Blogging: The Archives
Mollom: A Content Monitoring System
Developers Dries Buytaert and Benjamin Schrauwen have announced the release of an all new anti-comment spam system called Mollom. Since Dries is the mastermind behind the community-building CMS Drupal, Mollom seems to have a wider remit than you might find with comparable systems like Akismet. They’re not just going after the usual automated comment spam [...]
Posted in Blogging, Web Applications on Wednesday, April 2 2008 | Comments Off
Making Windows Live Writer Work With Ultimate Tag Warrior
I have a preferred setup on most of my WordPress blogs whereby I use Ultimate Tag Warrior to tag my posts internally. Recently, I’ve been swayed by Windows Live Writer, an excellent blogging tool. The only drawback? I couldn’t get Writer working with Ultimate Tag Warrior. Until this evening…
Posted in Blogging, WordPress on Thursday, August 2 2007 | Comments Off
Sharing Experience On Performancing
Although direct blog posts have been thin on the ground recently here at Scribble Designs, I have been squeezing in a little bit of technical writing over at Performancing.
Posted in Blogging on Wednesday, August 1 2007 | Comments Off
The ProBlogger Effect
A few days ago I participated in Darren Rowse’s group writing project over at ProBlogger. Basically, Darren sets a fairly wide topic and asks his readers to make submissions, link back to relevant posts and comment on blog posts they particularly like. I decided to get involved this time and write a Top 5 type [...]
Posted in Blogging, Search Engine Optimisation on Sunday, May 13 2007 | Comments Off
My Blogging Swiss Army Knife: Top 5 Essential Sites For Bloggers
If you’re new to blogging and want to get up to speed quickly on professional techniques for writing blog posts, attracting traffic and making money from your writing, this is my list of five essential sites to get you started.
Posted in Blogging on Wednesday, May 9 2007 | 34 Comments »
Husband and Wife Blog Battle
Regular readers of the Scribble Designs blog know that my wife Lisa and I run an entertainment blog called Unreality TV. Well, a few weeks ago we formally launched two new blogs under the Unreality banner – Unreality Music (my baby) and Unreality Primetime (Lisa’s baby). Comparing our strategies last night, we realised we were [...]
Posted in Blogging on Tuesday, April 24 2007 | 2 Comments »
Why The Blogger’s Code of Ethics Won’t Work
After the recent scandal where a high-profile blogger received death threats and serious abuse online, Tim O’Reilly attempts to launch a code of conduct for bloggers. Despite what are probably his best intentions, I have my reservations.
Posted in Blogging on Monday, April 16 2007 | Comments Off
Matt Mullenweg Featured In Sydney Morning Herald
If you’ve ever wondered about the brains behind WordPress, Matt Mullenweg has been interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald. The interview was a revelation, because despite following Matt’s career for the last couple of years I had no idea how much he’d achieved.
Posted in Blogging, WordPress on Monday, April 16 2007 | Comments Off
Comment Relish Plugin For WordPress
A new plugin that thanks first-time commenters for their input – a nice touch to add to your blog and some advice for hacking the plugin to make it more personal.
Posted in Blogging, WordPress on Thursday, April 12 2007 | 1 Comment »
Fixing A Blogging Mistake
About a year ago, I made a blogging mistake, although I didn’t realise it at the time. I started a tech-focussed blog called Interweb World. This post looks at why this was a bad decision and what I’ve been doing to rectify the problem.
Posted in Announcements, Blogging on Tuesday, April 3 2007 | Comments Off
