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Talking to Disqus’ Daniel Ha
If you write a blog or read blogs, one of the major challenges is managing comments. For bloggers, comments can consume a lot of cycles and can be difficult to structure and manage. For people who...
View ArticleDoes Anyone Use Trackbacks Anymore?
Yesterday, I wrote a post about why Macs are more expensive than Windows machines. In citing a couple of other blogs, I ran into a rarely-seen creature: the trackback. You know, that tool that lets...
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Has Twitter Won the Microblogging War?
The always-analytical Louis Gray delivers some excellent micro-blogging insight, looking at how Twitter saw an 18% month-over-month increase in visitors last month. Meanwhile, new rivals – Identi.ca...
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WordPress 2.7 is the Real Deal
For all the excitement about WordPress 2.5 with its pretty new design, WordPress didn’t change all that much for me. The layout was different, the design (provided by hot-shot consulting firm, Happy...
View ArticleHow About a BlogBook?
There seems to be an awful lot of excitement these days about NetBooks – small (miniaturized?) notebook computers that provide users with enough power and features to surf the Web, check e-mail, do...
View ArticleWhat About the GWriter?
Google’s pushing hard within the blogosphere with Blogger, Google Blog Search and Google Reader. But what about the idea of a blog publishing tool – aka the GWriter? It would be a standalone tool that...
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Is RSS Really Dying?
Are you still reading blogs? Do you still use an RSS readers such as Bloglines or Google Reader? Or do you get most of your blog fix from Twitter? Many of us who have embraced Twitter have discovered...
View ArticleThe Challenges of a New Blog
Last night, I was talking to someone about social media – surprise, surprise – when they mentioned that they had probably missed the boat on blogging. This is a person with lots of enthusiasm, energy...
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Reality Check: Blogs Haven’t Lost Their Mojo
One of the downsides of the hype about Twitter (aka the glamor girl) is how it makes blogs look downright dowdy. It’s easy for everyone to get all hot and bothered about 140-character (or less)...
View ArticleA Commentary About Blog Comment Systems
A few of you might have noticed that I recently switched blog comment systems – moving to Echo from IntenseDebate. The switch was mostly prompted by my frustration with IntenseDebate’s administrative...
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Next Up: A Bigger WordCamp Toronto
I attended WordCamp Toronto yesterday, and did a presentation on how to write and manage multiple blogs. The event, which continues today, is extremely well organized, teeming with enthusiasm and at...
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Blogging’s Back, Baby!
In a world dominated by tweets and updates, blogs don’t get as much love these days. No one sees blogs as sexy or overly interesting; they’re just a solid, if unspectacular, parts of the social media...
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How Much is Your Blog Worth?
How much is your blog worth? I’m not talking about the value of the site but, more important, the value of all the content you’ve diligently written for the past months or years? For many people, it’s...
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The Canadian Blog Directory Goes Live!
Earlier this week at the mesh conference, my partner, Seth Singer, and I finally unveiled The Canadian Blog Directory. It’s a project we’ve been working on for the past few months to help people...
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A Study in Contrasts: WordPress vs. Automattic
I’m a huge fan of WordPress, a content management system that powers millions of blogs and Websites. While many people know about WordPress, a much smaller number would recognize its parent company,...
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