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WordPress 2.6 A Month Earlier Than Expected

Jul 15 2008 / 6:00 am Was written by Amber View Comments

Logged in to manage some plugins and WordPress told me to update it. Was not expecting that message for at least another month. There is a video detailing WordPress 2.6 (which I was going to talk about later this month at some point, but can’t be angry the gift was early) that I will include [...]

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WordPress In Your IPhone

Jul 11 2008 / 2:48 am Was written by Amber View Comments

Update 7/22 it is out. Now it is time to do your happy dance. There is now an official WordPress app for the IPhone. No more having to fight Safari to get that post in. Now mobile bloggers can handle their business on the fly at the various cons. And that also means bloggers on [...]

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Reader Poll: What Do YOU Think?

Jul 9 2008 / 7:27 am Was written by Amber View Comments

Image via Wikipedia Many many bloggers use all their posts to blather on about themselves. This cannot be the best strategy. We are all guilty of this sometimes, but there are instances when it is best to simply ask your readers how they feel. We want you chosen few to speak out about your feelings [...]

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Blog Me Up c/o Zemanta

Jun 21 2008 / 10:54 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Been meaning to drop a post about Zemanta for a little while now since we use this service for almost all of the posts here at The SDA. When the site first opened up the biggest challenge was finding the best way to not have to tag the entries myself. Various auto-tagger plugins just were [...]

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Plurk The Clone

Jun 2 2008 / 5:18 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

I have been increasingly frustrated lately by all the net talk about Twitter being down for the billionth time. Now the blogging world is swimming with little clones trying to take over the massive presence of the oversharing network that people once believed was flawless. Plurk is one of the favorites to take the place [...]

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Tengaged: Social Networking, With a Vengeance

May 17 2008 / 7:34 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Like social networking? Like voting people out of/off of things? Tengaged is for you. Social Networking Big Brother Style: seven days to get to know your circle, then vote ‘em away. via Mashable

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All Your Base Are Belong to Google

May 13 2008 / 1:00 am Was written by Amber View Comments

Friend Connect is described nicely by the folks at Mashable, it appears that the service is trying to bring everything together in one Google focused place. Update: They also scrounged up this nice little Youtube video that explains it.

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