Author: Andy Wibbels

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Kiptronic, an advertising network for podcasting, has closed a $4 million round of financing. Investors include Blueprint Ventures and Prism VentureWorks. The company had previously raised $400,000 in angel funding.

Let us rejoice and be glad: Akismet 2.0 is out: I’m very proud to announce we have a new version of the Akismet for WordPress based on all your feedback over the past year. Here’s a summary of what’s new.

It’s okay. Really. We all have to do it sometime or other. When you ignore your RSS aggregator for days (weeks!), don’t hold on to this fantasy that you are going to actually read a back log of weeks of content. Just click it. [Mark All Read] I won’t tell anyone.

While Hollywood worries about Cameron Diaz’s acne scars, adult media producers are even more concerned: Producers are taking steps to hide the imperfections. Some shots are lit differently, while some actors simply are not shot at certain angles, or are getting cosmetic surgery, or seeking expert grooming. “The biggest problem is razor burn,â€? said Stormy […]

From Webloghits.com I added the web site URL of my blog at the very beginning of the description of my video. This does a couple of things. First, your web site URL is clearly visible to everyone that visits the YouTube home page. Your video will be on this page for about a week and […]

Blog ad widget-izers Chitika featured in WaPo: “Over the past few years, a number of businesses have been connecting bloggers with advertisers who recognize how the cross-linking that goes on in the blogosphere can be a good way to spread the word about their products… Chitika (pronounced CHIT-i-ka) is one of the companies connecting the […]

Behind a blog launch A couple months ago, Elizabeth approached me about working with Kim and her folks on moving their archives or columns into a blog format. They also wanted to use blog technology going forward and were curious what the best way to do this was. 1) What blog platform to use? The […]

Always on the lookout for new insults to call people. Here’s a few of my favorites that I’ve learned from the internet: (warning, foul language)

I was IMing with Sharon after reading her recent post about the intersection of art and business: Of all the bloggers I can think of whose writing I enjoy -I’m now noticing that none of them are using their blog as a marketing tool for their businesses. While their blogs are usually about aspects of […]