DISQUS

I use WordPress as a CMS and rather than turning off feeds, I've got a plugin that adds pages (feeds just include posts by default) to the feed. Feeds are not just for those with feed readers. They can be used to shared content with many sites.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss-include...

It's funny. The thing that you think is the "best part" I actually consider to be the worst part :-) I'd want to know that I can access a map of my area without a cell signal or data connection. It'd be cool if you could download an area beforehand and truly not need a separate GPS.

I'm off to check out MyMotion which you mentioned!

Technorati has certainly failed to keep up with expectations, but I'd say it's broader focus is still an important feature that we shouldn't give up in place of a system that effectively eliminates non-mainstream sites.

Great post! However, I'd argue that much of this is less about scaling and more about focusing on the important tasks. If you were truly scaling, you'd be accomplishing more in less time. Sort of like what's described in the 4 Hour Workweek book.

Thunderbird is close to being good and I'm eagerly awaiting the day I can make the switch, but the main alternative on Windows (Outlook) is still superior. While the "intelligent" spam filtering should work in theory, after training it against thousands of e-mails, it still failed pretty miserably. I tried giving Cloudmark's plug-in a try (which works very well with Outlook), but I failed to get it to work properly.

I just upgraded and noticed the same funny characters. I thought I just didn't notice them before so I'm glad to know that I wasn't going crazy! Now to give the search and replace plugin a try...

I just upgraded and noticed the same funny characters. I thought I just didn't notice them before so I'm glad to know that I wasn't going crazy! Now to give the search and replace plugin a try...

Check out John Chow's site. He makes more than $1300 per month on reviews. I think at last count he hit $4500. I don't think he's an average blogger, but still proof that it can be done.

When people tell me they don't have the time to blog I respond with a question about how much time they spend watching TV. I then suggest they cut that in half and spend that time reading something. That's what I do and often a blog post pours out almost instantly after reading a magazine article or a few pages of a book.

Doug,

You've got to give us more time to reply when over an hour's investment is needed! I'm still only 55 minutes in to the video.

I unfortunately can't say with certainty which side is right on this one. I simply don't know enough to see through inaccuracies, intentional or otherwise. However, I do think I'd be ready to accept that human-caused global warming is bunk, but that doesn't mean I don't want to protect wildlife and keep the world "clean".

I am glad that we have people making counter arguments though. They don't all get the same airplay, but at least they're available. Thanks for mentioning this one.

I've been a fan of TurboTax (desktop edition) for several years now too. How does the online edition handle multiple tax returns? That is, do you have to pay per tax return?

Remember a couple of years ago when Intuit used product activation to stop multiple installations from one CD? Sounded good on paper, but it annoyed all the families (couples) that expected to be able to do their taxes from their respective computers. Hopefully the online version is flexible in this regard.

They don't do anything for me. Half the time they pop up while I'm moving my mouse and not actually looking to click on the link. Some good link text surrounded by good context is more than enough information. A thumbnail doesn't add value.

You could always get the portable version of FireFox 2. Doesn't need to be installed, won't mess up your existing install of FireFox, and can be easily deleted if you have problems with it.

I've been using version 2 for a while now. No problems with Flash, plugins, or crashes.

I've taken to adding the nofollow attribute to my blog's technorati tags. I figure if they are going to put the attribute on links back to my site, then I might as well too. No need to "boost" their site without a return favor.

Two things I still need to work out are:

1) Will the nofollow attribute apply to Technorati's spider?

2) If I don't actually get much traffic from Technorati then is there any point in having the tags at all on my site?

Lastly, if you happen to be using the Simpletags Wordpress plugin for this site, it's a quick change to add the nofollow code in.

One other aspect to using shame to deal with plagiarists is that you can go after their egos with a little SEO. What I mean is that if you determine the plagiarist is an identifiable person or company, you can improve the effectiveness of your shaming attempts by making sure you use SEO to get your page describing the plagiarism to the top of search engine results. Eventually, the person or someone who knows the person will come across your page because search engine use is so common. That's the tactic I'm trying now.

First off, great info! I recently found a couple of other sites that had plagiarized my content. I used Google to find these sites by picking out a phrase from a page that I figured sounded unique enough not to return too many results.

Copyscape is a service that can help with people that are willing to pay for the service. They use Google's database apparently.