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WordPress-powered Blogs Poised to Own Google Search Results

There were two semi-related bits of news yesterday that have the potential to give WordPress-powered blogs even more of an edge in Google search rankings. Two small changes that are going to change how we find and use information, and … Continue reading

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More Focus, Less Distraction Means Less Twitter More RSS

Something has been bothering me about Twitter lately. It has nothing to so with the service, the people I follow, or those who follow me, I think it has something to do with establishing the right atmosphere for me to … Continue reading

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Observe, Learn, Adapt, Flourish–All Publishing is at a turning point

I don’t buy terribly many books anymore, or magazines, and certainly not newspapers. A bit of an ironic statement from someone who’s first book comes out in January, but I don’t equate publishing with paper. I assume that my books … Continue reading

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Full Text vs Partial Text It Isn’t The Feed But The Reader’s Interface That Matters

Scoble was always one of the staunchest proponents of full-text RSS feeds out there. Back when I was a pro-blogger trying to crank out lots of posts in a day (or hour), I agreed with him. It was much more … Continue reading

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Why Pick One RSS Reader When You Can Use Three–At The Same Time

I’ve been a hard-core RSS user since the beginning of my blogging days and I think I’ve tried almost every RSS reader out there. Mashable just put out the Top 10 RSS Readers (as chosen by readers) … good list … Continue reading

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All the extra tools bloggers need–WordCamp Victoria talk

It’s not hard to get blogging, regardless of what blog engine you use (though WordPress is the best IMHO), but there are tricks and tools that make life easier for you. At WordCamp Victoria I decided to distill and talk … Continue reading

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RSS Readers-Why have you forsaken us? Part 2: That light isn’t a train

Earlier yesterday I wrote a post lamenting the state of RSS readers–RSS Readers–Why have you forsaken us? Part 1: Setting the stage–and I didn’t have a solid idea of how RSS readers could improve themselves. I couldn’t put my head … Continue reading

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RSS Readers–Why have you forsaken us? Part 1: Setting the stage

With all of the discussion of whether RSS is dead–RSS: A good idea at the time but there are better ways now | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com–or not–Marshall Kirkpatrick, Technology Journalist » If You Think RSS is Dead Then … Continue reading

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LazyFeed info salvation, salivation, or overload?

Since I am an info glutton my ears perked up when I saw that the invite-only beta status had been taken off of LazyFeed. Come on, if Louis Gray likes it … louisgray.com: No More Beta Codes: Lazyfeed Is Open … Continue reading

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Blogging as electronic “slow food”-some things need more time.

Sometimes I wonder if the river of information we swam in during 2004, which became something more like a fire hose in the past couple years, has now become one of those super storms that people tell their grandchildren about … Continue reading

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Tweetdeck getting funding isn’t crazy, it’s the next move forward: stuff that works

Yeah I love TweetDeck , it’s open all the time and one of the first things I installed on my netbook. TweetDeck is the only way I’ve found I can get much out of Twitter at all. Iain is a … Continue reading

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