Posted 4 September 2007, by Aaron
You may have noticed a new funky little ‘Share the love’ icon appear at the bottom of every article over the last few days. Go on, hover the mouse over it and see what happens.
I’ve got absolutely no evidence that anyone has ever used the social bookmarking icons or the Share This plugin that I’ve [...]
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Posted 14 June 2007, by Aaron
If you don’t know what RSS is or what a feed reader is, I suggest you find out because the Internet has changed since 1997. However, if all this talk of XML, aggregation and syndication still gives you the jitters, and all you want to do is subscribe to miLienzo.com, now you can do it [...]
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Posted 1 May 2007, by Aaron
There’s something stirring over at Technorati HQ. Following the much debated reciprocal favouriting discussion, it seems the guys at Technorati have removed the list entirely!
Actually, I’ve been keeping a keen eye on the list this morning and sometimes it’s there, sometimes it’s not. It may just be a glitch.
However, over at engtech there is an [...]
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Posted 16 April 2007, by Aaron
It is a beast of a site that has risen from nothing over the last couple of years. In 2006, Digg established itself as one of the primary drivers of Internet traffic.
The concept of delivering democratically elected news articles sounds great in an idealistic kind of way. The reality however, is slightly different. As a [...]
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Posted 1 April 2007, by Aaron
Rule number one when launching a new product or service, is to check all potential names to see if they’re mentioned in Roger Mellie’s Profanisaurus.
I assume the creators of Twitter did not follow rule number one.
It may be unfair of me to criticise Twitter, primarily because I’ve never signed up and used it, but I [...]
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Posted 10 February 2007, by Aaron
I am officially a WordPress ‘noob’. My site has been live for eight whole days and I’ve a staggering two previous posts under my belt. “Steady on there,” I hear you say. Well that’s not the half of it – I’ve already got 10 plugins installed. And activated!
The WordPress Plugin Database can be a daunting [...]
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