Category Archives: Featured
WordPress 2.2 Released
In case you missed it on your WordPress Dashboard, WordPress 2.2 has just been released. It features over 200 bug fixes among many other noteworthy improvements. Unfortunately, the much requested and long anticipated “tags” features was scrapped from this version, but it is expected to be released in version 2.3. Tagging will allow you to … Continue reading
Want to Work for Google?
Want to work for Google? Who doesn’t? Google has become the Internet’s fastest growing phenomenon and their corporate culture is known as one of the best in the country. Working at Google is not easy, however. They receive over 1 million applicants each year and only hire 5,000! Talk about only hiring the best and … Continue reading
If I Could Only Read 5 Blogs
I was tagged a while back by The Paper Bull in a meme entitled “If I Could Only Read 5 Blogs.” I like the concept of this meme because it assumes I would need to focus my energies of acquiring knowledge through a very select number of sources. So, in a way, these five blogs … Continue reading
PageRank Update Officially Underway
According to a few people in-the-know, including Mr. Gary Lee and Maki from Dosh Dosh, Google is now in the process of updating their data centers to reflect the new PageRankings. My first official PageRank is a PR5, which I am quite happy about. The first Google data center that is reported to have updated … Continue reading
Google Launches GOOG-411 – Free 411 Service
Today, Google launched a new product – a FREE 411 service called GOOG-411. The 411 industry is a $7 billion dollar/year market, and free alternatives, such as Google’s, are expected to take at least a 50% market share within the next few years. GOOG-411 can be reached by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411. The service is completely automated … Continue reading
Google PageRank Update Expected This Month
Google updates their PageRank once every 3-4 months. The last update was in early January, so in the next few weeks, all web sites listed in Google’s index with a significant amount of backlinks will have their PageRank updated. What is PageRank, you ask? According to Google… PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of … Continue reading
Is Your Name a Domain?
There is a great blog-tagging game going around right now. This comes from Gary Lee. Gary came up with the idea for a “My Name is a Domain Name” list. If your name is a domain name (i.e., natewhitehill.com), copy the list below, add it to your blog, and then add 3 other bloggers you … Continue reading
Changing the Web at 21
WordPress is one of the most widely used pieces of blogging software on the Net. We use WordPress everyday to spread our ideas and connect with people all around the world, but how many of you actually know who created WordPress? Type “Matt” into Google and you have your answer. Matt Mullenweg is the #1 … Continue reading
Want to Abduct Some Humans?
I am not a big gamer, and I usually don’t give plugs to gaming-related web sites, but when my friend and Flash-programming genius, Jared Riley, gave me sneak peak at a new Flash game he had been working on for the past several months, I couldn’t resist not blogging about it. Ordinarily, I am not … Continue reading
A Few of My New Favorite Blogs
One reason why I enjoy blogging so much is that I am instantly able to connect with a community of like-minded individuals. I have received many new visitors this past week and I have been reading many of their respective blogs. I wanted to take some time to highlight some of the interesting articles I … Continue reading
