Free Web Technology Conference: LT Pact 2008 in Vegas

June 19, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Networks, Corporate Blogging, Events, News, conferences | 1 Comment

Layered Technologies, one of the world’s leaders in web hosting and server technology, is hosting a two day conference in Las Vegas, June 26-27, 2008, called the LT PACT Conference 2008. The two-day event is free, but registration is recommended.
As bloggers become more server savvy, challenging web hosts to keep up with their growing demands, [...]

Minnebar: How to build a kickass web development team

May 10, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Minnebar, conferences | Leave a Comment

Now in the discussion session on “How to build a kickass web development team”.. facilitators are from Bloomington, Minnesota web development firm Sierra Bravo.
“some of our success has come about by growing the talent within…”
Star Tribune’s project manager for the internet - “my development team is moving onto another floor - how do we [...]

Minnebar: Distributed Teams

May 10, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Minnebar, News, conferences | Leave a Comment

Sitting in on the panel discussion about Distributed Teams. I was asked to be a part of this panel and declined since my main intent here at Minnebar was to cover the vent as a blogger/journalist for The Blog Herald.
How do you build a strong distributed team for your projects(s) will be the theme [...]

Minnebar: State of Technology in Minnesota

May 10, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Minnebar, Social Media, conferences | Leave a Comment

Now in the panel discussion on State of the Technology in Minnesota with speakers from Microsoft, Split Rock Partners, Dow Jones, Geek Squad, and elsewhere…
Discussion around the level of talent in Minnesota - and seeing more folks moving back to Minnesota from silicon valley in order to work for some organizations here. Adobe has [...]

Minnebar: Enterprise Data Mashups Session

May 10, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Minnebar, Social Media, Social Software, conferences | Leave a Comment

U of MN professor teaching the session - also works at IBM.
First mashup - Mapdanjo. In the words of one participant “most crap thrown up in one place”
Again, audio/visual problems in this session (same room as last session).
Some of the mashups allow for integration of behind the firewall information as well - he’s referring [...]

Minnebar: Social Search in the Corporate Environment

May 10, 2008 | Filed Under Features, General, Minnebar, News, Search, Social Software, conferences | Leave a Comment

Now in the 10am session on Social Search in the Corporate Environment here at Minnebar.
Presenter is Rich from Honeywell Labs - he built the first websites for Honeywell back before the graphical website days when most folks were browsing using Lynx and other text online web browsers.
Original blogging platform at Honeywell was Movable Type under [...]

Minnebar: Small Teams, Big Results Session

May 10, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Minnebar, conferences | 1 Comment

Sitting here at Minnebar in the session on “Small Teams, Big Results” along with the guys from August Ash, Inc., a web design firm here in Minneapolis.
The session is being led by Ben Edwards of Refractr. Ben happens to also be the co-organizer of Minnebar.
Ben’s key point here is that small teams can be [...]

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UK companies aren’t clear on new “fake blogging” laws
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | Leave a Comment

British companies which pretend to blog as ordinary members of the public, or post multiple positive reviews as if from consumers, are now breaking UK law, yet many don’t know anything about the new legislation, according to Brands2Life.
Its director, Gareth Thomas, said that, “Most people don’t know about this law,” adding, “there is a misconception [...]

Berocca sends out Blogger Relief Packs
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | 2 Comments

The concept may not be that new, but a couple of weeks ago a colleague introduced me to Berocca’s Blogger Relief Pack. I signed up with one of my blogs, and yesterday received the pack.

While it’s not the complete answer to managing the stress of blogging, a tube of Berocca and a nice glass to [...]

ScribeFire 2.2.8 Released
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 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 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 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 [...]

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 [...]

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