Author Archive for J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma is the assistant editor of the Blog Herald. A professional blogger, blog network manager and new media consultant, he serves as editor-in-chief at Splashpress Media, managing the various creative and administrative aspects of the company's blogs and blog-related services. Angelo discusses technology, productivity, writing and getting things done on his personal blog, the J Spot.

C’N'C Costume National Launches Blog

April 25, 2008 | Filed Under Reviews | Leave a Comment

As a new media practitioner, I’m always glad to see companies embracing the use of blogs and other new media not only to market their products and services, but more importantly to reach out to their audience and be part of the community. In this case, fashion and blogging are a good mix, as we […]

Are You An Aggressive Blogger?

April 24, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Features | 1 Comment

Some time back, I watched a 1950’s Disney cartoon, Motor Mania (German-language YouTube video here; I couldn’t find one with English dubbing). In the cartoon, Goofy was depicted as the usual mild-mannered everyman, “Mr. Walker.” However, whenever he gets behind the wheel, he transforms into this crazy maniac driver, “Mr. Wheeler.” It’s a Dr. Jeckyll-and-Mr. […]

Do You Take Links for Granted?

April 21, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Features | Leave a Comment

As a blogger, links have been part of my daily blogging rounds. I click links on blogs to check out references and sources. And I use links on my blog posts to provide readers relevant information or alternative sources of information. Links have been so prevalent in the blogging culture that sometimes we tend to […]

Does Blogging Give You a Stiff Neck?

April 13, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Features | 3 Comments

Repetitive strain injuries are perhaps common for folks whose work involves staying in front of a computer screen for extended periods of time, among other health concerns. My most recent injury would be a stiff neck. Perhaps if you blog (or design, or write code) for a living, you would know what I mean.
The other […]

CSS Naked Day on April 9th, 2008

April 6, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Design, Features | 13 Comments

Are you going naked this April 9th? Not you, but your blog, that is. I’m talking about Dustin Diaz’ CSS Naked Day, which started in April of 2006.
A couple of days ago, I had this very embarassing experience. I was at a conference explaining to students the different aspects of problogging, when I showed them […]

Welcome Our New Editor: Thord Daniel Hedengren

April 2, 2008 | Filed Under Announcements, Blog Herald News, Features | 8 Comments

Folks, for some time now, the Blog Herald has been running on autopilot. When our former full-time editor Tony Hung left, there were various people who took on the task of being editor in the interim. But what did that actually mean? It mostly involves making sure posting schedules are met, comments were moderated, and […]

Would You Risk Your Life With a Blog Post?

April 1, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Features, Security | 5 Comments

A few days back Lorelle asked what one would not blog about. People had varied responses. Some would not write profanities. Some would not offend other people with their writing. And others would not blog about work. Generally, it’s about doing others no harm.
What if blogging can bring you harm? We do know that restrictive […]

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Do You Tag Yourself?
May 16, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | 2 Comments

Do you tag yourself? Honestly? No, this is not a game.
With everyone back on the tag versus categories versus tags bandwagon, have you checked to make sure you are tagging yourself?
Inside of Lorelle on WordPress is the tag attribute that turns “Lorelle on WordPress” into a tag.
<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/" title="Lorelle on WordPress" rel="tag">Lorelle on WordPress</a>
When […]

A BIG Reason to Read a Pet’s Blog
May 16, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Leave a Comment

I’ve often taken a snarky approach when it comes to people who set up blogs for their pets. I barely want to read about humans’ mundane lives, let alone issues with litter and pooper scoopers. However, there might be a new reason to subscribe to Lucky, Fido or Buddy’s blog.
Animals’ ability to prognosticate […]

Yahoo Nabs Safari Plugin Inquisitor
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Inquisitor is a cool plugin for Safari, and now Yahoo owns it. The developer, David Watanabe, won’t be joining Yahoo, but will continue the development.
I look forward to assisting Yahoo! in refining and extending the Inquisitor user experience beyond where it is today. I truly believe that Inquisitor and its users can only benefit, both […]

YouTube Gives You Insight
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

Now you can get some more statistics for your YouTube videos, with the recently launched Insight tool, available in your YouTube account (under Manage my Videos, which is probably temporary). The new stats feature is described like this by Tracy Chan, YouTube product manager:
For example, uploaders can see how often their videos are viewed in […]

Google the New Number 1 in the US
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

I thought they were already, but obviously not so. Google has been the leading search engine, but overall Yahoo is the most popular web site according to ComScore’s rankings. No more though, according to an AP report:
According to comScore, Google’s unique U.S. audience in April was 141.1 million, an 18 percent increase from the same […]

Blogging from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Stephanie Stockman is a NASA contractor working at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which is cool by itself. What’s even cooler is that she’s blogging it, talking about rocketships in voice and text, as well as posting photos, something every space nerd should follow for sure. Her blog is Geosteph, which incidentally is her Twitter […]

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