NewsGator Partners SixApart to Extend RSS Reach

September 30, 2004 | Filed Under General | 1 Comment

eweek> News feed aggregator NewsGator Technologies has struck new partnerships to expand its enterprise sales and tie its online service with other desktop newsreaders.
NewsGator on Wednesday announced a co-marketing agreement with Six Apart Ltd., one of the leading makers of Weblog software, and integration of subscription information from its Web-based aggregation service with FeedDemon, a […]

On Notice

September 30, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

A good counter to the Spectator article which demonstrates why blogs are important and the growing irrelevance of many of the main stream print media.
Weekly Standard> IT STARTED on the Late, Late Show Monday night. Drudge posted a link to a picture of John Kerry’s suddenly orange face on Tuesday, and Blogs for Bush, Blogs […]

What Blogs Can’t Do

September 30, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

The American Spectator takes a feeble dig at blogging
American Spectator> Oh, the blogosphere is crowing, “carrying Dan Rather’s head around on a pike,”….BUT CAN BLOGS DO WHAT NEWSPAPERS, television, and radio news do? They certainly don’t do it now. read full story>

Dutch finance minister opens up his life in blog

September 27, 2004 | Filed Under News | 3 Comments

electric new paper> PROBABLY a first among government ministers worldwide, Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm is making his life public in cyberspace.
He is starting a blog, a personal diary on the Internet, to give people an idea of what it is to be a minister, with insights into his professional and private life. read more>

Authors find a new outlet for writing with online journals

September 27, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

Cleveland.com> Jennifer Weiner, author of the best-selling novels “Good in Bed” and “In Her Shoes,” likes to spend three to four hours a day working on fiction. When she’s done, time and family permitting, she updates her online journal.
“When I went on my first book tour [in 2001], I began keeping a Web diary, […]

New form of therapy emerges on Internet: the blog

September 27, 2004 | Filed Under News | 1 Comment

Ball State Daily> Blogger. Livejournal. Xanga. Deadjournal. These names are all becoming familiar as the days of written journals are dwindling. Many people seek something that will allow others to explore their souls and keep their fingers happy during the age of e-mail and AOL Instant Messenger.
These days, people of all ages are turning to […]

Condesa Launches Blawg Republic

September 27, 2004 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

Press release> Condesa, an internet media company, today announced the launch of Blawg Republic, a free online service for searching, sharing, and tracking the latest news, and opinions moving through the legal blogging community.
Blawg Republic is a real-time search engine that monitors the legal blogging community every hour. People can browse excerpts on discussions, […]

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Google Closes Hello (What’s That Anyway?)
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

I’m reading that Google is closing Hello, which apparently was (and is, as I’m writing this), a photo sharing service that came with Picasa. I guess they feel it doesn’t fill a purpose anymore.
This from Hello.com:
We originally embarked on a mission to make photo sharing easier and more fun with Hello. We plan to keep […]

Colleen Coplick Talks PR over at BloggerTalks
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

I recently interviewed Colleen Coplick about taking over Buzz Networker, and there I said that an interview with her focusing on PR was due on BloggerTalks. Well, it is up now, and Colleen shares her views on paid reviews, PR agencies sending out samples, getting famous in the social sphere, how to write a great […]

MyBlogLog Adds More Stuff
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

MyBlogLog have added some new stuff, since the obviously get that we’re not monogamous when it comes to online apps and social networks.
Specifically, whenever you:

post a question to Yahoo Answers
share an item on Google Reader
post a video on Seesmic

MyBlogLog will post those events and make them part of your New with Me page.
All you […]

SOBCon08: A Conference Experienced in the Moments
May 8, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | 1 Comment

We do not remember days; we remember moments.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon) in Chicago last weekend was a collection of moments I will remember for a long time.
Throughout the weekend, people kept asking what was different about this conference from all the other conferences they go to. It was clear […]

Blogger To Add Star Rating System To BlogSpot?
May 8, 2008 | By Darnell Clayton | Leave a Comment

It looks as Blog*spot users will soon be able to insert a ratings system in their Blogger blogs which will allow readers to rate an individual post from one star to five.
Unfortunately it seems as if they launched the feature prematurely, and the Google team has currently disabled the feature–at least for now.
(Blogger Status) Some […]

Perez Hilton to Release Clothing Line
May 8, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

Celeb gossip blogger Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavendeira, is set to launch his own line of clothing, to be sold exclusively in the Hot Topic chain of stores, as well as online.
“2008 is all about expanding the Perez Brand,” the blogger explained. “I talk about clothes all the time on my website. I have a […]

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