WordPress Wednesday News: WordPress 2.3.1 Released, Get Your Upgrade, WordPress Podcast Speaks out, WordCamp Israel a Success, Argentina is Next, and WordPress Wins.

October 31, 2007 | Filed Under Features, WordPress | 2 Comments

WordPress 2.3.1 Released with mandatory security upgrade. There’s an upgrade script to make upgrading life easier - well, at least your WordPress life. The WordPress Podcast is out, jammed with tons of WordPress news, rumors, and tips. WordCamp Israel was a hit. WordCamp Argentina is next. WordCamp Hamburg is taking reservations for the conference next […]

New Features In Mac OS X Leopard That May Help You Blog

October 31, 2007 | Filed Under Features, How I Blog, Leopard, Mac | 4 Comments

For those with a Mac, you’ve likely read tons about the newest version of OS X, Leopard - or merely rushed out as soon as it was released and bought it - as I did. After playing around with this new operating system for a few days, I’ve already settled on a few features that […]

Blogging For Hobby Or Money

October 30, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Marketing and Monetization, Blog Monetization, Blogging, Features, Marketing, Problogger, Professional Blogging, Publishing | 10 Comments

I write and photograph, and play on the web. Okay, it’s more serious than that, but many think of these things as hobbies. I’ve never thought there were hobbies. They are jobs. My career. My business. I’ve been selling my writing and photography since I was 15. Blogging and web publishing was a natural career […]

Splashpress Media Launches Blogosphere News

October 30, 2007 | Filed Under Announcements, Bloggers, Blogging, Contests, Features | 8 Comments

For the new media company that we are, Splashpress Media has still been focusing on contributor-driven content, and not much on user/reader-driven content. Sure, with Performancing the forum and the Performancing blog are all about the readers as contributors. But there’s still something amiss–a site where the users really get to shine.
So with this we […]

Blogger: Add iGoogle Gadgets To Your Blogspot Blog

October 29, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Software, Google, News | 4 Comments

Google is currently beta testing a new feature on Blogger powered weblogs (aka blog*spot) which will allow users to integrate features usually seen on iGoogle within their site.
(Blogger in Draft) We’ve added some fun new functionality to Blogger in Draft: Google Gadgets for your blog. This feature lets you add pretty much any Google Gadget […]

Copyright Cases to Watch: RIAA vs. The World

October 29, 2007 | Filed Under Features, Legal, copyright | 4 Comments

It is hard to imagine a less sympathetic plaintiff than the RIAA. Multi billion dollar record labels suing single moms and children over songs they didn’t create doesn’t exactly drive jurors to tears of pity.
However, as unpopular and roundly condemned as the RIAA campaign against file sharing has become, it addresses several issues of […]

Blogging With Conviction

October 29, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Blogging, Conviction, Features, Passion | 2 Comments

Whatever you say, say it with conviction.
Mark Twain
Don’t you love reading bloggers who write with conviction? I do.
According to Merriam-Webster, conviction is “a strong persuasion or belief.”
In Are You Blogging Through Rose-Colored Glasses, I wrote asking you if you blogged through colored glasses, a perspective that “colors” your blog writing style and presentation of […]

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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 | 2 Comments

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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