LOST IN THE DARK RIDE

You are browsing the archives of 2008 August 15.

View the full sized version of this video at Blip, YouTube or Viddler (you’ll probably want to to see the text of what I’m talking about).
Yesterday I wrote about how to choose a topic to write about for blog posts and today in this video post I want to follow up this topic with a [...]

Today SixApart have launched Movable Type 4.2 and Movable Type Pro.
MT was the first blogging platform that I experienced (after a brief stint with blogger.com) and for a long while it had everything that I needed - however in time it became a little slow and problematic and with the surge in popularity around WordPress [...]

Ever had a ‘defining moment’ that changed the direction of your blog? A moment of realization that makes you stop in your tracks and reinvent your approach?
Maria Gajewski from Never The Same River Twice emailed me today to tell me about her recent defining moment which she calls her Authentic Blogging Manifesto in which she [...]

Today I’d like to talk about choosing topics for blog posts as part of our series on how to craft a blog post.
Image by devorocks81
Choosing the right topic to write about on your blog is vital if you want to write a post that engages your reader.

Rushing the choice of topic can set you [...]

It has been two weeks since the launch of the BlogMastermind blog mentoring program and today I thought I’d ask some of those that I referred to the program to review it for me. While I think it’s a great resource I wanted to give actual participants in the program the opportunity to have their [...]

‘How do I make my page load faster?’ - it’s a question I get a bit so I thought I’d ask Aaron Brazell from Technosailor to tackle the question and offer some suggestions around enhancing page load times.
“The internet is dying.”
This phrase, though probably a bit sensationalist, is also not far from the truth. As [...]

This morning I got on the phone with internet marketer Jack Humphrey as part of his webside chats series of interviews. It was an enjoyable 45 minutes which you can listen into here:

Jack also has some other great interviews in his series - check them out here.
Share This

http://problogger.net

The new Ben Stiller film "Tropic Thunder" is facing protests and a boycott by people with disabilities
for its repeated use of the word "retard." The film’s controversial
premiere coincided this week with the launch of a new campaign to get people to
stop the demeaning use of the "R-word."

read more

http://oneworld.net

Despite a Tuesday ceasefire agreement, ongoing hostilities and other evidence indicate that Russia may be determined to keep Georgia from regaining control over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, reports a Georgia-based journalist.

read more

http://oneworld.net

UPPER DIR, Pakistan, Aug 14 (IPS) - "We have been staying in this camp
for two days. My daughter is still in Loi Sam, which we left due to
heavy shelling by the army," says Gul Pari, who fled the fighting in
volatile Bajaur Agency, a tribal area on Pakistan’s northern border.

Inter Press Service

read more

http://oneworld.net