Writing on the web since 2003

Do the Brits get social media yet?

Spotted an interesting discussion about a recent report by Nielson Netratings, which included some insight into awareness of some new-ish technologies or tools like RSS, IPTV, VOD or wikis.

Beef up your blog feeder

A couple of days ago I spotted Steve Rubel posting about how he finds content to blog about – he has created a blog feeder. A new tool from Technorati has increased the potential for such blog feeders.

Tracking traffic on your blog

I’ve always tried to keep an eye on my blog traffic statistics, but a deeper look into the three tools I’ve been using threw up a bit of a surprise.

Clarity is a good thing

After a particularly manic week on all fronts, it’s good to take a few minutes out and reflect on what’s behind some of the bizarre goings-on at work.

Learning something new

Sometimes it can be really great to stumble across a blog and learn something new. I did just that this evening when I ended up reading Ian Delaney’s explanation of non-linear search.

What is social media?

Spannerworks has just published a handy new e-book covering the basics of social media.

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Another big step for RSS

Mainstream adoption of RSS took a step forward yesterday when Google launched its Reader product. This is the new version of Google’s RSS reader and includes features like feed discovery and sharing.