Site Updates and New RSS Feed

Obviously I haven’t been posting much lately. I’m trying to get back into the swing of things as I am in the final stages of writing my dissertation. In the meantime, I am making a few changes here and there with the site. I would like at some point to select a new theme that is a bit cleaner and perhaps makes it easier to read. If anyone has extensive knowledge of WordPress and custom CSS, I might even call on you for some advice/employment on one or two design changes that are beyond my ability. But these are things I probably won’t get around to right away.

In the immediate future, I want to alert those of you who already access my blog by RSS or email subscriptions that I’ve signed up with FeedBurner to replace the standard WordPress distribution mechanisms. This has advantages for both you and me. All the normal RSS features still work, although I strongly recommend you sign up for the new FeedBurner feed. I won’t be actively monitoring the old RSS feed to see if it’s working, although I don’t see any reason why it would stop. Even so, sign up again to make sure you keep getting the RSS updates. One nice thing is that I now have a way to tell how many people have subscribed, and I always like more numbers.

You can also tell FeedBurner when you click on this link if you’d rather have new posts delivered by email. A couple hundred of you already do through a direct subscription to my blog through WordPress. Those emails are sent out immediately, which some of you might like but others don’t. Perhaps I’m spamming you. I’ve set up FeedBurner so that it only delivers one email per day. I also set it to deliver between 5 and 7 PM Pacific Time. I expect to get back into Rewarding Recap series on Monday, and since I like to do those around the late afternoon I hope this means you will still receive them in your inbox the same day.

Hack My Trip Feedburner screenshot

Thanks for your attention. Now back to the dissertation…

About Scott Mackenzie

Scott founded HMT while traveling on a budget during graduate school and stays loyal to United, Alaska, Hyatt, and Starwood.
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