Google: Blogger To Embrace OpenID, Google Reader Recommends “Drag And Drop”

November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Software, General, Google, Technology | 13 Comments

While Google is being hailed for embracing openness regarding its wireless bid (not to mention its phone software), it looks as if that philosophy has infected Blogger (aka blog*spot).
The Blogger team has recently begun experimenting with OpenID, allowing users from AOL, LiveJournal, WordPress.com and Typepad to post comments using their own ID’s, or any registered […]

When Your Blog Forces You To Keep Your Commitments

November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, Passion | 3 Comments

KUOW/National Public Radio’s show Sound Focus (November 29, 2007) featured an interview with blogger and reporter David Swidler, of the Seattlest, about his project to learn how to cook by researching an “ethnic” recipe associated with the city the Seattle Seahawks football team was playing every weekend during the season. He wrote about the research […]

You Are Your Own Brand Navigator

November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Bloggers, Blogging, Features, Marketing | 1 Comment

I don’t mean the big sports utility vehicle, although this is as big if not bigger than that — and it guzzles effort. Your brand is what you have in you. Strong brands are not the product of construct and fabrication — they are discerned, drawn out, then communicated to the world.
The first step in […]

The Blogging Friend Factor

November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 6 Comments

I guess I am as guilty as anyone for this, after all I have written enough on the topic myself, but it gets me down than so much emphasis in blogging is on the money side now. Only yesterday I was reading how people should not bother starting a blog as they are unlikely to […]

One in three US charities embrace blogging, beating business, study suggests

November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, News | 2 Comments

A survey of 76 of the United States’ largest charities suggests that over one-third of them have embraced blogging as a way of informing and engaging with current and potential donors, and three in four use at least one form of social networking tool.
The University of Massachusetts study also found that nearly half of the […]

SpinVox voted “best new service” at World Communication Awards

November 29, 2007 | Filed Under News | 2 Comments

SpinVox, the Voice-to-Screen messaging service that I looked at back in February, has won the “best new service” award at the World Communication Awards held last night in London.
The service can be used to post voice messages to blogs, including LiveJournal, Vox, TypePad, Blogger, Windows MSN Live Spaces and Moblog.co.uk, and with WordPress and Movable […]

Which Blogging Conference Would You Go To?

November 29, 2007 | Filed Under Blog News, Blog Relationships, Bloggers, Conference | 7 Comments

If you could choose from all the blogging conferences held around the world, which one would you most want to go to?
Don’t know which ones there are?
Coming soon, I’ll be reporting on blogging and blog-related conferences currently scheduled for next year. I mention a lot of WordPress meeting and conferences in my weekly […]

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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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