My first post on this blog was published on May 14, 2017, about a month shy of seven years ago. Since that time, according to my WordPress stats, I’ve published 11,230 posts (not including this one). My blog has had almost 955,000 views from 265,000 visitors and has generated 315,000 likes and close to 130,000 comments.
And today I received the notification above that I have published at least one post a day for 2,500 consecutive days. Woo Hoo!
Judy Dykstra-Brown has come up with a new weekly prompt for the new year that she calls “The Numbers Game.” This week’s number is 137. To play along, we need to go to our media/photo file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos we find under that number and include a link to our blog in Judy’s Numbers Game blog of the week.
Here’s my collection of photos based upon “137.” All of the photos below have appeared in my blog posts. Some are photos posted by other bloggers as photo prompts. Some are screenshots or photos that I took. A few may have been generated by AI art apps, but most are photos I grabbed from free photo sources like Pixabay, Pexels, Pinterest, Unsplash, or Google photos.
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Frank, aka PCGuyIV, is back with another episode of Truthful Tuesday. The idea behind Truthful Tuesday is for us to respond to the question (or questions) Frank asks and to be 100% truthful in our responses. No glib answers, no funny business, no fibs. Just raw honesty.
For this week’s Truthful Tuesday, Frank wants to know…
When you hear the term, networking, what instantly comes to mind? Social networking, such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Tik Tok, LinkedIn, or other such platforms, or do you think about going to industry meet and greets with tons of business cards doing shameless self-promotion, or do you think about connecting an office full of computers together? Or does it mean something else entirely to you? Any idea why that’s what comes to mind for you?
When I was still in the workforce, and before social networking sites like Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Tik Tok, LinkedIn, Instagram, or other such platforms were around, “networking” did, to me, mean mostly doing what Frank describes as going to industry meet and greets, seminars, user group conferences, etc, and handing out and receiving tons of business cards. I’m not sure I’d admit to “shameless self-promotion,” though.
And yes, I thought about — and still do think about — networking as a company full of computers networked together.
Now I’m retired and I no longer go to industry meet and greets or user group conferences, etc. Further, I’m not an active user of any of the social media sites Frank mentioned. But I do consider WordPress to be a form of networking in that I interact (i.e., network) with people from around the globe via my and their blogs. But I don’t hand out business cards nor do I engage in “shameless self-promotion.”
That said, won’t you please read my blog? I’m begging you. I’m down on one knee pleading with you to read and follow my blog. I’ll even send you an old business card if you want one!
Judy Dykstra-Brown has come up with a new weekly prompt for the new year that she calls “The Numbers Game.” This week’s number is 130. To play along, we need to go to our photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos we find under that number and include a link to our blog in Judy’s Numbers Game blog of the week.
Here’s my collection of photos based upon “130.” All of the photos below have appeared in my blog posts. Some are photos posted by other bloggers as photo prompts. Some are screenshots that I took. A few may have been generated by AI art apps, but most are photos I grabbed from free photo sources like Pixabay, Pexels, Pinterest, Unsplash, or Google photos.
Click on any photo to enlarge.
In her January 28 Sunday Poser prompt, Sadje asked about Artificial Intelligence generated text. One of her questions was “Have you tried out the AI assistant in WP?”
My first reaction to that question was, “WordPress has an AI Assistant? Who knew?” I blog exclusively from my iPhone and the Jetpack iPhone app on iOS does not have an AI Assistant block. So I did something I rarely do. I opened up wordpress.com on my Safari browser on my iPhone. Once there, I decided to create a new post using the block editor (because on the iOS app, the block editor is all that’s available).
When I went to create a new post, I was asked to select the block I wanted to start my new post with. I tapped the plus sign and it gave me a bunch of commonly used blocks, but there was no AI Assistant block shown. So I went to the search box and typed “AI Assistant” in it. Lo and behold, here’s what I saw:
So I selected the AI Assistant block and typed this in it:
“Write about using AI for blog posts.”
What appears below is how the WordPress AI Assistant responded to that question I encourage you to read the response and then to share your thoughts in the comments.
What appears below is how the WordPress Al Assistant responded to that question I encourage you to read the response and then to share your thoughts in the comments.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way blog posts are created and optimized. By leveraging AI tools, bloggers can streamline their writing process, enhance the quality of their content, and improve their overall efficiency.
Al-powered tools can assist with various aspects of blog post creation, from generating topic ideas and conducting research to optimizing content for search engines. For instance, Al can analyze data to identify trending topics and audience interests, helping bloggers choose compelling and relevant subjects to write about.
Moreover, Al can aid in content creation by generating outlines, suggesting relevant sources, and even offering language and style recommendations. This can significantly expedite the writing process while maintaining high standards of quality.
Another key advantage of using Al for blog posts is the ability to optimize content for search engines. Al tools can analyze keywords, suggest relevant terms, and help ensure that blog posts are structured in a way that improves their search engine ranking and visibility.
Overall, Al is transforming the blog writing process, providing writers with invaluable support in generating engaging content, conducting research, and optimizing posts for maximum impact.
So what do you think? Now that you know about the WordPress AI Assistant, do you think you’ll use it?
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