Writing on the web since 2003

Yesterday’s post on comparing statistics packages for bloggers has been picked up by podcasters Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz in their For Immediate Release podcast.

Gary Reid from Fedafi has some interesting thoughts on a model for measuring engagement in blogging, plus a Wordpress plug-in that is going to help deliver the metrics that make up the model.

Running a website means everything that happens on the site takes place in full public view. Any design tweak, software upgrade or testing you do can be seen by anyone who visits your website which can make you look unprofessional if things don’t go according to plan.

I’ve just upgraded to Wordpress 2.1. The upgrade process itself was fine, but my first test post disappeared so this is my second attempt.

A project I’ve been working on recently has involved creating video news shorts and podcasts for the first time. Now both have launched it’s interesting as a professional communicator to reflect on the differences between producing video and audio content .

Edelman launched its eighth annual Trust Barometer this morning in London. The survey looks at how well trusted individuals and organisations are among 3,100 “opinion formers” across 18 countries.

There’s much discussion about the merits of publishing full or partial RSS feeds on your website. But I really don’t understand why the BBC doesn’t offer full feeds for their great range of news content.

The vast majority of comments posted on this site have been in the general spirit and values that most blogs hold. However I think it’s about time I posted about how I interpret these values and how I’ll apply them to posts, comments and trackbacks here.

This week’s UK Marketing magazine covers the forthcoming relaunch of the British Army website, which will for the first time include social networking features, such as blogs, message boards, pictures and video.