By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] I was starting to wonder how much longer Friendfeed was going to take before they burrowed their way into my Google Talk. But I don’t have to wonder anymore because the service has now introduced Instant Messenger integration – but only for Google Talk and Jabber users. Which is […]
By PatB Contributing Writer, [GAS] I got a very interesting piece of spam in my inbox this morning, and it took me a few moments to realize it was a phishing attack designed to make me disclose my Google Adwords password. Here is a screenshot of it. Hovering over the link, you can see that […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you were on Twitter yesterday, you might have noticed a flood of tweets with a mysterious “#wotw2” code in them. Well that was a “hash tag” or “hash code” you were seeing there and those tweets were completely fictional. The fake tweets were all on account of War […]
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 […]