Wednesday, June 19, 2002

GET WELL SOON, DAVE! Still miss dave alot. funny how there's thousands of webloggers that know of him, yet no-one has posted what happened to him... go figure. Hope he'll be posting all the details soon on SN! [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 8:20:18 PM     Comments[]

WHAT A GREAT DESIGNER I wish she'd do a Radio theme or a set of custom templates. WEBGODDESS STACY TABB has finally moved her blog to its own domain: www.blogatelle.com. Adjust your bookmarks accordingly. [InstaPundit] But take a look at her husband's post - my, oh my! 8:03:41 PM     Comments[]

SO, NEVERMIND THE SOFTWARE LICENSE FEES? Aaron Adams from Apple did some Awesome Writing... [Mac OS X: The Search for OS Canaan] 7:34:46 PM     Comments[]

INTERESTING FEATURE Making Google part of every blog entry. David "Sputnik" Sifry has built a cool-%$$ Google API tool for his blog. Every entry on his blog is accompanied by ten links to related stories automatically discovered with Google (these ten stories are refreshed every time he updates his blog, though he could also put it on a timer). The integration is slick-tight, thanks to Movable Type's API, and David's published the source for his hack so that other intrepid Movable Typers can implement it. Link Discuss (Thanks, David!) [Boing Boing Blog] 1:09:04 PM     Comments[]

DESIGN AND CONTENT IDEAS Webbys 2002 Winners. The Webby Awards has announced the winners and included their five word speeches (best awards rule). Lots of familiar Web sites won because they're obviously head of the class and [meryl's notes] 1:01:26 PM     Comments[]

BLOGATOMIC WEIGHTS Rough guess: In terms of traffic, one mention on Instapundit is worth two on Scripting News, and one on SN is worth four on John Robb's. [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] 11:34:39 AM     Comments[]

MAKING MONEY WITH A WEBLOG Is the lone banner ad at the top the only source of revenue? DRUDGE REPORT nears 5,000,000 daily visitors: "The front page of the DRUDGE REPORT was viewed 4,997,679 times on Tuesday -- marking an all-time high in its 7-year history." [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] What are the dynamics of making money with a site such as this? Who is paying Matt Drudge? Can that lone banner at the top fund him? What are 5,000,000 viewings worth? How does that translate to unique individuals? What threshold must a weblog achieve to support it's writer/curator? 9:14:39 AM     Comments[]

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