“Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs, competing with Google [and] Yahoo.” —Wikipedia. Not only does Technorati allow for blog searching, they have their own rating system called “authority” which is analogous to Google’s PageRank. Authority is a function of how many incoming links a blog has. High authority is critical to finding [...]
There are three key aspects to think about when starting to blog: Finding interesting blogs to read, reading blogs and becoming inspired and reactive, and then writing blog posts. Reading Comparing blogs to physical newspapers, blogs are analogous to individual columns of a newspaper. Physical newspapers have editors who choose the columns and articles to [...]
I write blog articles because it’s enjoyable. I spend weeks finding the perfect sources, wording, images, and tone for each article. Blogging is how I unwind after long hours of programming but it’s also a pretty big investment. I have to pay for hosting and the domain name out of my pocket, not to mention [...]
Disqus (pronounced “discuss”) is a unified comment system for blogs (and my tumblelog). I’ve been playing with it on and off for a while now and I think I’ve finally made the decision to use Disqus as my main comment system. Downsides At first glance, it may seem like a no-brainer to go with Disqus, [...]
I’ve finally set up a tumblelog for myself. “If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.” I’m using the standard service Tumblr for my tumblelog to post things that don’t merit a full blown article on this blog but to which I still want to provide a simple link.