WP SuperCache plugin awhile back. I don’t have the Super Cache functionality turned on (it lets you just turn on WP Cache, which I do have on), but by caching that entry, I was able to serve that entry quickly and without a large number of database calls. If you run any kind of popular Wordpress-powered blog, I would recommend WP Cache or WP SuperCache.
I’ve read many blog posts that say StumbleUpon traffic comes quickly but doesn’t really convert in terms of RSS feed subscriptions. My subs are about the same as they had been. Has anyone else noticed this? I wonder too if this will create repeat traffic.
I’m also surprised by the lack of comments considering the amount of visitors to that post. I figured a post about security and PHP would garner some discussion either way, but thus far, I’ve only received 1 comment on that post, and it wasn’t so much a comment as it was a correction.
I’m going to keep an eye on this for the next few weeks and see what the long term effects are, traffic-wise.
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Google App Launcher for Mac
Google has created a new Mac app that makes managing and launching your app at Google App Engine much easier. It’s also bundled with the development IDE.
The Launcher is a true native Mac application. Installing the Google App Engine SDK, embedded in the Launcher, is a drag install. App Engine projects can be added to the Launcher with drag and drop. And your deployment password is saved in a Keychain (if you want).
I haven’t had time to even think about Python. Soon, I hope.
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Evernote Beta Invites
I’ve been using Evernote for a few weeks and seeing if its something that would fit into my personal organization tools and workflow, joining the ranks of Sandy, Jott and Twitter as things that help keep me going and organized.
Evernote is a web based app that keeps track of your notes, links, and other stuff. It’s searchable and sortable by tags, and has a desktop client you can use that also syncs up with the web to keep your account up to date whenever you need to look up something.
I used it at work last week to jot down some notes about hosting on and off campus, and when I was finishing up the “5 reasons to leave your hosting on-site” post, I opened up the desktop app at home and found my notes quickly and easily. Good stuff.
Evernote is in beta right now, but I’ve got 20 invites to share. Twitter, email or leave me a comment and I’ll get one to you.
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