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Travel 2.0: Traveler As Performer

Daniel Kronovet | Posted 05.28.2013 | Travel

Read More: Photos, Internet, Hero's Journey, Wordpress, Travel, Facebook, Travel Blogging, Staying Connected, Flickr, Travel News

For the traveler, every act of uploading data from the road is an act of performance. The traveler, by virtue of their circumstances, is unconsciously placed on a kind of social stage for the people they've left behind.

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Why I'm Bullish on WordPress

Phil Simon | Posted 05.28.2013 | Business

Read More: Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, Aol, Myspace, Rim, Scott-Berkun, Yahoo!, Wordpress, Platform, Hp, Business News

You may not have heard of WordPress, but if you surf the web every day, you're almost certainly using it. As of this writing, it powers an astonishing...

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Tumblr Rival Sees Spike After Yahoo's Big Buy

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 05.20.2013 | Technology

Read More: Video, Matt Mullenweg, Tumblr Wordpress, Wordpress Tumblr, Wordpress, Tumblr Yahoo, Yahoo Tumblr, Tumblr, Yahoo, Technology News

There's definitely one person who's going to benefit from Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr (besides Tumblr founder David Karp, who is, no doubt, currentl...

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WordPress Hackers Serve Up Cautionary Tale to Small Businesses

Mike Foreman | Posted 04.29.2013 | Technology

Read More: Websites, IT Security, Small Business News and Trends, Small Business, Wordpress, Hackers, Technology News

Once again we come back to the very real threat this kind of malware presents to the small- to medium-sized business who will very commonly use these kinds of free and open source tools to build up and maintain their online presence.

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Social Media's Impact on the Presidential Election

David K. Rehr | Posted 03.20.2013 | Technology

Read More: Politics, Social Media, Linkedin, Twitter, Romney Campaign, Wordpress, Traditional Media, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Political Donations, Facebook, Myspace, Barack Obama, Obama Campaign, Technology News

Overall, 29 percent said social media was moderately to extremely influential in their opinions of the candidates and issues.

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5 Must-Have Wedding Planning Tech Tools

Hana Abaza | Posted 12.04.2012 | Weddings

Read More: Wedding Planning, Photo App, Wordpress, Mobile App, Technology, Slidepollajax, Wedtech, Weddings, Slideexpand, Weddings News

Technology isn't the usually the first thing you think of when it comes to weddings, but the bridal industry is about to be taken over by young, willi...

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Six Powerful Ways to Make Your Website More Social

John Haydon | Posted 11.14.2012 | Technology

Read More: Websites, Wordpress, Seo, Social Media Marketing, Google, Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Technology News

People don't share boring content. And even on the rare instance that someone does share a boring video or a blog post, it won't get that far anyhow. You owe it to your people and the cause to become the best creator/curator of content you can be.

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(Video) WordPress Founder: Mobile Blog Platform Growing Fast

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.31.2013 | Technology

Read More: Mobile Platform, Wordpress, Blogging, Video, Technology News

Mobile blogging is growing quickly with over four million active users of the mobile WordPress platform, says WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg in ...

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Top 5 Tech Tools for Student Journalists

Sara Rasmussen | Posted 07.01.2012 | College

Read More: Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, College Newspapers, College News, Technology, Dropbox, Wordpress, College News

Have you heard? The journalism industry is in crisis. But this impending catastrophe is not what one might expect. Rather, the predicament facing journalists today is in how to embrace the digital.

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And The Least Reliable Blog Site Is...

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 12.20.2011 | Technology

Read More: Posterous, Blogger, Video, Wordpress, Tumblr Blog, Typepad, Tumblr Downtime, Royal Pingdom, Downtime Tumblr, Tumblr Down, Tumblr, Technology News

When you're trying to get your hard-earned feelings out on the internet for everyone to see, the last thing you need is for your Tumblr, Wordpress, Bl...

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Michael Arrington Writes First Major Post on New Tech Blog "Uncrunched"

Arnal Dayaratna | Posted 11.27.2011 | Technology

Read More: Tech-Start Ups, Arianna Huffington, Michael Arrington, Aol, Techcrunch, Crunchfund, Wordpress, Technology News

With this post, Arrington defines the lay of the land for his new blog and addresses many of the criticisms he encountered involving claims about the conflict of interest between his practice of investing in startups and TechCrunch's journalistic mission.

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WordPress Now Powers 50 Million Blogs: How to Start Your Own

Larry Magid | Posted 09.11.2011 | Technology

Read More: Wordpress, Technology News

WordPress.com announced that there are now more than 50 million blogs powered by WordPress's open source software. About half of those blogs are hosted at WordPress.com while the others reside on blog owners own servers or server space rented from hosting providers.

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A Manual or a Sonnet?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 07.13.2011 | World

Read More: Francisco De Quevodo, Wordpress, How to Blog, Cuba, Blogging How-To, Un Blog Para Hablar Al Mundo, A Blog to Speak to the World, World News

Long ago I read that the acid test of a poet was to write a sonnet. Like a sonnet, there is nothing harder to write than a technical manual.

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Billionaire Wins Wikipedia Defamation Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.09.2011 | Technology

Most comment trolls don't think they'll ever have to show their faces to the people they insult. But Louis Bacon, an American billionaire hedge fund m...

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Food Bloggers: How Google's New Recipe Search Works

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Hrecipe, Google, Rdfa, Microdata, Wordpress, Google Recipe View, Microformats, AmazingRibs.Com, Recipe View, Web Design, Html, Denver Restaurants, Home News

Here is my interpretation or what food bloggers need to know. A recipe for recipe writers by a recipe writer.

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What We're Watching: Upcoming Trends at SXSW 2011

Bonin Bough | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Foursquare, Marketing Trends, Twitter, Wordpress, Consumer Trends, Trendspotting, Trends, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Sxsw, Sxsw 2011, Media News

I'll be looking out for great things from influencers, brands and startups alike at SXSW this year. Having the opportunity to get in on the ground floor with these technologies, and to listen and learn, is invaluable.

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WordPress Hit With Massive Online Attack

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Ddos, Ddos Attack, Wordpress, Distributed Denial of Service, Technology News

Blog host WordPress has been hit with the largest attack they've ever seen. According to a statement by founder Matt Mullenweg to CNET, WordPress...

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We Don't Need No Education: Meet The Millionaire Dropouts

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 08.11.2011 | Small Business

As a biology major at the University of Texas, Michael Dell began upgrading computers in a dorm, in a bid to make some money. In 1984, he registered h...

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Microsoft Dumps Windows Live Spaces For WordPress.com

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Wordpress Blog, Windows Live Email, wordpress.com, Windows Live, Wordpress, Windows Live Spaces, Technology News

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is giving up on its own blog network and, in a new partnership, will start sending new Windows Live users to a competi...

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My Favorite Things, Oprah Style

Michael Tasner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Online Marketing, Happy Holidays, Wordpress, Membership Sites, Oprah's Favorite Things, Customer Satisfaction, Management, Project Management, Business News

Here are seven things that you should be using regardless of your business size. (And these really are my favorite things; I was not paid to mention these products.)

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Five Ways Corporate Bloggers Can Use Twitter Blackbird Pie

Tom Johansmeyer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Marketing, Social Media, Twitter, Blogging, Social Media Marketing, Twitter Media Blackbird Pie, Wordpress, Branding, Business News

Twitter's new Blackbird Pie feature allows you to embed tweets in blog posts with a similar look to Twitter. Let's take a look at a few ways it can be used in a social media marketing setting.

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73,000 Blogs Mysteriously Shut Down

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: blogetery.com, Blogetery Blogs, Burst Net, Wordpress, Blogs Shut Down, Blogetery, Burstnet, Blogging, 73000 Blogs Shut Down, Technology News

UPDATE: In a press release, BurstNet has provided new information that sheds light on why the company shut down over 70,000 blogs hosted by Blogetery,...

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What To Do with My Social Media Accounts in the Event of my Untimely Death

Samara O'Shea | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Social Media, Tweet, Blog, Social Networking, Defriend, Last Will and Testament, Username, Vertigo, E-Mail, Password, Twitter, Web Site, Redacted, Facebook, Wordpress, Death, Healthy Living News

There are plenty of people I'm friends with only through social networking. They need to know that I've died, too. I'd hate to have them think I defriended them.

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A Tale of (Mis)Communication in the Corporate Workplace

Leonard Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

This is a tale about poor communication in the American workplace. And why, when companies are struggling and unemployment remains high, we sometimes have no one to blame for our problems but ourselves.

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