Items about tools for blogging 151 Blog Tools 2010-09-02T20:19:13 Karl Moneyman barry.david.adams@gmail.com Quick Online Tips 2010-09-02T19:13:13

Guest post by Michael Fridman. What makes you think you will get rich? This is an uncomfortable query. A lot of people would come up with the answer: “because I...

cdd2a8d1b8eea4fa57ceb979f652ee34 Quick Online Tips 2010-09-02T18:49:18

Apple has launched the new iPod nano with Multi-Touch. iPod nano has been completely redesigned with Multi-Touch using the same technology that powers iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch and is...

9c68c8a2099d83b98a95a7eefe711f71 Quick Online Tips 2010-09-02T08:18:14

Now you can watch free Hindi Movies online and watch Bollywood movies online on Youtube legally. If you visit the Youtube movies section, there is  dedicated Bollywood movies section there...

66cd0e4c91ccbd9e3310ee3bfd071a6d The AppsLab 2010-09-01T21:06:00

Photo by good friend Eddie Awad from Flickr used under Creative Commons A couple items of note heading into OpenWorld. Current students can get into JavaOne and Oracle Develop for free.  There are a few qualifications: You must be enrolled in an accredited nonprofit institutions of learning during the Fall semester/quarter of 2010, taking a [...]

11a9df3ea2b25ff73c87014eb78dd3ac The Blog Herald 2010-09-01T17:41:55

Gowalla today rolled out a new feature called ‘highlights’ and by using this feature users can now give little items to places they visit, marking them with useful icons to show off their importance. While the program offers basic items, such as “Best Cup” for cups of coffee, it also features some wacky options like “My [...]

140eae150932e3460b3b9e2a379ab663 Lorelle on WordPress 2010-09-01T01:11:56

In Dallas, August 29, 2010, at OpenCamp I presented “Mind Blowing WordPress Plugins.” Here are the WordPress Plugins and more features during my presentation. Let me first define what my qualifications for a “mind blowing WordPress Plugin” were, as I had to sift through thousands of Plugins and then filter down to include the following [...]

7968cfff0e1b41a0746004e8068b5c7c The Blog Herald 2010-08-31T23:55:53

After reviewing VaultPress by Automattic (the creators of WordPress), there has been a lot of spirited debate online (and off) over how much one should pay to backup their WordPress blog. Although cheaper alternatives are available, very few match the backup frequency of VaultPress, save one which is blogVault. Created by Inactiv Media Solutions, blogVault offers users [...]

5a6303ef690af4c8e0113f05ec10ce63 The Blog Herald 2010-08-31T22:09:51

With more blogs embracing Disqus dead simple comment service, the engineers behind the company have decided to roll out a new tool to help publishers gain more insight about their commentors. Unfortunately the new feature is not yet ready for prime time, although Disqus is asking for a few brave blog volunteers to help them work [...]

e3fda55d98f9e2c9c28219be53a97d07 The Blog Herald 2010-08-31T19:46:21

A 11 years ago on this day a man named Evan Williams set out on a quest to make blogging easier. After much thought, sweat and hard work he introduced the world to Blogger, which was later on assimilated by Google. Fast forward to today and Blogger is the number one platform in the world (according to Quantcast) [...]

806cbc2ddc141ef8ce53ef3c7ffe0215 The AppsLab 2010-08-31T19:09:17

This is a fascinating piece, albeit speculative, about Google’s recent foray into VoIP with GMail Voice. Gmail Voice Is About Future Search, Not Free Calls It seems very likely to be true, considering Google’s similar use of reCAPTCHA for digitizing print. If true, do you care? Should Google’s T&C for GMail Voice make their intentions [...]

541ad6a6d275349110b721893ac860a5 The AppsLab 2010-08-31T19:05:10

Quiet time often produces the best thinking because it helps thoughts bubble up to the top of your mind. You know the places, in the shower, on the can, lying in bed. Don’t act all surprised. I often get these moments when I’m alone in the car, especially if I’m driving on a highway. Even [...]

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Today is August 31, its Blog Day 2010! The blogosphere is discovering new, unknown Blogs, and celebrating the discovery of new people and new bloggers. “BlogDay was created with the...

2e7a948f6243b75249f866bd2a729d7b The AppsLab 2010-08-31T18:24:19

Photo by koalazymonkey on Flickr used under Creative Commons Saw an interesting quote attributed to Mark Zuckerberg yesterday: But guess what? Nobody wants to make lists. A bit out of context, but Zuckerberg was expanding on the best way to share things with a network of people. He’s absolutely right about lists. They are simultaneously [...]

d3c80ca2dabfbd5d392c70d34ebe1f63 Quick Online Tips 2010-08-31T18:14:37

Gmail Priority Inbox is Google’s answer to fix Email Overload. Is your Gmail inbox cluttered with useless emails while important emails are missed in the email flood? You need this…...

4421ebbdba6385eb683c8968129f2ecf Quick Online Tips 2010-08-31T18:02:03

Google encouraged Googlers to create amazing Googley Art Wall  and decided to awards the contest winner a nice dinners and a donation to the charity of its choice. So Googlers...

0629201eb86761c29664e801780eec5c The Blog Herald 2010-08-31T11:00:12

This is a guest post by Kim De, a freelance writer and author of Zen Kitchen, a blog focused on recipes and food issues. Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For animals to remain strong and healthy under adverse situations. For humans to maintain their well-being. For agriculture to satisfy human needs [...]

d069f3cb6bac23b5d3c811145bbb500d The Blog Herald 2010-08-30T22:12:24

It looks like any third party twitter clients that survived tweetageddon will now have to embrace OAuth for their applications over the next 48 hours or face tweet extinction. If you are like most Twitter users, you have used use a third-party Twitter application to read or send Tweets. As of August 31, Twitter applications will [...]

1efbd515a0354226f2bc85118d3fcb81 The Blog Herald 2010-08-30T19:58:40

After previously relaunching their site, it looks as if predictions of Digg’s demise may have been preliminary at best, thanks in part to Digg’s heavy embrace of social networking. Although locating friends on other social networks (like Twitter and Google) via Digg’s profile finder makes the site much easier to embrace, it seems as finding Facebook friends [...]

e38b06baefbd237a8015a835ef003ef4 The Blog Herald 2010-08-30T18:22:54

After being envious of their WordPress friends, it looks like we might be witnessing the making of a Textpattern iPhone app in the (hopefully) near future. I’ve got to commission an iOS developer in late 2010, early 2011 to make an app for a client’s website. Since they will be tapping into the site’s txp database [...]

cac82ade5da0d5444f8f263f9d258507 The Blog Herald 2010-08-30T18:10:48

It’s official, Foursquare has hit three million users, only two months after the location-based app surpassed the two million mark. The new milestone is an important one for Foursquare who now faces increased competition from Facebook Places. Ian Paul of PC World, points out that Facebook Places may actually be helping FourSquare attract a new audience who [...]

d8814f2b51f84060961bde7b8ba533f2 The AppsLab 2010-08-30T17:18:01

The guys at Pythian, specifically Alex Gorbachev (@alexgorbachev) will be continuing the grand tradition of hosting a blogger meetup at OpenWorld this year. This meetup is a must attend because it’s the best opportunity all year long to meet your favorite Oracle bloggers and tweeters IRL and put a face with a digital identity. Oh, [...]

74ec461a3c2cd44c4edabf9f1ebda24a The Blog Herald 2010-08-30T17:04:16

When a site goes down for a week with the promise of debuting a new, more streamlined interface, I would in the least expect that site to launch with something usable if not improved, but that isn’t the case with popular random video chat site ChatRoulette. It’s obvious that ChatRoulette had problems with their new integration, [...]

25bd64da467be7f79c75aedbfdc494f2 Quick Online Tips 2010-08-30T15:55:55

Guest post by Hector Cuevas. Ever wanted to create more blog content in less time? I often hear, “writing blog posts takes too much of my time…” or “I don’t...

b94adb24f71334ed5e1763f084476426 Technology Nerd 2010-08-29T20:01:19

Apple’s magical and revolutionary iPad is NOW SHIPPING, again. The Apple iPad tablet that was out of stock for some time apparently due to the inadequate availability of the IPS panels used for its display is now back in the markets. All the iPad models including the 16GB iPad, 32GB iPad and 64GB iPad for [...]

b6584005b566a14c6d9cae98dd29374a Technology Nerd 2010-08-28T21:01:45

Almost every day, we hear of a tablet PC – either in the form of inchoate rumors or nascent leaks, very rarely in official announcements. And now, we have caught wind of Toshiba Corporation’s allegedly upcoming tablet PC named ‘Toshiba Smartpad’. Netbook Italia, which posted the first pictures of the Toshiba Tablet PC, has shed [...]

b3f43cf8d4b5eec7d133974f01d2d23c Technology Nerd 2010-08-28T20:23:32

Now, here we have a delicately intricate function from an iPhone case. It transforms your regular micro-SIM compatible iPhone into a dual-SIM iPhone. Now, by dual SIM iPhone, we don’t really want to hunt for a dual SIM slot under the back cover. A Dual Sim iPhone may be a practically non-existent future, we all [...]

17252e647fcaaeab3695f495bb63968a Technology Nerd 2010-08-27T19:53:04

We love Mercedes, many of us (if not all) count it in our list of most favorite and desirable cars. But, that’s just the case with any Mercedes lover, isn’t it? What if we tell they have a Mercedes for the geek (and a business man) in you. Yes, folks, yes! Now here’s a combination [...]

8fd1a71712e2b480d4e2ece65098c222 Technology Nerd 2010-08-27T19:16:12

Just as it was rumored before, Verizon has now released the HTC Droid Incredible Android 2.2 update to Droid Incredible users. The update, which pushes the current Android operating system 2.1 to version 2.2 brings with it a lot of interesting and utilitarian features. The Droid Incredible Froyo update not only spruces the performance of [...]

a3d38a870a840d287df6ad0d320bd381 Technology Nerd 2010-08-27T18:31:18

iPhone mysteries, iPod launches, keynotes on other iDevices and iOS advancements -  that’s what we usually ideate about when Cupertino giant Apple Inc., announces that its holding a press meet. It’s that time of the year again, for the invitees to scribble a page and snap a gizmo, while the rest of the world watches [...]

1e1877169c5debba93685aa616620018 Quick Online Tips 2010-08-27T18:00:40

Guest post by Sophie Williams. Here are some blogging tips for beginners and new bloggers. A blog is an online journal where you can share your ideas and thoughts easily....

481769ba8232355fbd38c766c6fedb0f The AppsLab 2010-08-27T09:03:47

I love a good meme, not sure why, but I think it’s because of that moment when you can work a meme into everyday life. Awesome feeling, at least for me, but then again, I’m a giant dork. Memes, of the internets variety, are a lot like geek speak, and I’m pondering the idea of [...]

15075557553ad6dcee5160321f3f3b74 Technology Nerd 2010-08-26T20:17:14

If you thought Notion Ink’s Adam would be the only Android PC in India, think again. Here’s an eye-opener. Just after we recently reported about Indian government’s contrive for launching a low-budget tablet PC for students, some interesting news of another tablet PC called Olive Pad (Androi-based) have come to our notice. The Olive Pad [...]

d45f73036fa14c4bc4ce5b03cd956ff2 Quick Online Tips 2010-08-26T19:31:38

Its time to remove Google.com as your homepage. Switch to Google Realtime Search which lets you see up-to-the-second social updates from Twitter / Facebook, breaking news articles and buzzing blog...

59577d6aac85a5b2506a1024fbf13253 Quick Online Tips 2010-08-26T18:54:53

If you visit Digg.com right now, the new Digg has broken an axle. The site is offline and a huge banner is posted across. Digg switched to v4 today and...

96adb92e6a1f35be1f6c6996ba45f466 Technology Nerd 2010-08-25T19:12:35

Research in Motion has just announced the Blackberry App World 2.0 and made it available for download. The new version of the Blackberry App World software, which allows Blackberry users to browse, download and install third party apps, comes with an interesting array of features. Here is what is new.  RIM has classified five primary [...]

89a1e99c7e6bcbfae7a2277ce06f2381 Technology Nerd 2010-08-25T18:49:50

Facebook, by all due truth, is now an inevitable web place visited by more than 500 million users. That’s no wonder. But even with the majority of the users relying on their home computers or netbooks for signing into facebook -  presumably the most popular social networking site in existence, the number of Facebook mobile [...]

9568892214ebb84eb612c4a97f07c960 Technology Nerd 2010-08-25T16:01:48

Dell Aero Android Phone, popularly known as Dell Mini 3i is now officially available for sale through AT&T. Announced in early 2010, the Dell Mini 3i had kept its anticipators waiting for quite long, inevitably churning out undesirous criticism and a possibly not-so-good market position for itself.  Talking about its form factor, it’s a touchscreen [...]

6c65bdcf7d53a2faf4345f288e31de0d The AppsLab 2010-08-24T19:49:11

Friend of the ‘Lab, Tim Hall (@oraclebase) posted a quick note over the weekend that caught my eye. More PC support… | The ORACLE-BASE Blog For me, the interesting part part is his question: “How are normal folk meant to cope with this?” This isn’t rhetorical either. It’s a serious issue with technology. Most of us [...]

97d24d4cdfb481dc9ce80707581df918 The AppsLab 2010-08-24T17:31:58

If you’re attending OpenWorld (@oracleopenworld) in September, you’re probably starting to plan your schedule. Trust me, this isn’t something you want to leave for the plane ride or the first day. This year, OpenWorld, Develop and JavaOne are all happening at once, September 19-23, and sheer volume of content is enormous. With all that good [...]

ad00a8179aeff9e9e7b272826aa33933 The AppsLab 2010-08-23T21:52:11

Not sure how the city can trace bloggers who should pay this, but assuming they have that magic figured out, does it make sense to charge bloggers a fee at all? Philadelphia Bloggers’ License – $300 Fee | Geekosystem The economics of this are quirky. The cost of identifying and notifying bloggers has to outweigh [...]

371201aeef184fea7eb3c8381f3c8785 The AppsLab 2010-08-23T18:50:13

This was inevitable, and I think “grows” is a bit out-of-context. The feature launched last week so any growth measurement is premature. Discontent Grows With Facebook Places’ Ability To Tag Without Users’ Express Permission I did notice a few people in my News Feed were using Places, and frankly, I was a bit surprised with [...]

229b5430bee18ebfb5686b733521f27e The AppsLab 2010-08-20T18:03:12

Continuing a Friday tradition, today I’m sharing a couple web design blog that you’ll find useful, Smashing Magazine and 1stwebdesigner. Smashing Magazine (@smashingmag) First suggested to me by Rich (@rmanalan), Smashing has tons of resources for web designers/developers, ranging from operational stuff like how to work with clients to free-to-use fonts and icon packs to [...]

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About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review August 20, 2010 This year's advice for journalism students By Robert Niles No comments Archive Link Students will be arriving or returning to journalism schools over the next month , providing me with a convenient excuse to offer students some beginning-of-the-year . advice 1. Don't believe that journalism school will help you prepare for your . career Why Because your journalism career's already started . The moment you first posted a comment , photo or status update to the Web , you began your

f4ebd4dae4f0d43b6f885c858b6bfc58 The AppsLab 2010-08-17T23:14:54

Last week, you’ll recall I had a bit of an adventure upgrading my EVO to Android 2.2. The reason was to test drive a couple new features that Google announced last week, Chrome to Phone and Voice Actions. Chrome to Phone is a Chrome extension that can send data from your browser to your phone. [...]

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: About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review August 17, 2010 Choose Your Multimedia Tools Strategically : Story is Still King By Marc Cooper No comments Archive Link If everyone who has a hammer sees a world made only of nails , do reporters who know Illustrator think the world is one big infographic Choosing the right tool to tell the right story is one of the greatest challenges we faced during this summer's round of Carnegie-Knight News21 fellowships at USC Annenberg . Our mandate , like that of any cutting-edge news crew , was to at

0a5c25df2dc3e9c2afc2c268c95031f2 The AppsLab 2010-08-17T16:28:11

I’ve been playing foursquare for about a year now, and one of my primary reasons has always been to visualize my movement through the world. Weeplaces provides the coolest foursquare checkin visualization I’ve seen so far. HOW TO: Visualize All Your Foursquare Check-ins Each city builds with traveling lines while time progresses across the bottom [...]

ec3e33795bfd50c625bbe01341f89c86 Lorelle on WordPress 2010-08-16T20:21:17

I will be presenting a session on “Mind Blowing WordPress Plugins” at OpenCamp in Dallas, August 27-29, 2010, and I want to introduce you to some of the WordPress Plugins I will be talking about to tease and tempt you, as well as to showcase the innovations that are out there in the WordPress Plugin [...]

b2be7f4aab43dfab1a4df928b163b992 The AppsLab 2010-08-16T18:08:43

This is another one of those informational posts that’s as much for me as it is for you and Google. Unlike the iPhone, which makes it very difficult to install non-approved apps on a jailed phone, installing non-Android Market apps on an Android phone is a breeze. So, if someone sends you an apk to [...]

5e93fc25a52d20daf764eb8e358a1730 The AppsLab 2010-08-13T22:26:34

I love Android. I love my EVO. I’m grateful that Google opened my eyes. But, there’s a rub with Android. It’s the same one with Linux. They’re both too hard. Let me qualify before you break out the flamethrower. Obviously, they would be similar, since Android is based Linux kernel. When I talk about Linux, [...]

a30cbc37f8cddfc49763a5abfc20415a Lorelle on WordPress 2010-08-13T19:25:48

A few people were concerned when I started my first Blog Struggles Diary recommending that I not blog every day thus changing the whole tone of my site. This confused me as I thought this was what my site was about. I had to take some time to think about that…then life and work interfered, [...]

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: About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review August 11, 2010 Lessons from launch : How TBD.com is trying to engage the community to build its business By Robert Niles No comments Archive Link This week , Allbritton Communications launched its new online portal and news website for the Washington D.C . metropolitan area : TBD.com TBD.com draws upon the reporting staff of Allbritton's DC-area ABC affiliate , WJLA , and its existing cable news channel formerly known as News Channel 8 blending them with an expanding online reporting staff ,

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About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review August 6, 2010 The only metric that matters By Robert Niles 2 comments Archive Link In the nearly 15 years that I've been working online , I've watched the most popular metric among Web publishers change from hits , to page views , to unique visitors to time on site . But none of those metrics really matter . I've seen sites post phenomenal numbers for each of those categories , and fail . There's one metric , and only one , that truly matters in determining your websites's commercial . success

240635e59fb45540c10bb2f794e48a31 Lorelle on WordPress 2010-08-05T07:01:37

In May of 2010, over 150 of the brightest minds in online business, web publishing, blogging, and social media gathered in Chicago for the 4th annual Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon). It was an amazing experience for all with three days of non-stop business strategies and techniques for online business. And they are doing [...]

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, , About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review August 3, 2010 On the Internet , no one has to be a gatekeeper , but everyone can be By Robert Niles 1 comment Archive Link We've well established by now that the Internet has crippled the news industry's role as gatekeeper of information in society . News sources now can communicate directly with the public , with unprecedented immediacy and scale . When the President of the United States wants to send a message to the public , he can issue a statement , call a press conference or schedule

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About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review July 30, 2010 What skills do you need to succeed in your journalism career By Robert Niles No comments Archive Link A generation ago , the skills you needed as a journalist were well-defined . If you were going to work in a print newsroom , you needed to know how to report and write . If you wanted to work in photojournalism , you needed to develop still photography and photo editing skills . Videographers needed to know how to shoot and edit video . Broadcast journalists needed to develop the

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