by Ardrich
July 7, 2011 in News Roundup
Online copywriting agency Write My Site has launched a competition to encourage more companies to start blogging.
The winner gets a full editorial briefing from the company, followed by a weekly 250 word article written and uploaded to the winner’s blog for 52 consecutive weeks.
by Ardrich
November 8, 2010 in News Roundup
Journalist and comic writer Charlie Brooker slams 3D technology in his latest blog for the Guardian.
Inspired by the recent invention of being able to transmit proper holograms in real time, Brooker takes aim at 3D technology in general, declaring it extremely underwhelming and confusing.
by Ardrich
September 16, 2010 in Micro-Bites
Profile
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. is a Cuban-American blogger, TV personality and the man behind the famous celebrity blog Perezhilton.com.
Born in Miami, Florida on 23 March 1978, Lavandeira studied at New York University graduating in 2000 with a BFA in Drama.
by Ardrich
July 7, 2010 in News Roundup
A Guardian News Feed plug-in, released on 2 July, enables WordPress users to search and browse for Guardian articles and publish them on their own blog with added commentary.
by Ardrich
April 15, 2010 in News Roundup
CNN is planning to integrate social media as a more substantial part of its website, Mediaweek reports.
In addition to new blogs being launched on food and health, regular columns from tech experts, such as Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore, Farhad Manjoo from Slate and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, are set to be kicked off.
by admin
March 31, 2010 in News Roundup, Uncategorized
The battle for top spot in Technorati’s Top 100 blog list is practically non-existent. Week after week the position is occupied by the US-blog-turned-news-website, The Huffington Post.
The Huffington Post launched in 2005 aiming to provide a commentary outlet for liberal viewpoints. What started as a project for a few enthusiastic writers is today a social hub with, according to the co-founder Ariana Huffington, an active community of over 20 million web users.
by admin
March 31, 2010 in Features
With Web 2.0 no longer a cryptic name, blogging is as popular as it ever was. Thanks to social media tools like Twitter, users seem to have got past the final remnants of web shyness and blogs are blooming.
Blogs were first published in the mid 1990s, but it was the introduction of simple blogging tools a few years later that really triggered the masses to join in.
by admin
February 19, 2010 in Micro-Bites
Quote
A blog is a message in a bottle, both in purpose and likely readership. ~Robert Brault
