Category Archives: Blogs
WordPress Takes It On the Chin
Over the weekend, Robert Scoble had a public (and well warranted) temper tantrum after his WordPress blog was hacked. Not surprisingly, the experience left him upset and digitally vulnerable. But what really disappointed Scoble was WordPress’ casual and, arguably, cavalier, … Continue reading
Blogger: The Rodney Dangerfield of Blogging
A post by Louis Gray about the Blogger recently celebrating its 10th anniversary caught my attention for several reasons. One, it’s hard to believe anything on the mainstream anything on the mainstream Web is a decade old until you remember … Continue reading
When Will Twitter Stop Being Cool?
As the number of Twitter users continues to climb – 44.5 million in June, according to comScore – I’m starting to wonder when Twitter’s gloss is going to fade, and whether Twitter will go through the same kind of user … Continue reading
New Look for MET
For a long time, I’ve been thinking about creating a “personal portal” that would tie together all of my digital activity – blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, LinkedIn, as well as my business, ME Consulting. There never seemed to be enough … Continue reading
Spam Getting More Sophisticated
Say what you want about spammers but they definitely creative. Take, for example, what they’re doing with comments on blogs. At first blush, the comments look legit. But if you look at the e-mail and Web site address, you realize … Continue reading
Where Are the Comment Search Engines?
There seems to be no lack of entrepreneurs willing to take a crack at developing a new search engine – even if it means going to head to head with Google. Whether it’s Wolfram Alpha, Bing, Cuil or Blekko, there … Continue reading →