Autoblog is one of my favorite vehicle news blogs, and I had to admit, that because I only read it via my feed reader, I didn’t really notice its new design, and quickly skipped over the post about it, but when Matt (thanks Matt) wrote me to let me know that not only had they [...]

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Jonathan Snook, a web developer and speaker I respect a lot, has posted some details on how people with things to say can get into having speaking engagements.
He lists tips like just asking, as conference makers are always looking for new blood, and having an idea, as that will entice them to use you and [...]

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iBegin has released a weather service, called iBegin Weather. Living in Canada, nice looking weather interfaces are few and far between. iBegin has done a great job in created a fast-loading, easy to use, and easy on the eyes (I like their weather icons) service that is also free.
But how it pertains to blogges is [...]

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Lorelle give a great image saving tip today for people looking to do any type of graphic design, including themes for WordPress. Use revisions in your file names, so you never save over your previous work, and it allows you to go back if you hit a dead end.
For example, while working on the Lorelle [...]

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Over on Pearsonified you will find a great little guide to making your blog coded better. He goes over the title tag and how headers should be used.
You’d think that as a result of open-source development practices, blog architectures would be pretty close to perfection in areas like Web standards and maximum SEO impact.
You’d be [...]

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As a blogger, and technology geek, I find myself having a hard time keeping up with everything going on in the blogging and technology world, and even more so thanks to the great distribution models like RSS.
In Bloglines, I have thousands of feeds I read daily, and hundreds more that I skip over. In Democracy [...]

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I just took a look at the online edition of the Blogger & Podcaster magazine, and other than the audio and video advertising within its pages, I was really impressed. People like Leo Laporte and Scoble were interviewed for the premier edition, and overall it looks very professional, something the industry needs to see more [...]

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I just took a look at the online edition of the Blogger & Podcaster magazine, and other than the audio and video advertising within its pages, I was really impressed. People like Leo Laporte and Scoble were interviewed for the premier edition, and overall it looks very professional, something the industry needs to see more [...]

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A long time ago, Google could do no wrong, and everyone on the web was pretty happy. Now, my colleague, Ahmed, has posted his thoughts on the current version of Google, which is much more pervasive than ever before, but is it also more controlling?
Over the years, I’ve been a ‘fan’ of Google. I say [...]

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It seems that David Krug has sold his latest media venture, 901am, to Splashpress Media. There was a short post on the newly acquired site with closed comments, but they have since been opened. J. Angelo Racoma posted on the Blog Herald, about the sale, and also letting everyone know that David Krug has been [...]

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Darren Rowse has recently posted about some of his social networking accounts, including his Facebook account. He has also created a Problogger group in the site for all of us to network on.
You can network with Darren as well as myself on Facebook.
If you are interested in blogging or WordPress, get on Facebook, [...]

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While Splashpress Media now owns Business Logs, it will be Forty Media, a design firm that will be running the show. A recent post on both Forty Media and Blog Herald go over the details.
One of their first moves will be to change Business Logs from Movable Type to WordPress. Here are James Archer’s own [...]

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Marcus recently e-mailed me to ask if he could convert the Blogging Pro theme from WordPress to Textpattern, and I just couldn’t say “yes” fast enough. I figured it would take him a while to do so, but soon after, he e-mailed me again letting me know it was done. I owe him a big [...]

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Have you been thinking of launching a web based application, plugin, or tool? Well, Achtentachtig has created a list to help you walk through going from the idea to the launch. They give much more detail in their post, but here is the list for you.
1. Idea
2. Research
3. Brainstorm
4. Concept
5. Information architecture and wireframes
6. Design [...]

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Are you looking for some design inspiration? Tired of looking at the same design galleries over and over? Well, over on Nuff-Respec.com there is a post up that links to 74 different galleries for your perusing pleasure.
Check it out.

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There is a meme going around called the Simply Successful Secrets Meme with the following rules:
Compose a new blog post listing the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help you to be successful. They can be anything at all, but they have to be things that you do at [...]

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A recent post on the 9rules blog talks about 9rules and all it has to offer, and than points to a new page that has been created called membership. The membership page says that if you want to join, you should e-mail Tyme, one of the leaders of the 9rules Network, with some details about [...]

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Well, I had never heard of the Refreshing Cities movement until today. I went to Snook’s blog, and saw that he and Derek Featherstone are putting together Refresh Ottawa.
What is Refresh?
Refresh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in their areas. Promoting [...]

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Have you ever wondered how often your blog goes down? Have you looked at an uptime guarantee and known it was wrong? Well, now Blog Flux has added a new tool for bloggers that allows you to track the uptime of your blog.
Blog Flux, the same folks that own this site, and the Bloggy [...]

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If you are a fan of the Creative Commons licensing system, then you might be pleased to know that version three is now available.
From Google Blogscoped:
The Creative Commons licenses are available as version 3 since recently. If you publish content through Flickr, a blog, a homepage or the like and you add a Creative Commons [...]

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