Awakened Voice

Every so often you stumble across something and think, “How is it that I didn’t know about this sooner?” ScribeFire is one of those things.
ScribeFire is a blog publishing tool that integrates with the Firefox web browser as an add on. Once you install ScribeFire you can create and edit blog posts from within the [...]

This post continues the practice of giving advice to those web services that aim to capitalize on the explosion in independent media publishing on the internet. These services are attempting to gain the favor of bloggers, podcasters, community builders and enterprise level producers who are looking to leverage Web 2.0 or social media technology.
Sadly, just [...]

“Dead networks mean that it’s super easy to create your own social network for free on Ning and that people are dipping their toes to experiment in this particular pond.” Gina Bianchini, Ning
This may be taking the old adage to have respect for the dead a bit too far.
Ning, a service whose tools I admire [...]

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 [...]

A post on Drupal.org has announced that a book titled Pro Drupal Development is now shipping.
Based on the comment in the announcement that, “Many heavy hitters in the Drupal community contributed to the book by reviewing drafts and offering suggestions and improvements.” I’d have to say that this book is worth a look for anyone [...]

I’ve been quieter than normal recently because I’ve been working hard on some other things related to my duties at RawVoice. I’ve organized a charitable campaign called The Blubrry Jam To Fight Cystic Fibrosis.
The goal of the campaign is to raise funds for the Boomer Esiason Foundation’s Exercise For Life Scholarship fund. This fund benefits [...]

WordPress 2.1 is out and contains some significant upgrades that publishers will really like. Drupal 5.0 was recently released and contains some significant upgrades that make it easier to use and more flexible than ever. So which one should you use to satisfy your web publishing needs?
First off, if you’re currently invested in one package [...]

I’ll be heading over to Polytechnic University this weekend for DrupalCampNYC2. I hope to meet with many Drupallers, share my knowledge and hopefully learn plenty of things I don’t already know about Drupal.
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I’ve written about Drupal here before. I think it’s the best open source community building tool out there.
If you want to start a single blog get WordPress. If you want a robust forum try PhpBB. If you want to build a rich media gallery try Broadcast Machine. If you want to do all three together [...]

Last month at PodCamp West, I ran into Doug Kaye of Gigavox Media who was about to demo a new version of their Levelator tool. Check this post to see what the tool is all about.
The new version is finally out. It features a new look and “Significant improvements in the levelation algorithms.”
If you’re a [...]