Interview: Matt Meyerson on the Perez Hilton Clothing Line

May 15, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Interviews | 1 Comment

Remember the Perez Hilton to Release Clothing Line news story? Well, it got me in contact with Matt Meyerson, who worked on the deal, which I figured would be an interesting short interview.
Matt was instrumental in making the deal happen, a deal that will put Perez Hilton labeled clothes in the Hot Topic stores come […]

Interview: Colleen Coplick on Taking Over Buzz Networker

May 6, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Interviews | 7 Comments

On April 22, Colleen Coplick took the helm at b5media blog Buzz Networker, replacing former blogger Kevin Palmer. Taking charge of an established blog is always a hard thing, I know that for a fact (actually, it goes for most things), but it is something that happens all the time, with people buying and selling […]

From eMoms to Sparkplugging - an interview with Wendy Piersall

April 28, 2008 | Filed Under Bloggers, Features, Interviews, Professional Blogging | 2 Comments

Today’s interview is with Wendy Piersall, a blogger & CEO based near Chicago, Illinois. Wendy is the founder & CEO of Sparkplugging, formerly known as eMoms at Home.
In this interview, Wendy shares her experiences building a business from a spare room in her home, some tips on building a strong online community, and the […]

Followup to PR Agencies pitching Bloggers - an Interview with Justin Kistner of Voce Communications

April 27, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Interviews, PR, Social Media | 2 Comments

Last week, I blogged a story about how to pitch bloggers in response to a post by Marshall Kirkpatrick over at Read Write Web about the best way for PR firms to pitch that website and its bloggers.
I was able to spend some time last week interviewing Justin Kistner of Voce Communications via email about […]

New York Times - Q&A with Design Director Khoi Vinh

April 26, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Design, Interviews, News | Leave a Comment

Blogger Khoi Vinh, who blogs at Subtraction, is also the design director of the New York Times - where he leads a team of 11 visual designers, information architects, and design technologists that work on the user experience of nytimes.com.
He was interviewed this week in the New York Times as a part of their Ask […]

CenterNetworks interviews up and coming blogger Corvida of Shegeeks

April 26, 2008 | Filed Under Interviews, News | Leave a Comment

CenterNetworks has an interview up with up and coming blogger Corvida, better known as the blogger behind SheGeeks:

Allen: Toluu, FriendFeed, ReadBurner, RSSMeme, AlertThingy, etc. - what’s the deal? Which one(s) will make it and why?
Corvida: They’ll all make it. They all bring something to the table that everyone can benefit from. The big deal for […]

An Interview with Myself

April 21, 2008 | Filed Under Bloggers, Features, Interviews, Professional Blogging | 8 Comments

Today’s interview is with myself - Matt Craven. Matt is a blogger here at The Blog Herald, the producer and host of The Blog Herald Podcast, a principal in Bryghtpath LLC, and a rabid Twitter user.
From February 2006 to November 2006, Matt was the publisher & editor of The Blog Herald. He was […]

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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 […]