Category Archives: Training

Lazarus Rises at Leona Divide

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Jesse

Waking up on Monday morning I all of a sudden felt a rush of memories from the Leona Divide 30K race. The high heat and carnage out on the trails led to many adventures and acts of courage and stubbornness. … Continue reading →

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XTERRA Malibu Creek 22k Trail Race 2015 Report

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Jesse

After my crash and burn at the Leona Divide 50/50 race I thought I’d take some time to carefully pick the next race. It was between the Born To Run 50k (30 miler) and the XTERRA Malibu Creek 22k which I had run the year before. The BTR race looked like fun but I finally decided to focus on a course I’ve already run and to shoot for a PR on the XTERRA race. Continue reading →

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XTERRA Point Mugu 18K Trail Race Report – 2014

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Jesse

After the last two weeks of abnormally hot weather on the Central Coast, things finally cooled down and my running heated up some at the 2014 XTERRA Point Mugu 18K trail race. The race took place today, October 12, 2014, at Point Mugu State Park in Malibu, just a few miles south of Oxnard. Continue reading →

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Four Ways to Add Vine Videos to Your Blog Post

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Jesse

Here are four ways to add Vine videos to your blog post. Continue reading →

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How to Add Ecommerce Capability to Your Pinterest Board

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Jesse

This video tutorial shows you how to add ecommerce capability to your Pinterest Board. To make this happen we will tie our Pinterest pins to a social media friendly ecommerce site, Gumroad. This tutorial focuses on the Pinterest side of things but I have written about Gumroad in the past. Continue reading →

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Tech En Español

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Jesse

Ariel Coro addresses the crowd at the Tecnifícate conferenceThree major conference within the next month will either be completely produced by a Latino organization or have a major Latino component – BlogWorld 2011 in New York, Tecnifícate in Santa Clarita, CA, and the Latinos in Social Media (LATISM) Latino2 conference in Silicon Valley. Continue reading →

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HTML for Bloggers Course – Lesson 2

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Jesse

Did you miss HTML for Bloggers Lesson 1? If so, go to Lesson 1 then come back for Lesson 2. C’mon, don’t cut corners.

In Lesson #1, we learned about the basics of Web pages and started learning about marking up documents, literally. The purpose of Lesson #1 is to give you a visual understanding of how HTML works. We’ll continue driving that point here in Lesson #2 then we’ll start learning about the key HTML tags. Continue reading →

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How To Add A QR Code To Your Blog [VIDEO]

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Jesse

QR Codes I avoided paying attention to QR codes. Some of my Twitter friends were obsessed with them and I hadn’t investigate them enough to see the full value. Now I do.

QR Codes are a great way to connect mobile devices to print, signage, clothing, and much much much more. Continue reading →

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HTML For Bloggers Course – Lesson 1

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Jesse

HTML knowledge is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for small business owners looking to manage their own blogs. On a blog platform like WordPress.com, a non-techie can configure 80-90% of their site without knowing any HTML. On Posterous blogs, 95% of the blog site can be well configured without HTML.

It’s that 5-10% that can stop a small business owner in their tracks. The intent of this post and the whole course is to help you get over that learning hump so you can manage your blog effectively and go on and do what you do best, run your business. Continue reading →

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Small Business Success At The Tecnifícate Seminar

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Jesse

I had the pleasure of presenting at the Tecnifícate seminar at Mission College in Sylmar, California this past Saturday. I presented on how small businesses can leverage social media for success. There were over 100 attendees eager to learn and share the latest in technology information. The event targeted Spanish-speaking small business owners, startups, and people looking to improve their job situations through technology learning. Continue reading →

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