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Posted by Scott on August 31, 2007 at 7:36 p.m.
On his personal blog, Ryan Block (editor-in-chief of Engadget) posted An open letter to friends and colleagues on keyword popovers.
You know who you are, and many of you are people I consider friends and colleagues in the industry. You’re smart, independent businesspeople carving out your niche in the new media landscape. You know how to connect with your audience. And yet you use keyword popover ads. You’re getting some of those ad revenue dollars from IntelliTXT / Vibrant Media and like ad services whose entire business depends on polluting your content, confusing your audience, and tricking them into clicking on ads that just won’t go away.
What are these popover ads and why are they so annoying?
Here's the pitch:
IntelliTXT enables every word to be an opportunity to engage with your customers.
100% User-driven Engage with your customers on their terms, only when they're interested. Deliver a user-initiated movie trailer, game preview, music video, or commercial through IntelliTXT VIDEO.
In-Text Placement Use in-text placement to cut through the online advertising clutter.
Use Words to Engage. Contact us today...
Here's the problem. First, it mixes ads directly into the text, rather than having ads in a separate section that is clearly labelled. Second, it's deceptive. By convention, links are underlined. IntelliTXT underlines ordinary words ( sometimes with double-underline), fooling the reader into thinking that the blog's author created a link to something the reader might find interesting. Instead of a link, the reader gets a pop-up ad. Third, popups are annoying.
So, which sites are trying so hard to engage annoy their readers? Here are some mobile blogs we found that have IntelliTXT ads on the home page today:
jk On the Run
with James Kendrick & Kevin Tofel
... using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs.
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ad keywords: operating systems, mobile
Pocket PC Thoughts
Daily news, views, rants & raves
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ad keywords: email (later in the day: "AC adaptor")
Mobileburn
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ad keywords: smartphone, email
Slashphone
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ad keywords: phone
We'll visit some general gadget blogs next. Meanwhile, did we miss any mobile blogs? What about other categories?
Is this our first Digg-worthy post?
Posted by Scott on August 31, 2007 at 7 a.m.
The misadventures of those in the entertainment industry are chronicled by 4 blogs in the Technorati 100. TMZ was founded 2 years ago by Harvey Levin. Unlike most of the top blogs, it started life in a big company -- and individual posts are credited to "TMZ Staff" rather than individual writers. A TV show is in the works.
"Perez Hilton" (Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.) mingles with the stars he covers, and also has a TV show in the works. One of many attention getters: an "easily digestible style of scrawling crude commentary on celebrity pictures". (source)
The Superficial is written by, er, they don't say. Following in TMZ's footsteps perhaps?
Go Fug Yourself is written by Heather and Jessica.
#10 on the Technorati 100 *TMZ- a joint venture between Telepictures Productions and AOL- has enjoyed a meteoric rise to prominence by breaking the biggest stories in entertainment.
Celebrity Juice, Not from Concentrate #17 on the Technorati 100 *Hollywood's Most-Hated Web Site!
(Juicy celebrity rumors and Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton, Queen of All Media)
Because You're Ugly #45 on the Technorati 100 *The Superficial is a brutally honest look at society and its obsession with the superficial. It is not satire. It is not social commentary. It is the voice of our society at its worst. It is first impressions without sense of social obligation. It is the truth of our generation. It is ugly racism. It is jealousy. It is honest.
Just kidding. Our goal is to make fun of as many people as possible.
fugly is the new pretty #61 on the Technorati 100 *Go Fug Yourself attracts ... smart, savvy, and snarky readers ... people who not only enjoy leafing through Hollywood-centric publications and fashion-related media, but who do so with a critical eye and a keen sense of the absurd.
If anyone wants to look back to see the moment that blogs went mainstream, they could check when these online tabloids first hit the Technorati 100.
Posted by Scott on August 30, 2007 at 7 a.m.
Several entertainment blogs make the list. The home page of Explosm is a blog, but most of the action is elsewhere: comics, movies and art. The MOG GAZETTE is the in-house blog for Mog's music discovery site.
Stereogum has an indie focus, and built a business that attracted 2 savvy investors: Bob Pittman (formerly of of MTV and then AOL) and Jason Hirschhorn (formerly of MTV).
Cinematical is part of the Weblogs Inc. Network (WIN) that was purchased by AOL in 2005.
Flash Animations, Daily Comics, and more! #31 on the Technorati 100 *Home of Joe Zombie, The Project, Stick Wars, Cyanide and Happiness, art, comics, flash and more!
Music Discovery From Real People #75 on the Technorati 100 *Share ...your songs, music library, videos and thoughts on music with friends and moggers
Participate ...in the Web's most raging music community.
Discover: Get instant recommendations and personalized content at the click of a button.
#84 on the Technorati 100 *Stereogum, based out of NYC, has been ejecting musical trash since 2002.
#99 on the Technorati 100 *(All about movies.)
Are blogs an important part of the online music scene, or has the critical mass largely moved to social networks such as MySpace?
Posted by Scott on August 29, 2007 at 1:23 p.m.
Saturday's Wall Street Journal covers a classic American success story.
"Eric Nakagawa was between jobs last January when he came across a funny picture while surfing the Web: a high-strung cat with an open maw making a garbled request for a cheeseburger."
Look at this impressive traffic growth:
"Nearly nine months after launching icanhascheezburger.com, Mr. Nakagawa's site receives around 200,000 unique visitors and a half-million page views each day"
What's it all about? LOL ("laughing out loud") + cats = LOLcats.
"There's not much to it: Take a digital photo -- often one of household pets, particularly cats -- and purposefully place misspelled text on top."
Here's a roundup of blog reactions:
Tech blogger Anil Dash weighs in (and gets credit for funniest title) The LOL Street Journal:
"thanks to my most recent appearance in the Wall Street Journal, I am sorely tempted to put “occasional lolcat critic” on my sidebar. Whatcha think?"
Derek Powazek ("a thinker, designer, and writer in San Francisco") wants in on the action:
"I’m totally putting “occasional lolcat critic” on my business cards."
William Lozito of NameWire considers an interesting question:
"Will L33t, LoLcats Be the Next Company and Brand Naming Trends?"
(L33t = "leet" = "elite")
Mobile blogger Russell Beattie is "browsing the latest and giggling like a moron."
Susan A. Kitchens of 2020 Hindsight thinks this means the fad has peaked: In UR WSJ Peaking ur Fad.
Jeff Kopp of In Back of Beyond asks
"A waste of time? You be the judge."
Author: Aaron Rutkoff
Publication: The Wall Street Journal Online, WSJ.com
Column: Time Waster
Length: 1,048 words
Date: August 25, 2007
Posted by Scott on August 29, 2007 at 7 a.m.
The lighter side of life is well represented in the Technorati 100. (What more can I say? Humor defies analysis.)
(pictures of animals with funny captions) #19 on the Technorati 100 *We gathers and publishes pictures of lol* (pictures of animals with funny captions). You may also find some non-cat pictures -- this a treasure fuh you.
Lolwhut?
Some people call pictures of cats with funny/weird or many other derived types of captions — lolcats or cat macros.
(The blog's title is "kitty pidgin" for "Can I have a cheeseburger?")
The Internet Makes You Stupid #42 on the Technorati 100 *Something Awful has been mocking itself and the internet since 1999, bringing you reviews of the worst movies, video games, and websites to ever exist. If it's something and it's awful, it's probably on Something Awful, where the internet makes you stupid.
#85 on the Technorati 100 *"Because sometimes you just need to look at pictures of kittens."
(TIME, 50 coolest websites 2006, AUGUST 2006)
"Cute Overload has stepped up to become the internet's definitive reference on fuzzy little animals with big eyes."
(six apart, "recognizing the best blogs on the web", april 2006)
"Visiting it is like taking a happy pill."
(BoingBoing.net, December 2005)
#88 on the Technorati 100 *(The blog is great evidence that Scott Adams is just as funny and interesting in prose as in his world famous comic strip.)
A complete aside: apparently this post is the first Web page to use the phrase "humor defies analysis". (I don't count the 2 PDF files that Google finds.) Perhaps there's a more common way of expressing the same idea?
Posted by Scott on August 28, 2007 at 7 a.m.
These blogs focus on personal productivity, featuring pragmatic tips that are known in geek speak as "life hacks".
According to the Wikipedia entry, Merlin Mann's 43 Folders launched first (Sept. 2004, consistent with their archives). Lifehacker is said to have launched in January 2005 -- though Lifehacker's archive only goes back to June 2005. I found at least one post from the missing timeframe, so perhaps Gawker Media should get on the ball and fill in the history. (Archive.org was no help here; not sure why.) Leon Ho started lifehack.org in May 2005.
The Productivity and Software Guide #6 on the Technorati 100 *Computers make us more productive. Yeah, right. Lifehacker recommends the software downloads and web sites that actually save time. Don't live to geek; geek to live.
Lifehacker makes getting things done easy and fun. Delving deep into the technoweb, Lifehacker brings back simple and totally life-altering tips and tricks for managing your information and time. Editor Gina Trapani, coder and computer expert, saucily deciphers the latest in personal productivity technology and reveals the million ways hardware and software can improve our busy lives.
Daily digest and pointers on productivity, getting things done and lifehacks #47 on the Technorati 100 *This site [is] dedicated to lifehacks. The phrase describes any hacks, tips and tricks that get things done quickly by automating, increase productivity and organizing. This site is built around this theme. It is a frequently updated blog, which provides news and articles which able you to get things done in a faster pace.
#80 on the Technorati 100 *43 Folders is the brainchild of Merlin Mann, focusing on personal productivity, "life hacks," and simple ways to make life better. His encouraging, humorous spirit is just what his readers need to help them stop procrastinating, do what they need to do, and have more fun.
In most categories, there's a seemingly endless list of blogs outside of the top 100. I'm not sure if that's true here. Are there a bunch that I just haven't come across yet (or have forgetten)?
Posted by Scott on August 27, 2007 at 7 a.m.
A more accurate post title might be: misc. top-ranked business blogs that don't fall into one of our other categories ... but that's a bit long.
Guy Kawasaki is an enthusiastic and unapologetic promoter, so it was a good bet that his blog would rocket to the top once he decided to enter the fray. He shares great advice so the business world is better for it.
As to whether the world is better off with Valleyway -- Gawker Media's business / tech tech gossip blog -- well, people read it and link to it, so "the market has spoken".
Topix.net (which finally purchased the .com but hasn't renamed their blog) is one of many blogs that's mostly by and about a single company. (The alert reader may wonder why they're one of the 100 most-linked blogs in the known universe ... we'll get to that later this year.)
A practical blog for impractical people #18 on the Technorati 100 *(Covers entrepreneurship, marketing, customer evangelism, venture capital and beyond.)
news & info about topix #39 on the Technorati 100 *Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. town and city.
Silicon Valley's Tech Gossip Rag #53 on the Technorati 100 *Valleywag is a tech gossip rag. You people in Silicon Valley are far too busy changing the world to care about sex, greed and hypocrisy. But if you ever need a break, come visit us at Valleywag.
What are your favorite business blogs and why?
Posted by Scott on August 25, 2007 at 7 a.m.
For anyone who wants to make money from their blog, ProBlogger has been a "must read" resource since 2004. Many blogs in this niche come across as a high-energy pursuit of wealth; Darren Rowse stands out for being low key and down-to-earth.
Jeremy Schumaker gained notoriety when he posted a picture of himself holding an AdSense check for $132,994.97. (That's great -- but don't forget: we haven't seen his AdWords bill.) He shares some blogging tips, but mostly covers ways to make money on non-blog Web sites. Good stuff.
Blog Tips #24 on the Technorati 100 *Welcome to ProBlogger - the Blog that helps bloggers to add income streams to their blogs. This site is dedicated to helping other bloggers learn the skills, share their own experiences and promote the blogging medium.
Skills to Pay the Bills #73 on the Technorati 100 *ShoeMoney is a blog/diary from a person who makes a living online. It contains thoughts and opinions based on real live experiences.
Which blogs have helped you make money online? Please include a few words about each.
Posted by Scott on August 24, 2007 at 7 a.m.
Blogging continues to transform marketing and public relations, strengthening the voice of the customer. Seth Godin is a long-term innovator and customer advocate (coining the phrase Permission Marketing with his 1999 book), so it's no surprise that he has a widely-linked blog.
To the dismay of readers, the author of Creating Passionate Users retired the blog in April after she received "threatening and harassing comments, posts, and graphics" that were beyond the pale. The archives are well worth reading for Kathy's insightful prose and fun, informative graphics.
Steve Rubel offers the perspective of a PR insider, moving from a smaller to larger PR firm due in part to his blog.
Hugh MacLeod's distinctive drawings provide irreverent commentary on marketing, blogging, and beyond. But people don't just look at the pictures, his prose is part of the conversation. Here's what should be a "family friendly" version of his cartoon widget:
#12 on the Technorati 100 *Seth Godin's riffs on marketing, respect, and the ways ideas spread.
#22 on the Technorati 100 *The Creating Passionate Users bloggers are all fascinated by brains, minds and what science can tell us about the practice of making users passionate about their lives and tools.
Steve Rubel on how technology is revolutionizing media and marketing. #71 on the Technorati 100 *(none)
cartoons drawn on the back of business cards #94 on the Technorati 100 *Hugh MacLeod, Marketing Strategist/Cartoonist
Which are your favorite PR & marketing blogs? What business cartoons do you like?
Posted by Scott on August 23, 2007 at 7 a.m.
The political blogosphere really took off on 9/11. That influence shows up clearly here, with Little Green Footballs (LGF) and Jihad Watch continuing to focus on radical Islam. LGF is also noteworthy for drawing hundreds of comments per post.
Instapundit is the only libertarian blog in the Technorati 100. It's also the leading example of a "linker" blog, with an emphasis on frequent short posts that link to items of interest. Commentary ranges from a few words to the few paragraphs that are more common elsewhere.
The Blotter comes straight from the mainstream media (MSM).
#38 on the Technorati 100 *Author Glenn Reynolds writes about his interests. He describes his "chief interest as in the intersection between advanced technologies and individual liberty".
#41 on the Technorati 100 *Exposes the danger of radical islam. "Little Green Footballs is not a right wing weblog. Taxes, social programs, moral behavior, tradition, these topics generate widely disparate views among its readership." and "Many would be considered liberals, many are Democrats, most are moderates."
#60 on the Technorati 100 *Why Jihad Watch? Because the West is facing a concerted effort by Islamic jihadists, the motives and goals of whom are largely ignored by the Western media, to destroy the West and bring it forcibly into the Islamic world -- and to commit violence to that end even while their overall goal remains out of reach. That effort goes under the general rubric of jihad.
(by the ABC News Investigative Team) #92 on the Technorati 100 *We decided to create this space as a place to break stories, update stories and feature analysis and outside comment. We also want to recognize the excellent investigative work done by other journalists elsewhere.
It's meant to be our take on the old-fashioned police blotter, where events of note were recorded as they unfolded.
We have one of the most accomplished groups of investigative reporters in the business and this space gives us another outlet to bring important stories to the public.
Instapundit is often mistaken as a "conservative" blog, though the libertarian position might generally be described as "socially liberal, economically conservative". LGF too, though that view ignores the liberal objections to radical Islam and the passionate (if minority) liberal defenders of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The political blogosphere seems to reward strong viewpoints, so perhaps it's no surprise that each side paints the other with broad strokes. But even the notion of 2 sides (liberal vs. conservative) hides more than it explains. Fortunately the top 100 blogs are just the tip of the iceberg. There's an endless variety of viewpoints only a few clicks away. Which of your favorite political blogs defy the simplistic left-right spectrum?
Posted by Scott on August 22, 2007 at 7 a.m.
By coincidence, there are also 7 conservative blogs in the Technorati 100. Although there's nothing approaching the community of Daily Kos, there are several other similarities to the Liberal list.
Michelle Malkin put her mainstream media experience to use, with both a regular blog and a separate (joint) video blog (Hot Air). Power Line (often written as one word: Powerline) was Time magazine's 2004 Blog of the Year for their role in reporting the Rathergate scandal.
Hugh Hewitt has a talk radio show and wrote several books, including one on the role of blogs. News Busters is a more recent entrant, though is backed by an organization that has long been critical of the media. (Not quite a "think tank" but still an interesting parallel with the liberal Think Progress.) The Corner is a group blog from National Review Online (NRO), the Web presence of a leading conservative magazine.
Captain's Quarters is in many ways a "typical" political blog: one person's views on the events of the day. (I mean that as a complement.)
#15 on the Technorati 100 *(Written by "a mother, wife, blogger, conservative syndicated columnist, author, and Fox News Channel contributor".)
Get Your Fill #34 on the Technorati 100 *I formed Hot Air Network, LLC, to bring ideological diversity-because we all love diversity-to the videoblogging world. And because it looked like a lot of fun. Two of the most cutting-edge bloggers on the Right have joined me in my cyberquest: video editing whiz Bryan Preston and the almighty Allah Pundit. Allah likes to think of us as a little Internet garage band. Only we're playing in three separate home offices and a basement. But you get the idea.
Our mission at Hot Air is to:
• Expose new viewers to the revolutionary world of videoblogging, animation, and Internet broadcasting;
• Recruit dynamic, enterprising people with creative skills from across the country to help us challenge (and CONQUER!) the dinosaur broadcast media outlets;
• Laugh. Report. Laugh. Entertain. Laugh. Inform. Laugh. Make money. Did we say laugh?
#35 on the Technorati 100 *(Written by 2 attorneys in Minnesota and 1 in Washington, DC.)
#57 on the Technorati 100 *(A companion blog to his daily nationally-syndicated talk radio show.)
Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias #72 on the Technorati 100 *Welcome to NewsBusters, a project of the Media Research Center (MRC), the leader in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias.
on National Review Online #83 on the Technorati 100 *National Review and NRO are America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for Republican/conservative news, commentary, and opinion. Both magazine and web site are the benchmark vehicles for reaching those Republicans/conservatives who shape opinion on the important issues, and both reach an affluent, educated, and highly responsive audience of corporate and government leaders, the financial elite, educators, journalists, community and association leaders, as well as engaged activists all across America.
Thus every blogger, in his kind, is bit by him who comes behind #93 on the Technorati 100 *(Written by a father and grandfather living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.)
Outside of the narrow confines of a "top" list, there are countless "rightroots" blogs. Many already have their eye on the presidential election; some (on both sides) have joined a campaign or are actively promoting a certain candidate. Others are still keeping their options open.
If you can think of good ways to try to measure how blogs influence the candidates, primaries and elections, please add a comment!
Posted by Scott on August 21, 2007 at 7 a.m.
The Technorati 100 contains 7 liberal or progressive sites. The Huffington Post started as a multi-author blog but has evolved into an online newspaper. Daily Kos describes itself as a political community. In addition to 15 Contributing Editors, the site has a separate section for Diaries. Think Progress lists an editor, a staff of 3, and 4 interns -- though it's not clear how much of their effort is shared with the "think tank" that's behind the blog.
Beppe Grillo's blog is (I think) the only Italian blog in the Technorati 100. Crooks and Liars could be viewed as a "typical" political blog, with a critical look at the current issues of the day. TalkingPointsMemo (TPM) is perhaps closer to the mainstream media; blogger Josh Marshall has written articles for several newspapers and magazines.
Wonkette takes pride in being called "sadistic" so it's no surprise that the blog is from Gawker Media. (A bit of history: the blog's title made more sense when it was edited by Ana Marie Cox.)
Top News and Opinion #5 on the Technorati 100 *The Huffington Post combines breaking news and blogging — packaged with media commentary and fresh takes from some of the most original thinkers in politics, Hollywood, corporate America, and the media.
May 30, 2007: We've created five new sections: Media, Business, Entertainment, a culture and lifestyle section called Living Now, and a Politics section.
State of the Nation #8 on the Technorati 100 *Markos Moulitsas -- a.k.a. "kos" -- created Daily Kos on May 26, 2002, in those dark days when an oppressive and war-crazed administration suppressed all dissent as unpatriotic and treasonous. As a veteran, Moulitsas was offended that the freedoms he pledged his life for were so carelessly being tossed aside by the reckless and destructive Republican administration.
Daily Kos has grown in those five years to the premier political community in the United States.... Among luminaries posting diaries on the site are President Jimmy Carter, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and dozens of other senators, congressmen, and governors. But, even more exciting than that, tens of thousands of regular Americans have used Daily Kos to lend their voice to a political world once the domain of the rich, connected, and powerful.
#13 on the Technorati 100 *"Biting political commentary from an Italian comedian"
(source: amflux)
#16 on the Technorati 100 *Think Progress is a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
The Center for American Progress Action Fund is a nonpartisan organization. With the blog, CAPAF seeks to provide a forum that advances progressive ideas and policies.
John Amato’s virtual online magazine…OK, It’s a blog! #23 on the Technorati 100 *"A collection of articles/videos/links about daily news, injected with humor and saturated with satire."
(source: NOWOutbound)
by Joshua Micah Marshall #52 on the Technorati 100 *Published since 2000, Talking Points Memo is one of oldest, most respected and most trusted political blogs on the Web. TPM features daily commentary, reporting and opinion by Joshua Micah Marshall.
The DC Gossip #58 on the Technorati 100 *Since it launched in January 2004, Wonkette has become compulsory reading for Washington, D.C. insiders, political junkies, and a new generation which responds more to humor than the traditional journalistic obsession with process. Wonkette is to political weblogs as Jon Stewart's Daily Show has been to the political shows on television. USA Today describes the title as a "sensation" in Washington, DC. Slate's media critic says it's "sadistic" but then confesses he's addicted.
These blogs only scratch the surface of the netroots. Their political influence is almost certain to increase between now and November 2008. Other than Web-centric data such as links, visitors and page views, what are some good ways to measure the political influence of blogs?
Posted by Scott on August 20, 2007 at 7 a.m.
I'll take a look at politics tomorrow. Meanwhile here are 3 blogs that cover the news (and gossip) for a specific topic or place: media, NYC, and "esoterica" (which I thought sounded better than "other").
Manhattan Media News and Gossip #28 on the Technorati 100 *Gawker is Gawker Media's flagship title, a mix of pop culture and media gossip, updated up to two dozen times a day. Gawker is compulsory reading for New York editors and reporters, and often sets the agenda for the entertainment weeklies, gossip columns such as Page Six, and the soft sections of newspapers such as the New York Times.
Live life with a smile on your face! #54 on the Technorati 100 *Peety is that naughty girl caught in the trap of the 'perfect world'! Born in Barbados, raised in Canada and presently living in The Netherlands. My thirst for knowledge has lead to my current computer (mac,linux,pc) addiction.
A website about New York #89 on the Technorati 100 *Gothamist is a website about New York City and everything that happens in it. That means news and events, restaurants and bars, happenings and goings-on. Gothamist has an avid and growing readership, and an even more avid and growing staff.
With the exception of large cities, local blogging or geo blogging isn't going to make any national lists. Will the personal voice of an individual or small group blog be enough to attract readers? There are several companies that are betting on an aggregator instead. (Feel free to list some in the comments.)
Posted by Scott on August 18, 2007 at 7 a.m.
Many blogs are very personal, providing a window into someone's life -- from the mundane to the profound. Even after the remarkable growth of the blogosphere, there are 2 of these in the Technorati 100: dooce and Xiaxue. Another 2 are personal in nature, but rely on submitted secrets or "evesdrops": PostSecret and Overheard in New York.
Other blogs look at larger social or cultural issues such as the environment.
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. #9 on the Technorati 100 *PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.
#21 on the Technorati 100 *TreeHugger is a fast-growing web magazine, dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible. Our goal is to make sustainability mainstream and to be the one-stop for the environment. If you want doom & gloom, this is not the place. We are looking for solutions, constructive developments and positive initiatives.
#40 on the Technorati 100 *This website chronicles my life from a time when I was single and making a lot of money as a web designer in Los Angeles, to when I was dating the man who would become my husband, to when I lost my job and lived life as an unemployed drunk, to when I married my husband and moved to Utah, to when I became pregnant, to when I threw up and became unbearably swollen during the pregnancy, to the birth, to the aftermath, to the postpartum depression that landed me in a mental hospital. I'm better now.
Everyone's reading it. #65 on the Technorati 100 *Name: Wendy Cheng
Location: Bloggerland, SG
Just a normal girl who got rather lucky. =)
The Voice of the City #91 on the Technorati 100 *You, our readers and eavesdroppers, make the site what it is. All of the quotes on the site are submitted by our readers. We don't make stuff up. We don't hire people to sit around on park benches and talk to hobos. That would be silly. What makes the site funny is that we post the best quotes that our readers send us, and our readers are brilliant and funny people, just like you. So if you hear something funny, go ahead and post it to the site.
If you're a fan of these or similar personal blogs, please share some thoughts on what brings people back, day after day.
Posted by Scott on August 17, 2007 at 7 a.m.
Only 1 hobbyist blog and 1 sports blog are in the Technorati 100.
technology on your time #59 on the Technorati 100 *MAKE brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. This is a magazine that celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will.
sports news without access, favor, or discretion #77 on the Technorati 100 *Sports is an endless well of stories, on-field and off, where the athletes are fascinating whether they're being tackled, being arrested, or being lap-danced -- and that is the world of Deadspin.
At some point we'll dive down into a longer list for each category. Please add some of your favorites to the comments, ideally with a few words about each.
Posted by Scott on August 17, 2007 at 6 a.m.
Welcome to Blogcosm! Our plan is to create a useful reference, one day at a time. I'll be doing most of the blogging, backed by a great team who help to gather, organize and present data.
For starters, let's look at the breadth of topics covered by blogs. Here goes ... one day at a time.
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