“There are some things that become so ubiquitous and familiar to us — so seemingly obvious — that we forget that they actually had to be invented. Here’s a case in point — the weblog post’s permalink. I mean — let’s think about it. The problem was that a weblog’s front page is by far its most visited page. This is the page where everyone actually sees your content (or at least it was until the creation of RSS feeds). But it’s not possible for someone to effectively bookmark or link to that particular entry on that page, because shortly it will scroll off the bottom.”
The Haddock Directory is now closed
Bummer. Haddock was one of the first links in my late ’90s daily weblog travels: “If you’re one of Haddock.org’s few regular visitors you’ve probably noticed that the Haddock Directory part of the site had its last daily update in October. After updating the Directory every day (well, kind of) since its launch in 1997 I’d finally had enough of the dull and thankless task earlier last year.”
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The Blog Merchandising Problem, or, Blogs, V 2.0 (2.1? 3.0?)
“Late last year, in my predictions post for 2007, I mentioned something I called, quite uninventively, ‘Blog 2.0.’ More specifically I wroteL ’10. “Blog 2.0′ will become a reality. By this I mean that Version 1.0 blogsites, of which I think Searchblog is a good example, will begin to look dated and fade in comparison to sites that employ better approaches to content management, navigation, intelligent widgets and web services, etc.’”
Corporate blogs STILL suck
Ha! “‘Our corporate blog will give us a voice the consumer will be able to identify with as they buy into the lifestyle our product is selling!’ No, Mr. Businessman, corporate blogs STILL suck.” (Thanks Fimoculous!)
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World AIDS Day
“World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the global AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history… The concept of a World AIDS Day originated at the 1988 World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention. Since then, it has been taken up by governments, international organizations and charities around the world.”
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Open Sourcing My TechCrunch Work Flow
“Yesterday was my last day at TechCrunch. It’s been a good run but I’m excited to get back into consulting for non profit organizations and startup businesses. This is a post about how I did my research while writing for TechCrunch, written in the belief that the more valuable information a person shares the more likely they are to be hired to share even more information as a consultant.”
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frogblog
frogdesign starts a blog: “There’s been a lot of attention on the intersection of the business and design worlds recently. The goal of this blog is to explore some of the many topics that fall under this broad umbrella. Some of these areas: strategic decision-making, innovation strategy, systematizing innovation, business transformation, new tools and methodologies, and education. And whatever else happens to strike my fancy.”
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5 Essential OSX Blogging Tools
“Blogging can be a hugely rewarding and satisfying hobby, or in some cases job. But it does have its tough times, especially when it comes to composing, publishing, and announcing your posts. Fortunately for those users on the Mac platform there are some great tools to streamline your blogging process — let’s take a look.”
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Bloggers on Blogging: Jason Kottke
“Jason Kottke started kottke.org on March 1998. Before kottke.org, he did a variety of personal projects online, including the well-regarded episodic web site 0sil8. He has a BA in Physics from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In February 2005, Jason famously left his job as a Web designer to start blogging full-time, supported by donations from his readers. One year later, he retired the ‘micropatron’ experiment and joined an ad network to support his site. He now blogs and designs websites. He is 32, and lives in New York City with his wife, Meg Hourihan.” Also, Kottke on How I Blog.
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Matt Haughey Tells All
“The first session at Webvisions is Matt Haughey talking about blogging professionally. Here are my notes from his talk.”
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