By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you’ve been following the election recently and happen to be a geek, odds are you get a bit of your news coverage from social networks. Well on November 4th, two of those networks, Digg and Twitter, will be coming together on Current TV to bring you an election […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you’ve got a little time to kill (over 55 minutes, actually), take a look at this great video by an ethnographer about the web’s participatory nature. What is ethnography you ask? Well, as explained to me by someone in an actual ethnography course, it’s the study of a […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] Church leaders are apparently so alarmed at the hate and vitriol coming from religious blogs that they have drawn up a list of ten “Blogging Commandments” to save their bloggers from damnation, sin and everlasting hellfire. Obviously, when Moses was busy writing out his commandments, he didn’t factor in […]
Matt Mullenweg announced today that Automattic (the maker of WordPress) is acquiring IntenseDebate, a blog commenting system with lots of features that WordPress doesn’t have available yet except through third-party plugins. IntenseDebate currently works with a number of different blogging platforms, including WordPress, TypePad, Moveable Type, Blogger, and Tumblr. They say they plan to keep it […]
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] I’m frequently asked “Is it OK if I link to your post?” The short answer is “Absolutely! Any time!” Links from other blogs increase a blog’s reputation, not only among readers but also among search engines. Perhaps someone who never saw that blog before will become a new reader, or […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] An Italian priest who was planning an online beauty contest for nuns has been forced to cancel after saying he was “misunderstood” about the whole venture. Father Antonio Rungi had set up a blog (which now seems to have been taken down) and it was his original intention to […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you are a regular Twitter user, you might have noticed a surprising number of “hot babes” have started following you. On top of this, your new follower has only have three tweets in her profile and one of them is a link to a rather shady site. Yes, […]
By PatB Contributing Writer, [GAS] The Internet, and especially blogs, are quickly becoming recognized as a great source of debate and opinion on controversial topics. Stories that begin in the mainstream media often spill over to blogs for discussion, and more and more often now, people form their own opinions after reading both sides of […]