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March 17, 2010

Setting up a blog is so easy these days!  Buy a domain name, link it to my hosting account (Host Gator…highly recommended), and use Fantastico to install the latest version of WordPress (2.9.2).  This new WordPress user interface is really nice, it’s like driving a new car.  The hardest part of the process was choosing a theme.  I’ve come to the conclusion that often it isn’t worth the time/effort to have a unique design.  (In fact, once, I spent hours and hours designing a site that I have yet to write anything on).  That’s silly, the content is what matters.  So, I spent 5 minutes looking through themes and settled on this simple one with just a little style.  It’s called Lightword.

Anyway, why another blog?  I’ve recently started making interactive maps using Flash and Javascript and I wanted to share what I’ve learned in the process.  In full disclosure, it will give me the chance to promote the interactive maps I sell.  But before I dive in with shameless self-promotion I want to get a few posts under my belt.   I’ll start with an introduction to SVG files and how you can make your own free USA map to display state statistics.  Until then…