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Jun 20, 2005 | Classics
As of this weekend, my blog is now M3R compliant: Looking over my lor stats from yesterday, I can already see the impact -- not only on n-files but also on the peller processes I've been running to optimize my RTimer performance. But of course what really matters for...
The Latest from the Technorati Rank Wars
Jun 18, 2005 | Classics
OK, it just occurred to me that my Technorati claim might in fact have been slightly messed up by the fact that Technorati was tracking my /blog directory, whereas the blog itself is now in the root directory. I set up a new blog claim directed to the right location...
Irony, thy name is Technorati
Jun 16, 2005 | Classics
It's happened! I am now officially kicking Rob's ass on Technorati, having jumped overnight from a soul-destroying 72,991 to a respectable if not stellar 44,348 (just think...only 44,347 blogs with more links than mine!). One might attribute this leap to the silent,...
A helping hand from Technorati?
Jun 14, 2005 | Classics
I've heard about people whose small-minded partners keep track of things like who does more dishes or who remembers birthdays and anniversaries. And I'm usually sympathetic to my friends who complain that love can't be run on a point system. But that's because typical...
Setting up Bloglines subscriptions
Jun 11, 2005 | Classics
A little more guidance for those just getting started with RSS: some more step-by-step advice on adding RSS feeds to your Bloglines account. When you're on a site that you'd like to subscribe to, click on the "sub with Bloglines" button on your toolbar (the one you...
Category feeds in WordPress
Jun 11, 2005 | Classics
TangognaT helpfully provides a surprisingly hard-to-find answer to a pretty basic question: how do you create category-specific RSS feeds in WordPress? And the answer is... All you need to do is add a ?cat=# of category to the base url for any wordpress feed. ...so if...
Beth’s Blog: Social Bookmarking Conversation Continues While Inventing New Words
Jun 11, 2005 | Classics
Beth Kanter continues our bloggespondence on social bookmarking with the very well-taken point that a prettier del.icio.us (my summary of Jots may actually be worth something if it makes social bookmarking useful to a wider audience, though as she notes herself the...
Your dream job: Representative Apple
Jun 10, 2005 | Classics
If you love politics and you love Apple, have I found the job for you: Manager of Congressional Relations for Apple. That's right, Apple is looking for a [wo]man in DC to schmooze and hobnob on behalf of the Maciverse. Let's hope they get somebody great!
Looking for Diablogue?
Jun 10, 2005 | Classics
I’m consolidating blogs: in future you can find my posts about civic engagement, online dialogue and related topics on Otherwise Engaged.
Technorati previews tag feeds
Jun 10, 2005 | Classics
The beta Technorati makeover is now online and hurrah! it includes RSS feeds for tag pages. These feeds will make it much easier for people to aggregate blog-related content from across the web by subscribing to a particular tag feed — either within a newsreader like Bloglines or for republishing on a web site […]