By Rob Safuto on Jul 10, 2007 in Social Networks, Tools | 0 Comments
I received a nice comment from one of Ning’s product managers after pointing out some issues with search and spam/seo activity on a post yesterday.
I also noticed that CEO Gina Bianchini has posted on the spam issue to the Ning blog.
Its heartening to know that they are willing to address these issues at a very [...]
By Rob Safuto on Jul 10, 2007 in Blogging | 0 Comments
A very useful tool to help you generate a new look for your Movable Type powered site.
Movable Type Style Generator
By Rob Safuto on Jul 9, 2007 in Social Networks, Tools | 3 Comments
Roll your own social network service Ning has been getting a lot of buzz in recent months. They have a big name on their founders list with former Netscaper Marc Andreesen. They also have a boat load of great features that make it easy for just about anyone to create a media rich social network.
Like [...]
By Rob Safuto on Jul 7, 2007 in Lessons, Open Source, Tools | 1 Comment
Play the web is the trademarked phrase that the makers of Songbird put front and center on their website. You can do a lot more than play the web with Songbird though. You can play the web and manage media on your computer.
I discovered Songbird recently and I’ve been very enamored with their free, open [...]
By Rob Safuto on Jul 6, 2007 in Social Media, WordPress | 0 Comments
I’ve been doing some house cleaning on the blog today. I spent a few hours updating my version of K2. K2 is a WordPress super theme with lots of great features. Most of the sites I build on WordPress end up with the K2 theme added.
I like the fact that K2 gives me a more [...]
By Rob Safuto on Jul 4, 2007 in A Billion Voices, Awakened Voice, Podcasting, Social Media | 0 Comments
After a very long hiatus I have published episode #14 of A Billion Voices.
A Billion Voices is my audio podcast on social media and the happenings with me at Awakened Voice.
[tags]Social Media, Podcast, Audio,Podcasting[/tags]
By Rob Safuto on Jul 3, 2007 in Conferences, Social Media, WordPress | 0 Comments
Coming very soon to San Francisco. July 21st and 22nd. Tickets are$25. Current attendee list here.
They need to have one of these soirées on the East Coast too!
[tags]Social Media, WordPress, WordCamp[/tags]
By Rob Safuto on Jul 2, 2007 in Blogging, Social Media, Tools | 0 Comments
I pride myself on the fact that I am cross platform proficient when it comes to social media. I’ve done a lot with both Drupal and WordPress as many visitors to the site here can probably guess.
I’ve been spending a bit more time on another very popular blog platform lately though. Movable Type has been [...]