26 Reasons Why You Probably Shouldn’t Blog Late At Night
Maybe you should just log off, close the laptop, and get some rest…
Maybe you should just log off, close the laptop, and get some rest…
It’s really pretty and seems pretty well-thought-out, but would anyone actually use it?
The battle for Song of the Summer is heating up. (via robotindisguise.tumblr.com) View Image ›
A robust blogosphere, with populist and nationalist leanings, is becoming the defacto voice of the people in China.
About a week ago I started seeing a curious number of tweets, links and Google Alerts to a popular blog post I wrote 4 years ago. The reason was that today happens to be the four year anniversary of that post which first introduced the idea of Social Media Optimization or SMO as it is now popularly known into the world of digital marketing.
Food blogs and bloggers have become a new staple of online food writing. They are everywhere, but bloggers themselves are still struggling to gain legitimacy.
Some people are under the impression that blogs are good for SEO only if they’re updated frequently. How much does frequency play into PageRank for blogs & other dynamic sites? Isn’t the content more important than the simple # of posts per day/week? Watch Video ›
Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions “mumble” — the translation of tweet — and give mini-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor. The arrival of the Japanese language Twitter service in 2008 tapped into a greater sense of individuality in Japan, especially among younger people less accepting of the understatement and conformity their culture is usually associated with, analysts say.
If you have a blog, you tell stories. You may have dealt with the frustration of not having very many people see your stories, of not having enough subscribers or readers. Nevertheless, you keep on documenting your life in your blog posts, your Facebook status updates, your Twitter feed.
Harriet The Spy meets blogging. And apparently, there is such a job as “class blogger.” And apparently, this can even be turned into a Disney Channel movie. Watch Video ›
A blogger dedicated a site to writing jokes in hopes of getting hired for a gig at Late Night (he Tweets, too). Hey if you can’t join ‘em…set up a blog or whatever. Read More ›
Liberia’s Alfred Sirleaf started his blackboard blog, the “Daily News,” so he could get news to those who couldn’t afford newspapers, let alone computers. He even has footer and sidebar ads! Watch Video ›
Neil Patrick Harris, on the cutting-edge since 1992. I’m a little alarmed that he’s blogging about his mother, but I guess that’s allowed at 16? Maybe? Watch Video ›
Akin to the Slow Food Movement, Slow Blogging refers to a “rejection of immediacy,” and an “affirmation that not all things worth reading are written quickly.” In other words, forget everything you learned from Arianna Huffington, Nick Denton, and Buzzfeed, and just…chill…(but don’t be surprised if you lose your readers in the process). Read More ›
Finally a chance to tell the president and the candidates for a new one what you’re really thinking. As the site’s ticking clock shows, there are only 119 days and change before a new president is elected. Take that time to write a post or record a video intended for Bush, Obama, or McCain. At the end of each month, all of the posts will be sent to the offices of the president and the candidates. Read More ›
Burning Man’s up-to-the-minute blog from the desert. With the annual desert art orgy kicking off today in Black Rock City, Nevada, the Burning Blog should be fun to watch for info, news, happenings, and more! Never before has blogging been so hot. Read More ›
Southern California has an earthquake, and we know thanks to bloggers! More news as there are updates — looks like the quake only just struck, but there’s still been time for the blogosphere to pat itself on the back for beating the mainstream media to the story. Read More ›
A website that aggregates newly posted blog entries with the phrase “I feel” and “I am feeling”, so you can research how people are feeling on a global scale. The entries are searchable by feeling, date, weather, location, and blogger’s age to help you answer questions like: Do Europeans feel sad more often than Americans? What are the most representative feelings of female New Yorkers in their 20s? What do people feel like in Baghdad right now? Read More ›