Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

  • Blogger – So What Level of Service Did You Expect For Free?

    Like many others, I have a blogger.com account and a fairly untended and lightly visited blog using the free Blogger platform. For me a couple of years ago it was a good way to get started. But now, even though (because?) it’s free, I don’t recommend Blogger to people wanting to get started with blogging […]

  • Dan Pink and A Whole New Mind

    Executive summary: You have to find work that no one else can do. I attended Dan Pink’s conference call (somedays I just can’t bring myself to say the word webinar) today talking about his new book A Whole New Mind which is suprising in the same orange as my other must-read, The Abs Diet. Pink […]

  • How to Avoid a Hairy Lawsuit: Free Speech Continues to Reign!

    Court says man can disparage company on Web: A man can disparage a hair-restoration company on a Web site using the company’s name without violating copyright law, an appeals court ruled Monday. So….what are the implications for blogging? How is this really different? Bosley Medical Institute in Seattle sued former client Michael Kremer after he […]

  • Call 1-858-400-4040 PIN #: 85570 @ 9pm Tonight

    Exclusive Interview: Darren Rowse from Pro Blogger. Full details…

  • Blogging/Podcasting…A New Calling

    Blogging has reached a much higher purpose as quoted in today’s Great Lakes IT Report. Our world is truly changed forever… Popecast, Popeblog: The most popular Podcast on the Net today may be by a priest in Rome. Podcast Alley, a directory site, said its No. 1 program is Catholic Insider, “Podcasting from the heart […]

  • Tuesday @ Noon EST

    I’m talking with Ben Graham (how I wish my voice was as smooth as his) and his Professional Transformation cabal of entrepreneurs. We’re talking blogging and how it can impact your life and business right now. He said I could invite all y’all – so dive in! Tuesday @ Noon EST. Full call-in details…

  • Podcasts are a-Happenin’!

    Reuters reports that more than 6 million people , Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults who own MP3 players like Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod have tried at least one podcast. “Nearly half of digital-music player owners younger than 29 have tried out podcasts, the survey found, compared with 20 percent of those 29 or older. The […]

  • Bloglines Adds Package Tracking

    Via Yahoo! News via TechWeb: Bloglines Adds Package Tracking

  • Corporate Blogging Guidelines

    Toby (everybody’s favorite diva!) has a collated list of Corporate Blogging Guidelines.

  • Making your Blog Sticky

    Duncan has posted a followup to his previous article on blog stickiness. Recommendations: Put most recent posts under the post on a permalinked page. (I might tweak this with ‘other posts in this category) Consider moving column of ads to middle of layout. When I first started studying web design and usability, I started to […]