Category: General

Neil’s put together some code for adding TypeKey support to your PHP powered blog. Hopefully this will be integrated into WordPress as a plug-in in the future. PHP TypeKey

This is good idea: A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an 80×80 pixel avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites. Avatars help identify your posts on web forums, so why not on weblogs? Cool concept. It ties the image […]

Marketing Studies features a interview with affiliate dood, Shawn Collins: Since it’s increasingly challenging to reach the inbox of affiliates, with Spam filters, ISP black lists, abandoned email addresses, etc., I think RSS will emerge as the preferred tool for communicating with affiliates. Any program with an active blog should expect incremental revenue as a […]

This is old but I’m blogging it here for safekeeping. WPBlacklist 2.01 Released. If I get one more comment spam about Texas Holdem Poker I might just lose my mind. Update: Fahim sent a more permanent permalink: http://sm.farook.org/WPBlacklist.htm

Steve Rubel knows one rule – never underestimate any group’s self-perceived self-importance: For 2004, I cannot think of a single person or persons that had a greater influence on society than the bloggers. Let’s remind them by making our voice heard. If you think about American politics, media, business – no one, no one had […]

Espen Andersen wants feedback on research paper, Using Wikis in a Corporate Context (pdf): (via Fredrik) [T]he phenomenon of Wikis should be understood as not one, but two concepts: A simple and intuitive technology which allows its users to generate documentation and support knowledge-based processes easily and deeply; and a management philosophy that manages knowledge […]

(non-geeks types feel free to skip!) FrenchFragFactory compares two competing RSS parsers: If you can afford it, there are no real reason you shouldn’t use MagpieRSS. For the average user’s needs, Magpie does a lot more than you really need, but it does all that you do need. This said, there are situations you could […]

Now that TypePad and Blogger have raised the bar – I thought I’d check out ways to add WYSIWYG/Word-style formatting. For MovableType: HTMLArea hack for MovableType For WordPress: WP-HTMLArea

Writing for the Web in Technicolor (via Business Blog Consulting via Nevon)

IT Conversations has archived, streamable recordings of BloggerCon III’s sessions. I’m gonna listen to them this afternoon.