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Re: Top 10 List: My Favorite Blogs About Blogging

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:06:00 -0000

That is a great top ten list. Its even better because I write content on a regular basis for three of the mentioned sites. Can you guess which ones? :)

Re: How To Define Web 3.0

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:41:21 -0000

It's been a long time since I've been this excited while reading an article. I just wanted to let you know that I think this article is a good bit of inspiration. The funny thing is, a lot of what you describe as being Web 3.0 worthy is already starting to happen. I especially enjoyed your explanation of RSS and how much of a role it's going to be in the web 3.0 world.

Re: How To Write A Web 2.0 Glossary

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:43:38 -0000

Not only have you done a good job in giving us the ACTUAL definition of the term, but you also provided us with the no BS definition of what the term means in the REAL WORLD. Had fun reading the article but it's sad to admit that your REAL WORLD explanations of these terms are spot on.

Re: Analysis: Mainstream Media vs. Blogosphere

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:28:12 -0000

I think another consideration in terms of blogs that have online penetration is their names. Common folks have no idea what the heck Gizmodo is or what it's about. The same thing is true with Engadget. Mention any of the other bad boys on this penetration list and I bet you 9 out of 10 people will know what your talking about.

Because the other players have been around for so long and were and still are available to the public on a daily basis, I think that has really helped their cause in the online world.

Re: How To Analyze People Search

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:56:37 -0000

but instead it is how long will it be before the public at large realizes how much of their personal information is already available for just about anyone with a bit of ‘net savvy to see.

Wow, you really hit a nail on the head. So what your actually describing is something that the mass audience won't realize, until it's too late. Am I correct in that realization?

Thanks for the mention and linking to me.

Re: The Internet: Then And Now

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:29:56 -0000

That was a bit of a nostalgic post there Steve. I think those companies might of become leaders in their respective fields had they not branched off into a million different things.

Pure Web 1.0 right here!

Re: Time Is A Blogger’s Best Friend

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:58:27 -0000

Excellent points Steve, and I can vouche for everything in this post. Starting my own WordPress powered blog in May, I've seen nothing but growth for each month since I started. I got lucky on one particular article and a few others and those have indeed given me momentum. The search engine traffic is always trickling in and I think as long as I keep the train moving, people will want to hop on.

Increasing those RSS Subscriber numbers though have proven to be difficult. Although 150 is a nice number as it's better than 0

Re: The Advertiser’s Dilemma

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:33:09 -0000

Well, people like Leo Laporte are successful in gaining good sponsorships because the advertisers know that, even his low number of listeners to his podcast (low by ordinary standards) are of high value because they purchase anything Leo suggests. Therefor, he has a very high click through rate if you will. Like Leo says, a small dedicated following will perform much better than a million people with a couple of hundred accepting the bait.

Re: Challenge: Web Culture Around The World

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:52:00 -0000

Hmm, I'll have to participate in this little project as I'd like to explain how I use the web and see how it differs from my own audience.

Re: For Advertising Junkies

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:28:59 -0000

Wow, these were all awesome. The video about the fake volcano is hilarious!

Re: And Now . . . The Backlash

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:25:42 -0000

Nope, I don't think people should run to the hills nor do I think they will. Too many people have worked hard to build up their followers and I doubt most of them would think about moving to a different service where they would have to start over. One thing Twitter has on some of the competition is that is offers an independent service to use. FriendFeed, Jaiku and some of the other ones are mere content aggregators. If the notion of being opened changed, and services started closed their doors with their API's, FriendFeed and those other aggegration services would die off because they are riding on the backs of all of the other services that are out their.

I think people are so fickle over Twitter because it's a service that so many people love to use and it's a service that so many people probably depend on now. Also, to the normal end user, it's frustrating to think that a service which handles the broadcasting of 140 characters or less messages has so many problems. I would think that what they are doing would be simple, but apparently it's not.

It's also interesting to note that Twitter was developed to allow people to answer the question, "What are you doing right now?" Instead, people are using Twitter as a global instant messaging service which is way out of line as to the way Twitter was supposed to work. It would appear to me that Twitter may have to completely revamp the service in order to align themselves with the way the majority of us use their service.

Re: Save Money With Section 179 [Taxes]

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:43:36 -0000

Oi the tax code! Something that needs to seriously be revamped to at least be understandable by the common man. But then, CPA's would go out of business.

Re: A slight change in the Comments system

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:46:12 -0000

I see you've chosen Disqus. Did you happen to take a look at something called Intense Debate? I got an email from both of these companies telling me how great they were and what they offered.

I'd be interested in knowing if your Akismet spam filter ends up taking a break after replacing the commenting system. I'd also like to know if you get any spam through this new commenting form you're using.

Re: A slight change in the Comments system

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:31:00 -0000

Sounds awesome Steve. Have you given some thought as to what you would do in case the commenting system you're using goes out of business? Sure, you might be able to import comments from your blog into the commenting system, but is there really a way to export comments from the system back into WordPress.

Just wondering what your thoughts are on the risk of losing a ton of comments due to the company going out of business.

Re: A personal and blog first

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:48:53 -0000

Thanks for giving me this opportunity Steve to learn a thing or two from you. Also thanks for linking up to the post.

Re: Social networks are destroying blogging

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:56:09 -0000

So, to sum this up, I could blog about how the sun is rising and no one could care less. On the flip side, someone like Arrington can blog about the sun rising and everyone in the blogosphere would suddenly give a damn?

If thats the point you're trying to get across, I agree. I also agree that in many aspects, web 2.0 was, is, and may forever be a glorified popularity contest. I could have 1,000 friends or followers on Twitter yet, if no one knows who any of those people are, I'm just another nobody. However, if my followers or friendslist contains A-List bloggers for example, I suddenly mean business and am worth something. Just like everything else, it seems like things are heading towards Who You Know versus What You Know.

Re: A slight change in the Comments system

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:04:37 -0000

Damn, if that's the case, I can see why you would go ahead and give them a shot. You may have convinced me to give the Disqus service a try. The only thing I don't like about this so far is that, anonymous posters such as myself have no way to subscribe to the post to be notified of new comments. Perhaps you can find a way to combine Disqus with the Comment Subscribe plugin in WordPress?

Re: Introducing - Mr. Gorgeous

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:44:08 -0000

Good link. I just read all the posts on their front page and the author of that blog does a fine job representing the cat LOL.

Re: Some more analysis for the stats junkies

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:34:54 -0000

Looks like your doing pretty well. At least no one can ever say your blog is worth nothing :) Thanks for linking to me by the way.

Re: Quick Thoughts for 12.19.07

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:06:47 -0000

Hope the day brings in some better weather for you. Wow, did that Technorati post I wrote light a flame under some blogging asses hehe. The guy who actually works at Technorati Ian Kallan actually responded with a comment that I hope clarifys a few things a little more.

Re: A simple way to drive away your user base

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:07:51 -0000

Hey Steve. That sucks that you had so many problems logging into your account. That whole Yahoo merger thing really screwed up alot of people. In fact, there are still a number of MBL users that haven't proper merged their avatar over. Thats why so many MBL users now have a big grey smily face as an avatar.

Because I have a Flickr account and thus a Yahoo ID, the process was not that hard for me. I covered the merger here with directions on how to merge the account http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/mybloglog-in-meets-ya... maybe you'll have a change of heart but then again, maybe not.

Re: They just don’t get it

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:20:49 -0000

Well said Steve. Not sure how many times you've said it but I guess people just don't get it. People are signing up to Facebook and then demanding that this happen or that this can't happen ect. When in the TOS, it's completely justified. As you said, you don't like it, you shouldn't of signed the damn contract and it's time to find a way to remove your account.

Re: 1 Facebook = 10 Car Companies

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:25:23 -0000

LOL. Steve, not sure if you saw the video or not about the Web 2.0 Bubble, but one of the first frames shows the valuation between Facebook and Ford, Facebook was worth more and that made me laugh a good bit.

Re: Stopping the Lazysphere? … Maybe when Pigs Fly

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:56:02 -0000

Honored that you gave me some link love within this post Steve. I can vouch for the fact that the reviews I write, whether it's about a website, service, wordpress theme or plugin, they all take quite a bit of time and effort to write. Sure, I could go the way of the tumblr attitude and simply link to stuff. But I think theres a limit to the less is more approach. I have the attitude of trying to add value to the net instead of adding crap. I think the net and the blogosphere has enough crap, there is no need for myself to add to the pile.

But what I've loved about the blogosphere that is far below the A-List radar is the fact that most of these individuals are writing from the heart. They tell it like it is and they really give you a piece of their mind. I find that aspect of the blogosphere to be invaluable.

Re: Stopping the Lazysphere? … Maybe when Pigs Fly

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:57:50 -0000

That is a great attitude to have Jeff. Stay in line with your focus and whenever possible, add value.

Re: Stopping the Lazysphere? … Maybe when Pigs Fly

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:00:21 -0000

You make some good points. I've noticed myself that it takes quite a bit of effort and work to produce good quality blog posts. Because of the amount of work and effort involved, you have to imagine that being the biggest barrier for most bloggers.

Re: The best announcement since they started slicing bread

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:56:53 -0000

This is awesome news. Although I purchased my copy quite a while ago, I feel like I've gotten more than $24 out of the application.

Re: Imagine my surprise - Wordpress Theme Viewer Updated!

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:42:32 -0000

Is that what you saw when you visited http://themes.wordpress.net/ ? or did you come across a different WordPress theme viewer?

Re: Imagine my surprise - Wordpress Theme Viewer Updated!

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:01:36 -0000

Interesting as I am still seeing the regular old theme viewer.

Re: More Wordpress Theme Viewer Screenshots

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:43:11 -0000

I am digging the film strip view, it reminds of how the Flickr gallery slideshow view. I like what I see so far.

Re: Well gee I must be a liar

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:02:36 -0000

Well Steve, I certainly didn't think your post this weekend would turn into this. I used what happened during this weekend and the link someone gave me as a good opportunity to remind new users of WordPress about the dangers of downloading themes of unofficial sources. I added the content of what happened this weekend with the theme viewer and yourself as context before the point I was trying to make.

Sorry if I ended up giving you more hell than anything else. But as we have seen, even without your browser screenshots, there are a number of other people who can back up the claims who have also seen either the same or something similar on the theme repository.

Re: I blog because I love doing it and relish the conversations

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:00:42 -0000

Well said Steve, I think you speak for the majority of those who blog. I bet over half of them could care less about tech meme or any of those other buzz centers. Most people are writing simply to express their views or thoughts, not to be on the frontpage of some buzzworthy aggregation site.

Re: Replenishing my personal A-List of bloggers

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:59:20 -0000

Thank you very much for including me in your revised A-List Steven, I truly appreciate it. I have been giving some thought to my blog and I think it's time to go old school and go back to where I started with it.

Re: It’s a damn Twitter account - not the end of the world

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:37:38 -0000

Obviously, if someone needs to remove their account from Twitter based on the fact that they are spending too much time on it, then I think there is more of a problem with the person than with Twitter itself. As you said Steve, Twitter is a stream that we can dip our feet into when we feel like it and at the click of a button, move away from the river. Sounds like Hugh was having a tough time moderating himself.

Re: The Adolescence of the Blogosphere

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:47:08 -0000

Damn Steve, you are on a roll. I whole heartedly agree with just about everything you have said. Man, the way you sum it up, these A-Listers are like corporations that are acquiring or purchasing their competition. While the boys and girls at the top can play this game known as FIRSTIES, there can be another sub section of bloggers who stop to smell the roses and then provide length, in depth researched pieces. These are the bloggers that will reach a pinnacle of success in their own right.

Every recipe for blogging success is different for everyone. Find the right ingredients though is more than half the battle. Glad to see you are looking at this from the big picture and giving us a few of those ingredients for success.

Re: Making FeedDemon the killer blogger app

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:43:40 -0000

I think that is an awesome idea, being a twitter use myself. I have a feature request for the folks at feed demon myself. In firefox, I use an extension that automatically fills out the NAME, URL and EMAIL fields on commenting sections on blogs. I wish I could have that type of functionality inside of FeedDemon so that I wouldn't have to browse the post in FeedDemon into FireFox to easily make a comment.

If that was added, I'd be writing comments on all sorts of blog posts I read in FeedDemon.

Re: Tim Hortons - make sure you count your change

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:59:13 -0000

Damn man, that really sucks. Godo thing about the web though is that you can let a whole lot of people know about experiences such as this. This blog post will probably end up damaging them in some way or another albeit a small one perhaps. The cashier who miscounted the change, she wasn't blonde by chance?

Re: Tim Hortons - make sure you count your change

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:00:05 -0000

I work at a damn grocery store, and customers who complain about anything are usually greeted with some sort of gift certificate, even if they are dead wrong.

Re: Are you on the hunt for icons?

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:39:05 -0000

Thanks Steve for the accolades! I have to tell you, the icon posts are pretty popular on the blog and they have become excellent posts in the archive for search engine traffic. All thanks to Feed Demon and Watchbins, I can stay on top of icons being released :)

Re: Comments are not creative content - Get over it!

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:10:19 -0000

This conversation reminds me of the days when people asked whether or not, they owned the data that they put onto sites such as Facebook. So, the bottom line is, a comment is (just there) not owned by anyone except cyberspace perhaps?

Re: Michael Arrington tells Twitter’s ex-CTO to suck it up

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:49:25 -0000

All I can say is Wow. That was quite the elbow delivered by Mr. Arrington.

Re: Is Tech Blogging Getting Boring?

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:26:43 -0000

Anytime you get bored with Tech, take some time out and read a book. Reading a book seems to be much more refreshing to me than reading 600 RSS feeds with 6 million non-read entries. Also, Wired magazine is a great thing to read when you're bored. It's even better for staring at the info graphics those guys create.

(NSFW) Hey Steven, sounds like you have consumed a couple orders of this stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wS5xOZ7Rq8

Re: Are We Painting Ourselves Into A FriendFeed Corner?

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:51:48 -0000

human beings have an innate fascination with their tools regardless of profession.

Not sure why, but that statement has me thinking about a group of monkeys in a circle, some of which are smashing their fingers on a laptop keyboard trying to update their social media status.

Steven, you should do an experiment where you don;t visit FriendFeed, Twitter or any other social media site or use a social service. Go on a brainstorming session on the who's and the why's and then come back and tell us what you came up with. Get out of the social storm and into individuality.

This is one reason why I loved the Business 2.0 magazine which is now out of print. They focused on ideas, the who's and the why's instead of the tools.

Re: Discussion Point: Who’s that widget talking to?

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:55:18 -0000

Hmm, wonder if Google will go down in history as the worlds largest honey pot.

Re: From the Pipeline – 7.30.08

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:31:26 -0000

That is one awesome looking storm cloud. Too bad there is not a higher resolution available of that same image. Also, if you saw something like this http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=43189 coming towards you, what would your reaction be?

Re: Screw Google Analytics I’m Liking Woopra

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:30:23 -0000

I've been a big fan of Woopra ever since it's initial offering back in March of this year. However, they have been going through some hard times. The Woopra client 1.2 had some serious issues but 1.3 appeared to fix those. Version 1.3.3 o the Woopra WordPress plugin also had some serious issues but they immediately fixed that and released version 1.3.4. By the way Steve, you could auto tag users through Woopra but I don't think it will work on your site because you're using Disqus instead of the native commenting section. Not that big of a deal anyways unless you want to know people by name who are browsing around the site. Would make chatting with people you know much easier and less spooky.

Re: Join the journey to re-discovering one’s passion

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:18:42 -0000

Sounds like Larry has definitely been through the rungs. I hope that by doing the blog, he can feel better that he has gotten his thoughts out into the open and perhaps the blog will serve as means of straightening everything out. I've added the site to my link blog and will be keeping an eye out on his progress. Sounds like a good friend too.

Re: Fear of thinking

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:35:13 -0000

One of the reasons why I loved reading Business 2.0 magazine is because it was filled with business/people who were doing new things, capitalizing on new ideas, new ways of doing things. I think doing something new or saying something new is in and of itself, a barrier. I think much of that has to do with the comfort level of sticking with the norm since the norm is somewhat predictable.

I'll be trying during 2009 to get around the barrier of doing new things or speaking my mind regarding new ideas. If I can convince myself to not care as much about what people think or the ridicule I might face, I think I'd be able to make some progress.

Re: New Twitter Slavery Era

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:37:35 -0000

this has got to be one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

Re: What Prompts You to Follow to Someone’s Twitter?

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:47:41 -0000

I look at their latest tweets and if they have said anything remotely related to me or of interest, I'll follow them. For everything else, Nope.

Re: TWiT Update

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:35:43 -0000

Looks to me like Leo is starting to succumb to podcast fatigue. It's not like NEt@Nite was on every sunday every week. There have been times where the show wasn't produced for over two weeks during the shows existence. I guess all of those mini breaks weren't enough.

I thoroughly enjoy net@nite when the conversation isn't about nostalgic times or when the show doesn't sound like a phone call between two distant friends who seemingly only have one hour for one day a week in which they can communicate with each other.

If you need the break, go ahead and take it. There are plenty of other podcasts oops netcasts to keep me busy.

Re: TWiT Update : LOL: The Life of Leo

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:35:43 -0000

Re: Online Tweetup = Huge Success!

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:40:28 -0000

Hey man, it was nice meeting you and the rest of the gang. I too would also say the spring of the moment meet up was a success.

Re: New CNN show pushes the limits of Twitter — literally

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:36:04 -0000

This is great news for Twitter but I have to wonder, will we be allowed to blame CNN if we start seeing the Fail Whale reappear every 10 minutes?

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:35:01 -0000

So, Six apart can lay off its work force but they have enough cash laying around to acquire a microblogging service and then shut it down. I'd be pretty pissed if I was recently laid off by Six apart.

Asides from that, I hope this serves as a reminder as to what could happen if Twitter or some other service that is used by the public just disappears. We have no remorse but thankfully, they are at least providing export tools.

Re: Worthy Wordpress Themes Contest

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:03:30 -0000

I saw your theme link on Twitter and thought that was your original theme until I saw this one you're currently using. If that other theme on Twitter was GridFocus, I nominate that as the theme of choice.

Re: Online Tweet-UP Episode 2 Scheduled!!! SPREAD THE WORD!

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:16:36 -0000

Awesome news. If it's anything like the first one, the second one will be another huge hit. I'm on vacation from work that week so I shouldn't have any problems attending.

Re: Show Us Your TRUFFLE SHUFFLE! This is a contest!

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:28:29 -0000

Has a great time man. Every one who joins these tweetups seems to get along with each other pretty well. A nice loose atmosphere. Can't wait for the third one!

Re: Refocusing The Blog

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:51:47 -0000

Quality over quantity, where have I heard that before? Although difficult, glad to see you are willing to disregard the hype trains and branch off on your own unique indepth stuff which adds value instead of just another piece of trash on the web. We need more of this.

Re: Surfing Smart with these Bookmarklets

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:52:34 -0000

I wouldn't mind seeing a screenshot of your Firefox browser to get a jist as to your bookmarking workflow. I wonder if it looks like a firefox install with a bazillion items everywhere.

Re: Obama: The morning after and some last thoughts

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:29:43 -0000

Hey Steve, just wanted to stop by and thank you for the quote/link. Right now, there seems to be this resounding feeling of hope. Like a renewed sense of focus to get things back in order. Only time will tell if Obama was filled with hot air and delivers empty promises or he delivers the change that his entire campaign was centered around. I hope the momentum and the feeling of hope continues for a very long time, for the sake of America.

If something like JFK happens to Obama, I can't comprehend how much of a disaster this would be for the U.S. and its people.

Re: Every Thing I Love About Dogs…

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:26:33 -0000

Ok, I'll admit it. It made me chuckle. I'm a dog fan as well.

Re: Shoplifting Dog Still At Large!

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:52:59 -0000

Wow Kenn, that is great stuff. Got me to laugh. That is one smart dog. I wonder though if he'll be back to try it again?

Re: Man Shoots Attacking Dog…Was He Justified?

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:47:31 -0000

It's a tough call, but if left no other choice, I would rather see my dog live than die. Also, their is no telling what would have happened to me once the Rott decided to attack me rather than the dog. This entire situation is terrible but the results from the case and whether they decide to press charges on the man who shot the dog will be interesting.

Re: Man Shoots Attacking Dog…Was He Justified?

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:36:08 -0000

Just wanted to pass along that their has been an update to the story:

http://wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsart...

Looks like the only charge they could pursue is the one were the rottweiler owner failed to have his dog on a leash no longer than 8 feet in length. They say the misdemeanor will probably end in a fine.

Re: Heading to WordCamp Dallas

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:21:22 -0000

Wow, thanks for putting up the presentation online. It seems as though your presentation was one of the many highlights of the WordCamp event. Seems as though many people are taking this issue to heart.

Re: Plugin Standards

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:47:01 -0000

I love the way you look at the WP Repository as a way to release an official or widely used plugin versus releasing a hacked file on your site. That's the argument I'm trying to discuss in favor of the Repository system. No need to force plugin authors to code their plugin so that it meets the repositories requirements, but the repository should be viewed as the BIG BOYS area of plugins where the end user's expectations for plugins are high.

It would be nice though if plugin authors abided by some sort of guidelines, even with their small file hacks. But I realize that WordPress is as open as an open source project can be, and any guidelines that are presented could just as easily be ignored.

The more I think about these plugin issues, the more my head spins around on my shoulders lol. There are so many different ways you could take this.

But I agree. We are in discussions right now and are not doing any real work in terms of getting things done. Perhaps filing something in the trac system would be the way to go?

Re: Plugin Standards

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:41:37 -0000

Or, should the standards or guidelines be in affect for only those plugins that want to be hosted in the WP Plugin Repository and everything else outside of the repository is fair game for the plugin author to do what he thinks is best.

But you bring up a good point in that, it would still be nice to see some sort of UNOFFICIAL list of guidelines that plugin authors could CHOOSE to follow if they wanted to. Perhaps the reason so many plugin authors do the things they do is because there is no list of guidelines to follow?

Re: WordPress Weekly

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:02:02 -0000

Hey Andrew, thanks for the link love. What did you think of this episode? I realize it ran incredibly long, but I think it was filled with a ton of information.

Re: Fun with Sidebar Tabs

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:34:58 -0000

Hey Andrew. I installed this plugin locally the other day but I couldn't manage to figure out how to use it. I understand the installation instructions and I get as far as having a tabbed sidebar widget that I can place into a widget sidebar, but how do I add widgets to the tabbed sidebar widget. Hopefully, that makes sense.

Re: Where Next for the Default Theme?

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:20:12 -0000

Hey Andrew. Looks like you and I are on the same page in regards to ideas. You take a different route than my set of ideas but I think we come around in a circle at the same place. Let me know what you think of my own ideas.

Re: Premium Theme Reviews

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:05:32 -0000

Hey Andrew, during your reviews, let us know what each theme offers in terms of theme options on the back end. That post by Nathan Rice is starting to make me wonder.

Re: Interview with Lorelle

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:55:35 -0000

Thanks for the link Andrew and thanks for stopping by and being part of the show. I had a blast and it looks like everyone else did as well.

Re: Premium Themes Review

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:30:23 -0000

Enjoyed the review Andrew, thanks for giving all of those themes a good look through and reporting on your findings.

Re: Matt to appear on WordPress Weekly

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01:37 -0000

Hey Andrew, I thought last weeks episode was awesome. Hoping you'll be able to stop on by for the next episode which I think may be a packed house.

Re: Now with added Habari

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:28:11 -0000

"oh-hell O’Clock" I think I've been up at this time before, many times actually. Look forward to seeing you in the chatroom.

I have still not been able to get my hands on Habari to give it a shot but it is only a matter of time. I plan on adding a section to my feed reader specifically for Habari to keep tabs on development and your blog will be one of the ones I add to that feed.

Re: Back to the future

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:00 -0000

Perhaps part of the problem is that, there are so many people using WordPress in this day in age that the things you don't used are being used by some other group of individuals giving those features at least a little bit of worth. But, I think a good example of what you are talking about is the search in the admin panel. Who uses that thing lol.

Re: Unobtrusive config for fire and forget plugins

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:04:53 -0000

They may have the option, but what happens if this becomes yet another place I have to browse to, to see if the plugin settings link is there or not. I wish plugin authors would settle on a one stop shop where all configuration links are located.

Although I understand that because of how some of the administration panels are named, settings links sometimes don't belong in a certain menu versus others. This is a usability issue. Still, I'd like to see some sort of unofficial standard to make the end users life a little less complicated.

Re: IntenseDebate

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:17:50 -0000

Tell you what, I came close to using IntenseDebate as I become increasingly frustrated with styling the threaded comments for my theme. What a nightmare. Still on the fence but using something like ID looks more appealing the more that time goes on.

Re: My experience of Flexx

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:03:07 -0000

I was their during that presentation and I was also impressed. I have played around with the theme on my local server and it is much easier to use and configure than Shifter was. I don't know when I'll need to use it but I can't wait for something to come along which will provide the excuse :P

Re: Better Tags Manager WordPress Plugin Release

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:17:10 -0000

I was hoping this plugin would help me sort out all of the blank tags from earlier versions of WordPress but it looks like this won't fit the bill. Guess I'll have to delete them by hand.

Re: Are Premium WordPress Plugins/Themes Unethical?

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:24:08 -0000

That point was raised time and time again during and after the show. The bottom line is, if the theme on the repository is fully compliant with GPL and the credit link points back towards a site that openly supports or advertises non-gpl stuff, Matt does not want that on the repository. Why should he allow that type of advertising to be presented to his community through the theme repository? However, Matt did state that the removals would be done with reason so if anyone is unsure if they meet the new guidelines, they can send the theme repository guys an email to see if their theme, site is compatible.

Re: Are Premium WordPress Plugins/Themes Unethical?

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:40:39 -0000

Unfortunately, changing ones business model is hard especially if it is bringing food on the table. The good news is if you want to call it that is Matt, nor anyone else is forcing those people to change their business model. Matt has stated that they do not plan on pursuing legal action against those who violate their license. The difference here though is that if you're a theme author who sells themes with restrictions, single use licenses, etc. you are violating the GPL and thus, you will not receive support from either Matt or anything under the WordPress.org umbrella.

And the point has to be made just for the sake of making it, Matt is not against anyone making money through or off of WordPress. He would just like to see it done in a way that honors the GPL.

By the way,some of those questions were ones I retrieved from the community as they are affected most by these guidelines. I did come up with most of the questions myself though! I agree, Matt is a stand up guy, but he has laid forth the guidelines for which he expects theme authors or plugin authors to follow in order to garner the support of not only himself but the wordpress project through the corresponding repositories. If people don't want to do that, nothing stops them from doing things on their own.

Re: Are Premium WordPress Plugins/Themes Unethical?

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:00:52 -0000

Sorry Kirsta, I can't remember if we specifically discussed what constitutes a derivative work or not. I do know that specific issue was discussed and debated very heavily on the WP-Hackers mailing list. Here is the link if you have the time to read two miles worth of debate which I can't tell how it ended.

http://groups.google.com/group/wp-hackers/brows...

Re: Are Premium WordPress Plugins/Themes Unethical?

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:05:47 -0000

I plan on having Brian G and Jason on soon sometime in 2009. For now, I suggest taking a listen to the 10/10/2008 02:00 PM edition of WordPress Weekly where I did a special interview with Brian G around the time he was launching Revolution 2.

http://tinyurl.com/wpweekly

Re: 2007/06/16/stalking2/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:46:01 -0000

Hello James. After reading Nick's article on Valleywag and then re-reading your article, I had to post my thoughts about this situation which I have published to my own site.

I don't understand why so many users have switched from wanting to remain anonymous to broadcasting their entire computing life to the web. I realize this is voluntary, but I feel that at some point in time, all of this broadcasting is going to bite people in the rear due to identity theft. The more information that a thieve can gain against a particular individual the better, at least in their eyes.

I just don't seem to understand the logic of broadcasting all of this information to the web.

Re: 2007/06/20/bunnyherolabs-bebox/

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:09:34 -0000

If someone were wanting to become an application developer, I would highly advise them to start creating widgets left and right as they appear to be taking over the web. It's just amazing to me, that one man can develop a widget and within 24 hours the widget spreads across the entire MySpace domain.

Re: 2007/06/20/jaiku-launches-channels-feature-for-topical-messaging/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:48:25 -0000

This is a really cool feature that Jaiku as added to their system. This is a feature I have been requesting for quite some time now and I am happy that they finally listened.

I am having a difficult time trying to make the background image for my channel to repeat. I am continuously selecting the REPEAT check box to ensure the uploaded image repeats but it is not working for some odd reason.

I'm still bummed out by the fact that Jaiku has failed to fix the problem of too many users being displayed on the right hand sidebar when your inside a channel. Try going into the Twit channel and making a quick post, it becomes anything but quick. Why can't those guys fix it so that only a maximum of perhaps 20-30 people are displayed at one time with the option of seeing more friends.

Re: 2007/06/20/jaiku-launches-channels-feature-for-topical-messaging/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:49:41 -0000

Crap, I forgot to let you know, I created a channel for users to discuss anything dealing with web 2.0. Please join it if your a Jaiku member http://jaiku.com/channel/Jeffro2pt0

P.S. Will Mashable ever allow users to edit their comments?

Re: 2007/06/19/blogging-toolbox/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:20:33 -0000

Simply awesome. I am going to be a busy man today.

Re: 2007/06/21/netvibes-universes/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:39:47 -0000

Seems like a cool idea, although this just reinforces that fact that I'm not popular enough or else I could have my own universe. I wonder if Paris Hilton has her own NetVibe universe?

Re: 2007/06/21/youtube-malware/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:54:25 -0000

Uh oh. I think I may stay away from YouTube until this situation is resolved.

Re: 2007/06/20/jaiku-launches-channels-feature-for-topical-messaging/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:07:25 -0000

What about allowing something to the effect of digg, giving users maybe 30 seconds or so when the comment goes live to fix anything that might be wrong, then the comment becomes static?

Re: 2007/06/22/diggers-revolt-over-new-comment-system-resolved/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:43:49 -0000

Yeah, nice to see they responded promptly and I think the reason Kevin wants constructive feedback is because most of the users of Digg probably responded with THIS SUCKS or LAME which isn't much to go by when trying to make things right.

Re: 2007/06/22/travel-hacking/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:05:12 -0000

Hmm, I see James has raised the bar yet again, pretty soon, even he won't be able to top himself!

Re: 2007/06/24/linkedin-facebook/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:24:16 -0000

To be honest, I think MySpace and it's heydays are over with. Sure, it still have the numbers to make it the number 1 social networking site on the net, but I strongly feel that one by one, MySpace users are switching over to Facebook or a competing platform. MySpace seems to react to slowly compared to other startups which is costing them in the short term.

As for LinkedIn, I have no idea as I am not associated with them in any way. Looks like I have to join yet another social web site.

Re: 2007/06/25/greenervoice/

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:08:52 -0000

I love the layout and structure of the content but I couldn't help but notice that the site is not covered in black, because after all, black uses the least amount of energy right?

Re: 2007/06/25/internet-tv/

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:55:33 -0000

Don't sweat it James, even John C Dvorak can't seem to wrap his head around what exactly IPTV is.

Re: 2007/06/29/facebook-down/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:29:31 -0000

I just created my own Facebook account so the service is apparently back to normal.

Re: 14 Personalized Homepages Compared, Feature by Feature

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:12:27 -0000

Wow. I still don't believe in using start pages although if I did, I think netvibes or the google startpage would be the ones that I would use.

Re: 2007/06/28/pownce-2/

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:55:25 -0000

And I sure as hell hope that Pownceâ€™s protocols are done in such a way to enable Miranda/Gaim/Trillian support, because without it, it will be much harder for people to become real everyday users.

Couldn't agree with this statement more! I'm sure the number one reason most people use anything on the net these days is because one or more of their friends are using it.

Re: 2007/07/05/lala-music/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:31:32 -0000

Too bad I didn't hear about this service sooner. I would of loved to be able to listen to a few cds for free. Hopefully they come back with a winning strategy.

Re: 2007/07/03/pownce-rivals/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:51:15 -0000

LOL Just noticed that I am all over that Twitter image. WOW! I twitter too much!

Re: 2007/07/12/feedburner-blogger/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:51:10 -0000

Inevitable is right. A natural fit for each other, match made in heaven. I love FeedBurner, especially since the paid services are now Free.

Re: 2007/07/24/365main/

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:33:50 -0000

LMAO this is a good post. Amazing to see most of the websites I visit are hosted out of San Fran and they were down yesterday.

Re: 2007/07/25/pownce-public-api/

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:25:53 -0000

Finally. If Pownce is going to gain any more traction it's going to be through this API. Now it will be interesting to see what pops up using Pownce. Is their already a Facebook Pownce applitcation?

Re: 2007/07/30/beyonce-stair-fall/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:34:56 -0000

LOL, Beyonce and SonyBMG both have something in common, they have both fallen on their face.

Re: 2007/07/30/facebook-says-no-to-gays/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:41:45 -0000

I have to say, the article image is classic. Simply Genius

Re: 2007/07/30/facebook-says-no-to-gays/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:42:11 -0000

We tried this out, and while Facebook does reject the last name â€œGayâ€, it also provides contact info for the Customer Support Team if you really do happen to be called Ima Gay. ;)

Ima Gay, voted for best username of the year LOL

Re: 2007/08/08/break-video-players/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:56:30 -0000

I love break.com I've been watching videos on this site for over two years. Glad to see they are keeping up with all of the other video stuff going on in this crowded space.

Re: 2007/08/10/jjot/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:52:38 -0000

Can't believe I wrote a review on something before the big guys got to it :) At any rate, I wrote a detailed review for this service which you can read here http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/jjot-review-take-note...

Re: 2007/08/13/yappd/

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:27:28 -0000

I wrote a detailed review of this service which can be read here http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/yappd-reviewed-non-tw... Pretty much to sum it up, It really disappointed me.

Re: 2007/08/17/tubes/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:34:40 -0000

I wonder if Sen Ted Stevens is the initial funding for this company :)

Re: 2007/09/04/foleo-cancelled/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:55:11 -0000

I don't think it's a surprise as to why this product failed.

Re: 2007/09/04/medium-rockme/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:57:23 -0000

wow, the bar just keeps being raise for the folks who produce Tiki Bar. As for using Ustream for these concerts, I wonder if they will disable all Ustream members from broadcasting during the concert, considering how much bandwidth this event is going to use.

Re: 2007/09/04/emarketer-online-radio-ads/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:59:57 -0000

Does this market research take Podcasting or Podcast advertising into any account what so ever? I'd just be curious to see where the podcasts stats add up.

Re: 2007/09/14/steve-fossett/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:48:21 -0000

I heard this guy had quite a bit of technology on him when his plane went down. That technology doesn't seem to be helping him very much.

I also find it rather interesting to see all sorts of different technologies being used to try and find this guy. If this happened a few years ago, do you think anyone would of came up with the idea to have a ton of people looking over TerraServer images?

Re: 2007/10/09/jaiku-google/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:28:27 -0000

First off, congratulations Jyri EngestrÃ¶m and Petteri Koponen. Secondly, it looks like itâ€™s getting to the point where you canâ€™t use anything cool on the internet without Google somehow being involved. Thirdly, I canâ€™t wait to see the implementation of Google Adsense.

Re: 2007/10/09/jaiku-google/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:34:06 -0000

By the way, it looks like every member of Jaiku has 10 invites to give away to those that want them.

Re: 2007/10/11/facebook-comscore/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:34:50 -0000

Although I agree with you Sean, this is one of the forces behind lifestreaming services coming online left and right. Instead of covering 20 social networking sites, we'll cover 10 life streaming sites. After combining all your streams into one, then what do you do?

Re: Update to Tumblr Finally On the Way

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:35:51 -0000

Thanks for linking to me Mark. Looks like someone was home at the Tumblr office. Interesting.

Re: Update to Tumblr Finally On the Way

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:58:50 -0000

If Tumblr could improve it's feed integration and work on an assortment of other things perhaps mobile support, you could be looking at one hell of a life streaming service that could also be updated in real time.

Re: 2007/10/19/firefox-2008-released-enables-leopard-compatibility/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:01:00 -0000

I knew this was going to be released today two days prior :) I forgot about it though. I'll upgrade anyways just because I enjoy problems LOL

Re: 2007/10/20/press-releases/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:43:31 -0000

I wouldn't mind any links at all so I don't fall for link bait :)

Re: SOCIAL NETWORKING GOD: 350+ Social Networking Sites

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:23:21 -0000

I would rather see a list of 350 social networks that have died. That would be pretty interesting. Give a date of when you covered them and then the date they died.

Re: 2007/10/23/did-blogrush-dump-the-wrong-10000-bloggers/

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:24:10 -0000

First off, thanks for linking to me. Although I really wouldnâ€™t consider myself RIGHTEOUS lol. I enjoyed your post which goes into detail about how these spam blogs operate. Interesting observations indeed.

I also wanted to tell you that I agree with the fact that, BlogRush didnâ€™t work as it was supposed to when it launched, didnâ€™t work before the 10,000 bloggers were cut and only time will tell if BlogRush will begin to work AFTER the cut.

The thing is, the blogosphere is a fickle crowd, ready to move on to the next best thing at the drop of a hat. Hopefully, they all move to CLIQ.

Re: 2007/10/23/usa-today-widgets-2/

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:26:45 -0000

This is all we need, mainstream media bull crap that can be accessed from any blog on the internets.

Re: Visual Twitter Clone Yappd Acquired; By Who?

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:28:59 -0000

If Yappd was anything like they were when I reviewed them, those folks wasted their money. Will be interesting to see who ingested their technology and how it will be used.

Re: 2007/10/26/flantr-web-20-photo-editor/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:31:45 -0000

Nice writeup. Reminds me of Fauxto and some others I've seen crop up. Now all we need is for one of those Mashable 2 billion online photo editor posts and we'll be all set :)

Re: 2007/10/26/comcast-isnt-net-neutral-are-they-liars-too/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:37:45 -0000

No, it's not looking good for Comcast at all. However, what are Comcast customers supposed to do if Comcast is their only choice for broadband. It may not look good for Comcast but if you ask me, nothing short of a mass exodus from their service is going to stop this from occurring. But that would require work and luck on the consumers part. Both of which are rare for Americans, especially that bit about Work.

Re: Fastest Growing Facebook Group Now Has A Million Members

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:42:36 -0000

This is nothing short of hilarious. I think Colbert just might be AMERICA.

Re: 2007/11/01/tumblr/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:54:08 -0000

Wow, Tumblr has some good news finally. I completely forgot about the announcement that was supposed to happen today lol. Good thing Mashable is around to remind us.

Re: 2007/10/31/digg-analysis/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:12:58 -0000

Nice writeup Mark. I agree with both Pete and Kriss in that Digg should be an example of what Wisdom of Crowds is NOT. Digg seems to be an excellent source of news and golden nuggets of cool stuff found on the internet, but it's definitely not a diverse crowd.

All one has to do to figure out just what sort of wisdom the digg crowd enjoys is to review all of the articles that have made it to the front page of digg. Once you compile that data, you'll be able to see what wisdom the crowd of Digg enjoys thereby strengthening the argument that the movers and shakers of digg are nothing more than niche groups which is entirely the opposite of the wisdom of crowds theory.

Re: 2007/11/03/10-events-for-bloggers/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:37:42 -0000

If a go to each and every one of these events, am I guaranteed to be an A-List blogger where the entire internet drools over every Twitter message, every post and bashes me just to bash me?

Re: 2007/11/05/in-case-you-missed-it-web-20-is-bad-now/

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:03:19 -0000

How about this one -

Cloudware - apps and services that once would have run on a desktop operating system now run in the cloud: unbounded, evershifting, intangible collection of servers that make up the internet.

Re: 2007/11/05/in-case-you-missed-it-web-20-is-bad-now/

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:59:39 -0000

I think whats even funnier than these buzzwords are the job titles associated with so-called Web 2.0 positions.

Chief Evangelist:
Head of a companyâ€™s sales and marketing team

Virtual World Bureau Chief:
Head of a news bureau in Second Life

Brand Champion:
A PR person for a particular companyâ€™s brand

Senior Interface Hacker:
Writer of code to build applications and create user interfaces for podcasts

Web Product Demigod:
Creator of open-source content management systems

Online Audience Development Manager:
Head of effort to get a companyâ€™s site to the top of a Google or Yahoo! search results

* VP of Emerging Media
* Chief Risk Officer
* New Media Specialist
* Chief Diversity Officer
* Chief Interrupter Officer
* Instigator
* Content Analyst

Re: 2007/11/06/yahoo-hearings/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:49:20 -0000

Well thats not good. I think this adds fire to the argument that Congress is so far behind in terms of technology that it's really making the U.S. look bad.

So I guess it was a congress sponsored roast where Yahoo was the roasted!

Re: 2007/11/06/facebook-ads/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:56:41 -0000

One of these days, we'll look back and say, "Remember When Facebook was the king of the news" then we'll say "Yeah, until their userbase imploded"

Re: 2007/11/06/aniboom-race-for-the-whitehouse/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:59:05 -0000

The race to the whitehouse videos don't load for me but every other video on that site does. Anyone else experiencing this?

Re: 2007/11/06/facebook-ads/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:03:41 -0000

Yet lifestreaming everything else via other services is not?

Re: 2007/11/06/opensocial-domain/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:47:11 -0000

So I imagine this is somehow going to end up in court?

Re: 2007/11/06/facebook-ads/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:48:28 -0000

ROFL, good one.

Re: 2007/11/05/in-case-you-missed-it-web-20-is-bad-now/

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:40:03 -0000

Here are a few more buzzwords we can really turn into web 3.0

CrowdSourcing:
Futurism:
HyperLocal:
Peer Production:
Utility Computing:

Re: 2007/11/09/236-huffpo-snatches-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:28:06 -0000

Hmm, Looks like I'll stick to my (TheOnionRadioNews) for parody news.

Re: 2007/11/09/facebook-asks-can-we-see-your-id/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:32:10 -0000

He should of uploaded a forum avatar or something. That would of been interesting!

Re: 2007/11/09/myspace-tv-quarterlife/

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:57:10 -0000

I'd rather spend a quarterlife stabbing myself in the eyes so I don't have to watch crap like this anymore. Any one who thinks Lonelygirl15 was worth watching is a nut!

Re: 2007/11/12/2500-marvel-comics-come-online-today/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:58:56 -0000

Thats cool. I've always been a big fan of web comics and comics that relate to the blogosphere. Penny Arcade ranks way up their on the list.

Re: 2007/11/12/most-underrated-website-winner-announced/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:09:26 -0000

Holy cow, that is one hilarious yet informative promos for a company I have ever seen. Well done.

Re: 2007/11/15/wikipedia-profiles-socialpedia/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:45:27 -0000

It seems unlikely that Wales or anyone else could develop a human powered search engine to take on the likes of Google with their automated algorithms. Once you take out automation, your already becoming in efficient.

Good luck to Wales for whatever he's gonna do. Have we already reached the "GEE ANOTHER SOCIAL NETWORK" stage yet?

Re: 2007/11/15/slacker-gets-off-their-ass-builds-a-player/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:49:44 -0000

Interesting device but they are limiting themselves to areas that have WiFi coverage only. I WISH Microsoft would give the Zune a built in browser and allow me to browse the web on my Zune device so I can listen to my own stations via Pandora. That would be freaking sweet.

Re: 2007/11/15/amazon-to-announce-the-kindle-ebook/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:53:07 -0000

I've heard some great things about the Sony Ebook reader from Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte but like you Mark, I would kill to have a sweet device with FireFox as the browser that would do nothing more than check email and allow me to read and manage my feeds. I've been looking for a portable RSS feed reader device for awhile now and haven't been able to find one.

Re: 2007/11/27/open-web-awards-widgets/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:48:04 -0000

NOMINATE - Cliqin http://cliqin.com/ A CLIQ is a group of bloggers working together to increase their collective readership and audience engagement.

Members of the same CLIQ share links to featured, popular and related blog posts on their respective sites by though the CLIQ Widget. They can also manage their featured posts and see reports about which Blogs and posts are getting the most views and driving the most referrals around the CLIQ

Re: 2007/12/03/facebook-beacon-tracks-non-users/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:51:18 -0000

Over the past few weeks, I have heard so many people complain about Facebook and what they are doing with the data you have given them. Iâ€™ve given it some thought and have come to the conclusion that social-networks are nothing more than marketing data harvesters. Asides from having a ton of eyeballs to market to advertisers, most of the userâ€™s on these social-networks provide accurate user data. The reason I believe this to be true is that, you want at least most of your profile to be accurate so your friends know who you are on that network. This accurate data makes for good demographics that the social network owner doesnâ€™t have to work so hard to retrieve.

In the end, youâ€™re not an end user. Your a pawn within a giant game called online advertising. If you donâ€™t like it, donâ€™t use the damn service. Here is a better idea, buy a webhosting account, download WordPress, and create your own social network that you control, around your blog.

Re: 2007/12/04/digg-alternatives-poll/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:23:18 -0000

I don't use Digg or any of it's alternatives. There seems to be an equal distribution of stupidity and ignorance spread out amongst all of the "lack of wisdom of crowd" sites.

Re: 2007/12/04/mediaweek-myspace-only-makes-17-million-yearly/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:26:30 -0000

It's funny that the headline was apparently not funny. Anyways, all MySpace would have to do to win over the Facebook crowd is tout new privacy features that are better than Facebooks. Then we might see people jumping ship going from MySpace back to Facebook.

Re: 2007/12/03/digg-image-section/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:28:43 -0000

OMFG THE INTERWEB IS BURNING DUE TO DIGG LAUNCHING NEW FEATURE.

"looks over the crowd towards the horizon" Crap, looks like no one cares.

Re: 2007/12/04/studies-say-33-will-care-hulus-in-hd/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:35:17 -0000

invisibastard for the win. Comment of the month I say.

Re: 2007/12/11/poll-search-privacy/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:32:56 -0000

Good move on the part of Ask.com someone over there is using their brain

Re: 2008/01/04/forget-kenya-lets-talk-scoble-gate/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:10:56 -0000

Wow Mark. That was one of your greater posts. Couldn't agree with you more. Scoble schmoble, who cares. Just goes to show everyone just how much of an influence (SUPPOSED) this Scoble character has online.

Re: 2005/09/09/scoble-lands-channel-9-interview-with-bill-gates/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:12:39 -0000

Wow. This guy gets an interview with THEE Bill Gates and he ends up asking some of the dumbest, over asked questions of all time. Why can't anyone just get off the regular media horse and ask some tough questions for once.

Re: 2008/01/07/xerox-the-new-face-of-web-20/

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:00:22 -0000

Hmm, did you ever manage to check this out http://enthree.com/files/random/web2logos/ I found it to be rather funny. In fact, most of the web 2.0 logo spoofs look better than the current ones most companies are using.

Re: 2008/01/10/the-problem-with-podcasting-isnt-downloads/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:49:20 -0000

Ahhh, I've listened to you go on and on about this Mark on your podcast and I always thought about how screwed up the podcasting world must of been for you to be going through so much hell. It's a shame that these companies have no clue as to how to monetize the business. I am a very big fan of podcasts and I've never had to pay for any of them. Will podcasts turn into PAID FOR content? Also, is this trend of screwing the podcaster going to continue? How can these companies stay in business if they are constantly screwing the guys who are producing the content?

If you were to go to court with a lawyer and file a suit, do you think you'd have a chance to win?

Re: 2008/01/16/cliq-cliq-boom/

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:04:18 -0000

LOL thanks for the link love Mark and I love the Bush quote. I still argue with people that he didn't do it on purpose and that the videos were edited but alas, that is our president for ya.

Re: 2008/01/21/meg-whitman-retire/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:45:29 -0000

How much dough do you think she has in the bank? I bet she could retire right now if she wanted to.

Re: 2008/01/31/social-networking-fatigue/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:34:45 -0000

Yep. And in fact, I used the International Delete MySpace Account Day to delete my account on a number of sites such as CoComment, Pownce, Plaxo and others that I no longer use. I think I'm beginning to come around now.

Re: 2008/01/30/twitter-down-for-the-debates-twitter-forces-my-hand/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:38:48 -0000

I have to agree Mark. It drives me up the wall when I try to figure out what makes Twitter so complicated in that it can't provide a relatively simple service. It goes down way too much for what it does.

Re: 2008/02/14/wordpress-2-5-demo/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:07:17 -0000

Thanks for the link love Mark. I definitely prefer this way of playing around with new version of WordPress than by having to install an SVN copy on my local machine. I'm impressed by what I see so far, but I know that when 2.5 comes out, there will be a lot to talk about.

Re: 2008/02/14/wordpress-2-5-demo/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:10:30 -0000

No idea Ben. Good thing the database resets every 60 minutes but I've noticed a new douchebag takes over when its reset.

Re: 2008/02/28/wordpress-forum-theme/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:57:33 -0000

Thanks for the link Kristen. I really appreciate it. As for the comment Satish made. Yes, there is bbpress, but then again, this TDO theme integrates everything into one neat little package. BBpress is separate from WordPress unless you integrate it yourself. So this theme is not pointless.

Re: 2008/03/26/wordcamp-dallas/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:43:02 -0000

Heh and the Friday session is still SUPER SECRET! By the way Mark, are you planning on attending the event? I know I asked you at some point in the past and you said it didn't look like you would be able to make it.

Re: 2008/03/26/wordcamp-dallas/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:05:58 -0000

I read the article, but I wasn't sure if you were going to be attending or someone representing Mashable as a whole was going to attend. We're meant Mashable :P Anyways, Look forward to meeting you in person man. Should be fun.

Re: 2008/04/14/wordpress-new-features/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:59:07 -0000

Thanks Mark for subjecting yourself to what I would call torture and provided us the information at a glance without having to go through such a bad experience ourselves. I watched about 4 minutes of the show and finally couldn't take it anymore.

Re: 2008/04/23/mevio/

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:15:58 -0000

I'd like to know which Web 2.0 name generator these guys are using to come up with these freaky names.

Re: 2008/04/27/wordpress-2/

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:20:42 -0000

To be honest, I think there was already a relationship between the two companies. This however makes it official to the public.

Re: 2008/04/28/elite-tech-news-6-where-are-my-pants/

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:14:49 -0000

Keep up the great work, really enjoyed the previous episode, especially when Steven Hodson laid the smackdown in regards to metrics. He couldn't of said it any better and it's all true. Who's numbers do you believe and why?

Re: 2008/06/02/woopra-waiting/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:08:16 -0000

I've been having a blast with Woopra. Woopra makes checking stats and the numbers fun. I've had the most enjoyment out of the LIVE feature of Woopra and I'd like to see what they do to improve upon the live interaction part of the software. Amazing how in 2 months, Woopra went from a secret project to a major undertaking.

Re: 2008/06/02/woopra-waiting/

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:25:33 -0000

It would appear as though I and many others are experiencing issues with the latest update of Woopra. For anyone else having issues, please refer to the Woopra support forum located here http://www.woopra.com/forums/

Re: 2008/10/03/google-trends-malicious-hackers/

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:03:56 -0000

Hey Stan, thanks for linking to an article on my blog. I remember that day an almost clicked that link. This news about Google Labs being used for evil comes on the heels of Google Blog Search being used for evil as well. Is this where Google does the best job that it can to provide an algorithm that mimics human like behaviors to remove the offenders out of the index without using humans?

Re: 2009/01/06/augmented-reality-devices/

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:12:45 -0000

Man, just viewing what is possible now and how 'it could be' used in the future
is really cool. I for one can't wait to see augmented reality devices become
an everyday occurrence.

Re: Great Interview with Wordpress-Founder Matt Mullenweg

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:42:42 -0000

Thanks for taking the time out to listen to the entire show. Lots of great information was presented in those two hours and Matt stuck around for 2-3 hours AFTER THAT! to answer any other questions people had.

I'm really happy to see that you picked up on his passion for OpenSource and that his heart for the WordPress software is in the right place. Really, after this interview I don't think we have anything to worry about with regards to the future of the project.

Re: Thinking of integrating a forum with blog ? Find out which one will suit you!

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:08:44 -0000

Great article and a nice roundup of choices in which to pick from in regards to a forum. I tried using a forum in conjunction with the blog and it didn't turn out so well. I'm wondering if I should try to integrate BBPress into my WordPress powered site to bring it all together under one roof.

Re: Why you should start blogging on other established blogs!

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:26:45 -0000

Great round up of reasons as to why one might want to look into freelance writing for other blogs/people. The great thing is, I can maintain my own blog while writing for the other ones. Freelancing and guest blog posting is like stepping stones. You start out with your own blog to build a base, then you apply for jobs on slightly bigger blogs (higher profile) then you move up and up and up and eventually, take care of yourself through freelance income while at the same time, enjoying a nice wide ranging audience while enjoying a following that increases as you become more successful.

Again, thanks for the kind words and I'll try to document how I'm doing and what I'm doing on my personal site.

Re: Finally the competition is closed and results will be announced in a week!

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:35:32 -0000

I was one of the judges and I recently sent in my scores :) I will say this, most of the entries were great and contained lots of great information. May the blogpost with the highest score win, good luck.

Re: Merry Christmas Everyone!

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:35:57 -0000

Great idea there, organizing the sites so they look like a tree. That is some real creativity right there. At any rate, good job with accomplishing your goal and I hope you have some happy holidays.

Re: Deeper Twitter- Tuning Twitter for Value

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:30:34 -0000

Interesting post. I have tried and think I am successful in creating a mix between using Twitter the right way, vs using Twitter as a promotional tool. I don't link to everything I do, but I do link to articles I spent quite a bit of time writing because I look forward hearing some sort of feedback, or to start a conversation on Twitter.

I use TwitBin which allows me to see my Friends Twitter messages within my browser sidebar allowing me to continue the conversation easily while also being able to post a tweet. I too, don't use Twitter so much as to say what I am doing at the moment, I generally Tweet random thoughts, or I respond to someones question, or I try my best to start a conversation.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I never seem to get people involved in the topics I bring up. Maybe I should use the new search feature of Twitter and add all kinds of Web 2.0 specific people to my watchlist.

Re: My Social Media Toolkit

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:21:19 -0000

For Live and Interactive Podcasting, I recommend Talkshoe.com Less quality, then if you would do it yourself, but if you get enough people involved, it's quite fun to interact live with your listeners.

For news reader, I recommend FeedDemon. I use FeedDemon on windows XP and it's the best damn feed reader I have ever used. I subscribe to a ton of feeds and then, I can set up detailed searches within FeedDemon to look for specific topics or keywords within the feeds. Talk about being specific. It looks to me, like you already know how to harness the power of RSS to stay IN THE KNOW.

Re: Construction Coming Soon

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:44:15 -0000

Here you go Chris. Just for you :) http://www.naturescalling.net/ownspics/chrisbro...

Re: Why Bother Blogging Podcasting and Using Social Networks

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:42:25 -0000

Sad to say but I think many people would agree with the first paragraph of this post and perhaps stop reading. However, I've been trying to make social networks work for me for quite a while and it doesn't seem to be working. I think your one of the lucky ones who have figured this stuff out and have turned a career out of it.

I don't think everything is entirely stupid, but I wish I could get more out of everything I'm doing when it comes to Twitter and what not. How big of an impact do you think having real-world relationships have in terms of online social network success?

Re: Thanks Tech Soup

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:31:30 -0000

Thanks for linking to me Chris. I appreciate it. Congrats on the Tech Soup mention. Can't tell you how many times I've heard your name mentioned from other people :)

Re: Bandwidth Exceeded, Please Stop Reading…

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:36:08 -0000

At first, I wasn't sure if this was a joke or if you were being serious, but after awhile I decide to go ahead and laugh :)

Is that screenshot above and actual image of your FireFox installation? If so, how long does it take to actually load the browser when you first start it? Also, has having all of those tool bars and buttons and thing a ma jigs that are taking up all of your browsing real estate effected the way you browse web sites?

Re: Blog-Tipping: It’s Reader Payback Time!

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:22:57 -0000

I have added a link to your site on my blogroll, located on the bottom right hand side of my web site.

Re: Blog-Tipping: It’s Reader Payback Time!

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:25:08 -0000

Hmm, based on the turnout, I hope you have a couple of Doug clones laying around :)

Re: What is a Wiki? A Video

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:14:27 -0000

Thank you kindly for the mention and for the link love.

Re: Blogs are not Forums – Making them a Great Corporate Marketing Tool

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:42:02 -0000

Interesting. I wonder if you caught this post I wrote up a few weeks ago that tried to explain the similarities between a blog and a forum. http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/similarities-between-... The biggest different between the two is that a blog dictates the conversation while a forum gives users a chance to start their own discussion.

Re: Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0, the Difference

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:45:25 -0000

I think web 2.0 has created a ton of opportunities for many people. Ideas are turning into reality for many people and because of web 2.0, the barrier to entry is practically nil. Of course, the barrier to entry or lack thereof could be considered a drawback.

At any rate, I think social-networking is out of control and we are being deluged in web 2.0 startups on a daily basis. I think it will alright though, considering the market aka userbase will determine which of these startups stick around for the long haul, or which ones will die off.

Re: Colorful LED Keyboard for Your Computer

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:25:43 -0000

I don't know. It seems to look cool but then again it looks a bit too plasticy to me. I think the most amazing keyboard I have ever seen is the Lebedev Optimus OLED keyboard which supposedly costs $1,564.37

Re: Plugin to Make Money with Firefox Referral

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:28:57 -0000

I wonder if this goes against Google's TOS because your essentially telling people to click on the ad which is not allowable.

Re: Rotino Sigma, the World’s Smallest travel Mouse

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:09:26 -0000

The blue one looks stylish as hell, but I'd be damned if I'm going to use something that's as small as my index finger :)

BTW, since your a gadget lover, you must be listening to every episode of the Daily Giz Whiz podcast, right?

Re: Live Wordpress Plugin

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:43:34 -0000

Thanks for the tip off on this plugin. I gave it a whirl and I like it. I don't like the lack of documentation. Thats about all thats missing.

Re: Sizlopedia 2.0, New theme and Professional logo

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:10:14 -0000

I like it. It's simple, loads fast, and the content seems to be structured rather well. Seeing new designs like this make me jealous, but I'll hold off on designing a new one for myself :) Nice job

Re: Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0, the Difference

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:43:26 -0000

I didn't notice that Robert until you pointed that out. Nice find.

Re: Yahoo! Mash First Look and Free Invites

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:26:40 -0000

Hey their DJ Flush. I wouldn't mind grabbing an invitation off you.

Re: Glitch in Feedburner Causes Blogs to Lose Subscribers

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:21:39 -0000

I blogged about this as well. According to the latest entry on the Feedburner blog, Google Feedfetcher is back and operational so the feed stats should be accurate today.

Re: Glitch in Feedburner Causes Blogs to Lose Subscribers

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:07:22 -0000

Looks like the glitch is back. Count is down today as well.

Re: 15 Search Engines to Search Files on Rapidshare

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:51:30 -0000

How much longer do you think these search engines for rapidshare can stay online? Aren't these guys continuously battling people in court over piracy and the likes?

Re: Firefox Extension to Update Twitter Status

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:35:15 -0000

I personally use something called TweetBar which replaced something I used called TwitBin. I'm glad I switched because TweetBar seems to work much better than Twit bin in terms of connecting to Twitter and less EXCEEDED API errors.

Re: 4 Exceptional Commercial Wordpress Themes

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:23:44 -0000

I'm ready. But my pocket book isn't :(

Re: 9 Reasons Why Blogging Is Just Like Playing World Of Warcraft

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:12:05 -0000

I think your analysis of comparing blogging to any sort of game or gaming in general is a good one. In comparison, you might find this article I wrote on Performancing going down the same path http://performancing.com/do-you-know-the-rules-... Page Rank, Technorati, and links all acting as new levels, experience points, and becoming the best as at we do. Practically anything and everything in life can be compared to a game. Hell, many people even view life as a game itself.

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Re: Industrial Chic Pepper Shaker

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:57:43 -0000

Very interesting indeed. It would suck though when I go to get a pinch of salt or sugar and instead I get an avalanche.

Re: louisgray.com: Scoble Starts His FriendFeed/Twitter Monetization Strategy

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:46:30 -0000

But if he would have provided disclosure, would that have backfired the idea and less people would have clicked on it?

Re: The Real Reason Why Blog Bloke is Not Speaking at Blog World This Year

Jeffro2pt0 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:11:29 -0000

Well, that answers my question of where your keynote was on the net, there is none. I'd rather see the pure non BS approach to things versus a manufactured response. Well Bloke, theres always next year :P

Re: Long Live the Blokester Network

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:48:18 -0000

Hey Bloke, I noticed the link has changed to a direct article I wrote instead of the main page. I wonder if this has something to do with this article being imported from Blogger to WordPress. Just thought I'd let you know.

Re: Moving Blogger Over to Wordpress: The Good, Bad and the Ugly

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:09:15 -0000

Congrats on the move over to the cool, hip, good side of blogging :) You have so much content Bloke that I think the Structure theme suits your blog perfectly. Gives you a nice way of displaying a bunch of the content you've done recently and in the past. I almost switched by blog over to the Structure theme but instead, hacked away at mine again.

Welcome to the WordPress community. By the way, I've added and updated the link to your blog in my blogroll :)

Also of note, would it be possible for someone to come up with an SQL statement that goes through your database and changes all entries that have the old URL to a new URL.

Re: New Features for Re-Launch of Blog Bloke dot com

Jeffro2pt0 — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:03:26 -0000

Hey Bloke, I still think you are relevant and I love when you give your opinions on the blogosphere or on certain parties within the blogosphere. As for the advertising aspect, I don't blame you at all. Blogging as a hobby is great, but at some point, you would like to have the hobby at least pay for itself or the hobby will disappear. At least you are being upfront about the advertising and it will be interesting to see if you can pull in any revenue the ethically correct way.

If that doesn't work, I highly suggest you take your blogging skills and use them to get you hired for another blog. That way, you could get paid to blog on that site and then pay for this site which would be your personal blog. You wouldn't have to worry about advertising since someone else would be paying you. If you end up becoming desperate for income, my last ditch effort would be to talk with a blog network to see if they could buy you or acquire your site to be added in to the network. Then they pay you either a flat rate or on performance.

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Re: The Great Web 2.0 Ripoff

Jeffro2pt0 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:59:55 -0000

Hey Bloke. It wouldn't be too hard to catalog Web 2.0 as nothing but a train of copy cats and in fact, you would be pretty accurate. But like the free market, the cream of the crop will rise to the top. Sure, there a hundreds of Twitter clones, but Twitter still maintains the majority of users for it's niche because its the best and it has the mass following.

I agree with your initial line of thought. More innovation would sure be refreshing. I now feel guilty for every blog post I have made where I include a large block quote :(

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Re: A New Facebook Virus in the Wild

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:10:10 -0000

Ouch. I guess Facebook has reached that point where Virus authors find it worthy to try and spread something amongst the service.