You can’t steer a parked car!
On January 28, 2009, synaptic i was launched into cyberspace with this description and intent:
It is a small island on this great digital ocean we call the internet that provides inspiration, motivation, guidance and hope.
I want to help and bring people together who also want to help and that is exactly what I am going to do.
Between January and the end of September 2009, an average of 9 posts per month were published on these pages. Readership was growing. But, since then, I have only published 8 … what happened?
In July of 2009, an idea came to me. It was the seeds of Life As A Human – The Online Magazine For Evolving Minds. In large measure, Life As A Human was and is a greatly amplified version of the original intent at synaptic i. As such, it was and is a much larger commitment time wise. With over 2000 articles now from the minds of over 100 authors, it has achieved much of what I had originally intended. Indeed, it has surpassed it.
So, what to do with synaptic i?
In order to launch and maintain Life As A Human, I had to learn many new skill sets. I started receiving requests to help others build their WordPress sites and this has become a whole new direction and business for me. I have now built over 50 sites and helped many others with questions relating to WordPress, plugins, SEO, CSS, PHP and custom forms. I have trained and helped people from all over the world using Skype.
I think it is safe to say in this post that my clients, many of whom I can now call friend, are very happy with the service I have provided.
With that in mind, I have decided to add a new focus here at synaptic i and begin to publish articles aimed at helping bloggers who use WordPress get more out of their blogs. I’ll cover topics like:
- WordPress Tips
- Essential WordPress Plugins
- SEO
- CSS
- Studio Press Themes and Genesis Framework
- Forms
- Graphics
- Social Media
- Writing
- Page Layout
- More …
Some of these posts will only be available to subscribed (paid) members. Membership details will come shortly but the cost will be minimal … or, as I often say, ‘cost effective’. 
I will not be the only one writing these posts. We will have contributions from many excellent writers. The posts will not be missives. They will be short, to the point and open for comments and questions. The intention is to become a valuable resource with content written by people who have expertise in these areas. It is also to help like-minded bloggers connect and learn from each other.
I am not abandoning the Inspirations, Food For Thought, Business Tips, Creativity and Just For Fun categories. I’ll continue to add posts in these categories and also provide feeds to posts at Life As A Human that cover those topics.
So there it is. A new direction for synaptic i. In the weeks to come, look for site changes, new features, and of course, new content!
I hope that you will join me on this new leg of the journey. If you have not yet subscribed, now would be a great time … hint!
Cheers,
Gil
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