Andrew G.R. - Instablogs
Jun 14 2009
Everyday I find myself adding more and more apps to my Firefox experience. The latest is notable. It’s name? Notable. An add-on for Firefox 3, the app lets you capture Web pages for feedback with a single click. You can leave notes for...
Jun 13 2009
File this one under ‘we knew it was coming.’ There are unconfirmed reports that Google will build a search engine that will allow users to better filter results - similar to the process currently used for a Google blog search. With a growing...
Jun 11 2009
Say what you want on your blog, just don’t encourage your readers to do bad things. That’s the message sent today when a political blogger was charged and arrested for encouraging his blog’s visitors to “to take up arms”...
Jun 11 2009
Whether it’s tiny text in the newspaper or the voiceover guy on the radio, every “deal,” “discount,” and “giveaway” has fine print. Here are two that are irritating me today. There has been a lot of hype about...
Jun 10 2009
One blogger has received some major league attention from baseball player Raul Ibanez after insinuating that the athlete’s stellar start to the season might be a result of steroid abuse. “You can have my urine, my hair, my blood, my stool...
Jun 10 2009
Recently I’ve added a new tool to my blogging arsenal. I’m relying on Google Voice. There are two primary ways I am using it to help me in my blogging endeavors. 1) I leave myself voicemails that are the seeds of a blog post. The system...
Jun 9 2009
There’s a new site that all bloggers need to go register for - now! (Well, after you read this post) The site is Scribnia, and it is a community where you can discover new bloggers while you promote your blogs as well. Scribnia was built with the...
Jun 9 2009
I often find that folks who would like to believe that blogging and Tweeting are just “passing fads,” will point to the extremely high abandon rate of both mediums. There has been a lot of buzz recently about the volume of people bailing on...
Jun 7 2009
It was only a matter of time, eh? Based on last week’s news regarding baseball manage Tony La Russa’s lawsuit against Twitter, Biz Stone and the gang have announced Verified Accounts - the beta version coming soon to a tweeter near...
Jun 7 2009
It’s sunny. 80 degrees. There’s a nice breeze. I smell flowers. The sky is blue. Off in the distance I hear kids playing and the chimes of the ice cream truck. I am blogging. In my backyard. Outdoors. Over the past few years the...