Author Archive for Thord Daniel Hedengren

Thord Daniel Hedengren is a designer, writer, and blogger, and also the editor of The Blog Herald. He used to be a hotshot in the gaming industry in Sweden, but sold everything and went International. He founded the interview blog BloggerTalks, does loads of kickass design.

ScribeFire 2.2.8 Released

July 4, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Software | Leave a Comment

ScribeFire is a popular desktop blogging application hosted in a Firefox extension. Version 2.2.8 includes fixes and some brush-ups. The extension is free to download from Mozilla Add-ons, and works with both Firefox 2 and 3.

Two New b5media Blogs Launched

July 4, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Networks, Blog News | Leave a Comment

Another two b5media blogs launched recently. Marye Audet edits Simply Home Remedies, which is about just that. This from the launch post:
For the past 20 years or so my family has lived without the assistance of commercial medicines or doctors, except for things like broken arms and emergency surgeries on retro-pharyngeal abscesses. You know, the [...]

WordPress.com Enables Support for Google Gears

July 3, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Hosting, Blog Software, WordPress | 3 Comments

WordPress.com have added a Turbo button in the admin area. This is to enable Google Gears, if your browser supports it, and speed up things using it. For instance, Google Gears is used for offline access to web apps like Google Docs, but how can it benefit WordPress.com?
On WordPress.com it is used to store all [...]

Firefox 3 Broke the World Record

July 3, 2008 | Filed Under News | 2 Comments

I bet they are happy at Mozilla, since the world record attempt in largest number of software downloads in 24 hours was successful. Firefox 3 was downloaded 8,002,530 times. If you participated, you can get your own certificate. I’ve got one.

Technical Issues, Mostly Resolved

July 3, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Herald News, Blog Herald Updates, Features | Leave a Comment

As you might have noticed, The Blog Herald haven’t been feeling well lately. Database errors, too much load on the server, things like that have been plaguing us. Yesterday, a lot of work was put in by the tech staff, and hopefully things will run more smoothly from now on. There are still some kinks [...]

Flash to be Searchable, Blog Platform Next?

July 1, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Search, Search Engines | 2 Comments

Adobe is making Flash searchable, in partnership with juggernauts like Google. ReadWrite/Web writes about it, and is writing up Adobe’s online activity overall, like AIR and Acrobat.com. I think they are spot on, Adobe is really focusing on online these days, and they are doing it well. Think about all the AIR apps, for instance.
However, [...]

Boing Boing Deletes Blogger, Not the First Time?

June 29, 2008 | Filed Under Blog News, Ethics, Features | 4 Comments

This is alarming. Sex blogger, journalist, and author Violet Blue’s posts on Boing Boing, including all mentions, has been deleted (NSFW), without any explanation whatsoever:
It was brought to my attention this weekend that every Boing Boing post (except one) with my name in it is gone. It might have happened a while ago, and no, [...]

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ScribeFire 2.2.8 Released
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Two New b5media Blogs Launched
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Hitting the Frontpage of Digg
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | 1 Comment

Skelliewag takes a look at playing the odds and trying to “win” with Digg - a great article with some fantastic tips on how to promote your site using Digg.
Most bloggers would love their content to hit the front page of Digg. Unfortunately, most of those bloggers are never able to experience the huge spike [...]

Firefox 3 Plugin Roundup
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | Leave a Comment

Now that Firefox 3 has been out for more than a week - and has set a new Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a single day - several websites have begun recapping the plugin/addon situation for Firefox.
BSPCN outlines the 30 “Must Have” Firefox Extensions, including del.icio.us toolbar, Foxmarks, and Greasemonkey.
PC World looks [...]

WordPress.com Enables Support for Google Gears
July 3, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 3 Comments

Blogged.com Rebuilds
July 3, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Leave a Comment

Promising to help you ‘find better blogs’ is Blogged.com. The directory site has just launched some new features and improvements. Most notably, they do a better job of highlighting interesting blogs over several niches. The goal appears to aggregate news and information that is well-written, though not necessarily accessible through mainstream media.
Among [...]

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