Blogging Halloween Part I
October 28, 2008
This Halloween is more interesting considering of the Presidential Elections that takes place just a few days after everyone recovers from their Halloween hangovers. It is additionally scarier that year considering of reality. The stock market and the economy have been more frightening than any Halloween costume, decoration or horror movie. Here’s a look at some of the trends and Halloween happeni…
Blogosphere Highlights 10-26-08
October 27, 2008
Here are some blogosphere highlights from Around the Web.
Martha Stewart did a show
all about blogging.
A blog that hearts stairs: stairporn.org.
A designer named Richard Haines draws the stylish looking men he sees in a blog called
What I Saw Today. (via Style.com via The Pipeline)
Wired’s Storyboard is an almost-real-time, behind-the-scenes look at the assigning, writing, editing, and designing…
Plant Joins the Blogosphere
October 26, 2008
The Telegraph reports that a pot plant named Midori-san has joined the blogosphere. Midori-san’s short entries include a self-photo and comments about the weather like, “It was cloudy today. It was a cold day.”
Midori-san, which lives on the counter of a Japanese cafe, writes regular updates with the help of sensors attached to its leaves.
The detectors pick up electronic signals on the surface…
AOL Applauds Its Own Blog Success
October 23, 2008
AOL has released a press release applauding their blog success on the third anniversary of the Weblogs Inc. acquisition. In the release AOL notes that they honed the Weblogs, Inc. portfolio down to 29 blogs.
AOL celebrates the third anniversary of its acquisition of Weblogs, Inc. that month. In 2005, Weblogs had a large portfolio of niche blogs targeted at business and professional users, in …
The FAIL Meme Continues
October 22, 2008
Everyone is using the term FAIL now to signify failure and screw-ups and that may mean the meme is close to peaking. It is unlikey FAIL is going to spread so deeply into the mainstream media that major newspapers start using it in headlines but FAIL does thrive online. There is Twitter’s Fail Whale and the popular Failblog. The Examiner’s Web Buzz blog explains that FAIL is useful online consideri…
Glam Launches Men’s Blog and Ad Network
October 22, 2008
Glam.com is celebrating its fourth anniversary with the launch of a new men’s blog called Brash.com to go along with its larger women’s offering at glam.com. The Brash Network will launch with five channels: Men’s Lifestyle, Entertainment, Tech, Auto and News.
Brash.com is commemorating its launch with the release of the first annual Brash Hall of Fame and Brash 100 lists honoring the bold and…
Britney Spears Starts Video Blog
October 16, 2008
Following the launch of her steamy new video, Britney Spears has come out with a revamped britneyspears.com website. The website includes a blog about Britney Spears updated by Team Britney and guest bloggers.
The new site additionally includes video blog posts from Britney Spears. Here’s the first one where she explains what her new website will offer. Britney says, “I’m taking you where no papa…
Today is Blog Action Day
October 15, 2008
Today is Blog Action Day. that year’s data is about global poverity. Thousands of blogs are participating in spreading the report.
First and last, the purpose of Blog Action Day is to create a discussion. We ask bloggers to take a singled-out day out of their schedule and focus it on an vital issue.
By doing so on the same day, the blogging community effectively changes the conversation on the…
Automattic Acquires PollDaddy
October 15, 2008
WordPress parent Automattic has acquired PollDaddy, an online service that lets society create polls and surveys. Matt Mullenweg blogs about the acquisition here.
For a year or two now, I’ve been minorly obsessed with polls and surveys as a method of lightweight interaction that engages casual users of your website and additionally can get you some really fun goods to play with. I’ve additional…
Engadget Named Official CES Blog Parnter
October 15, 2008
AOL’s Engadget technology blog has been named the Official Blog Partner of the 2009 universal CES. Engadget was selected by the Consumer Electronics organization (CEA). CES is a big deal in the gadget and tech blogosphere.
“CES’s choice of Engadget as its Official Blog Partner further cements the publication’s place as the leading voice in consumer electronics coverage. Our award-winning site w…