"Blog Technologies" Posts
What platform should you use? What technical skills should your team have?
Upgrade Your Blogging Platform Today
Out with the old and in with the new! Major blog software providers, Drupal and WordPress have released major upgrades just about a week apart from each other. Here’s some of the highlights of each:
Drupal 5.0 – Released 01/15/07
- The Administration pages were completely retooled, including a default task view with an option to hide descriptions and a ‘by module’ view with links to configuration options.
- The Settings pages are divided into smaller pages, so you can find the options you need.
What’s Podcasting?
Podcasting has been put in the forefront of the news lately, with former Microsoft uber-blogger, Robert Scoble, jumping to PodTech.net.
What is Podcasting?
Adapted from Wikipedia’s definition:
Podcasting allows multimedia files (audio programs, music videos, etc.) to be distributed over the Internet via RSS or for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.
Qumana vs Ecto vs Performancing for Firefox Blog Posting Tools
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Don’t want to be boxed in by your blog’s posting software? ContentRobot did a head-to-head test of some popular external blogging editors. Here is what we found:
Blog Platform Wars: WordPress 2.0 vs. Drupal 4.7
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Looking for a great blogging platform? ContentRobot performed a head-to-head test of two popular, open-source software platforms: Drupal and WordPress. As a testament to these products, there was no clear-cut winner as each has their merits. Here are some of the criteria we used and our thoughts about each.
Can You Digg It?
Have you noticed while your are reading online you see a prompt to “digg” this story?
We have one on the bottom of each of our full page posts that looks like this: 
Digg
What is Digg?
It’s is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication with non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control.
All digg’s content comes from its users, who scour news sites, blogs, and other online sources for interesting tidbits. The participatory technology site lets registered users post links to new stories and “digg” (or vote) for their favorite pages posted by others.
