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Hey kids it’s me Bush again, subbing in for Casey. I just looked at the ol’ calendar, and it looks like there aren’t too many days left in 2007. This of course means that it’s time for New Years Resolutions!

Now personally, I’ve never been one that likes making New Years Resolutions, because it always seems that weighing down a resolution with the title “New Years” makes it destined to fail in the long term. Do you kinda know what I mean? I’d much rather make a change when it’s time to make a change, and work hard to carry it into the future, New Years or not.

In any event however, this weekend might be a great time to spend some intimate time with your blog and other online endeavors and try and analyze where you are and where you want to go. I’ve been doing it over on my blog starting WITH my blog, and soon to continue to my other projects.

Is there anything you want to jump start in the new year? Any new revenue goals or new projects you’ve let sit on the back burner?

Hey everybody, it’s me Bush Mackel once again stepping into Casey’s blogging shoes while she’s out enjoying the holiday season! Back at my place, I’ve been putting my blog through its paces getting it all ready for the new year, and one of the things I’ve had to think about what my sidebars.

The Problem
If your blog is more than a day old, you probably have a lot of stuff to cram into your sidebars. In my case, I have things like Archives, Categories, Sponsorship blocks, My Blog Log, the list goes on and on. And what ends up happening is a user of my site has to scroll down forever to get all the content that is in my sidebars. Which is fine if all of my content is Grade A, can’t put down 5 page long posts, but sadly they are not. Which is why I’ve been considering two column sidebars.

Why Consider Two Column Sidebars?
You look at Casey’s blog and you can see the proof is in the pudding. Check out the ton of content she has, and keep in mind that you hardly have to scroll in order to see it all. In the ever changing world of your blog, you’ll often by trying to show more content in less space… Widening your single column by a few pixels could mean that you could effectively DOUBLE your on screen real estate.

Personally, as soon as I finish up the current changes with my site, I’ll probably be taking a note from Casey and going along with the two column sidebars too!

Another week, another Link Love!

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Bush Mackel! He’s got it all by himself this week. Check out his tech blog.

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In other news:

I am going away to Canada for skiing with my family! I’ll be back Saturday. Until then, Bush Mackel will take over and provide you with great content! Happy holidays, and have a happy new year!