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Prologue: Microblogging with WordPress

Have you seen Prologue, the new WordPress theme inspired by Twitter, to say the least. The whole idea is to let groups of people post small blog posts.
Read about it here, visit the demo blog, and nab it for yourself here.

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On Being Critical

The Design Critique post hacking away on Read/WriteWeb’s design made people react. That’s a good thing, I think, because the whole idea with the post was to pick the RWW design apart, and give you my opinion on it. Especially Stephen found this offensive, and that sparked a debate with Fantan.
I like debates and disagreements. [...]

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Linkbait is Boring

I’m no master of writing wicked linkbait, getting a thousand crazy linkage, reaching the frontpage of Digg, and so on. In a way, I pride myself with that, because most of this kind of content is downright boring.
Think about it, another 35 ways to do this or that list, do we need that?
At times, absolutely. [...]

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Matt is Mad, Invites Spam on Blog

Matt Mullenweg, of WordPress fame, is mad, and this time I’m not bitching about not giving designer credits in the upcoming (?) WordPress.com theme marketplace. No, this is even zanier.
You see, Matt recently published a post titled Top Emailers on his blog, listing the ten people that sent him most e-mails in 2007. Toni Schreider [...]

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IZEARanks launches - who will use it?

IZEA, the folks behind everyone’s favorite blog corruptor, PayPerPost, have launched IZEARanks, their PageRank alternative. Basically, it’s a service that lets you rank your blog and have it displayed to the public, giving you credit and authority where it is due. You install IZEA Toolkit, claim your blog, and you’re on your way. It all [...]

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Feeling Force-Fed after the Holidays

I almost got feed fatigue (does anyone use that expression?) yesterday. It was my first day back at work, and it consisted solely of answering e-mails and scanning my RSS feeds, which amassed to 1,000+ stories, which in reality was more like 10,000+ stories!
Now, I’m a harsh RSS user. If I don’t find myself following [...]

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Enjoy the Holidays

Enjoy the Holidays, dear readers, whether you celebrate Christmas, or do something else. Just enjoy them, and try not to work. Taking a break from blogging is important.
Which I’m doing, including a trip to Milan, Italy.
So Happy Holiday’s to you all! We’ll be back again on January 7th-ish.

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Video: TDH on Pownce going Mobile

Microblogging is cool, with Twitter, Jaiku, Tumblr, and Pownce, among others. The latter now have added a mobile interface, apparently not really meant to go online already, but I tried it out, of course.
Before we get to the video, I’d just like to say that I enjoy Pownce a lot. I’m even a pro user. [...]

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Prettier Posts: Style Your Text with Headings

So we’ve cleaned up our listings, and our posts are already a lot prettier with images, right? Good.
Now what?
Well, if you’re the kind of person who writes looong blog posts, then you could make them easier to handle with some stylish headings.
Now, before we move on with this you need to figure out something about [...]

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Multiple Blogs or Power Houses?

I’ve been thinking a lot on whether it’s a good idea as a publisher to focus on several smaller blogs, or try to build a real power house. In my opinion, it’s not an obvious choice for someone that wants in the new media publishing sphere.
On one hand, having a bunch of smaller blogs means [...]