Category: Blogging

  • Add video comments with seesmic for WordPress

    Video startup seesmic has released a terrific conversational tool – a plugin for WordPress that enables you to create and post a video comment. Not only that, it also enables a blogger to create a post that includes a video…

  • Encyclopaedia Britannica goes social

    Like most bloggers I know, I tend to link to information resources online when I’m writing about a particular topic. One reason is simply that linking to an explanation of something provides a reader of your content with an opportunity…

  • Blogging simplified with WordPress 2.5

    I’ve upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.5, the latest version of the content management system released yesterday. For me, upgrading was simplicity itself as I used the 1-click install procedure provided by my hosting service, DreamHost. Literally one click and,…

  • IABC members can join the conversation

    An email yesterday from IABC brought news of a new member benefit – The IABC eXchange. In development for some while, this new resource offers a great opportunity to introduce every IABC member to blogs and blogging. According to IABC,…

  • Ten tips for encouraging blog comments

    A couple of days ago, someone forwarded me a request from a journalist writing a piece for a national UK paper about social networking. The journalist’s questions were a little unclear: I need ‘ten top tips’ for social networking, what…