Newly laid-off journalists can get a free TypePad Pro account from Six Apart, thanks to their TypePad Journalist Bailout Program. With the mantra “Because your Tumblr and Tweets, while clever, will not pay your bills”, SixApart aims to...

We all WordPress, but sometimes it can get just really, really slow. And no matter how me look for the cause, sometimes there’s just no way to figure out what’s been giving your WordPress installation the hiccups. thank goodness somebody...

The BlogStudio will automatically give a $1000 discount on all new design projects signed by November 30, 2008. Those looking to save some money without sacrificing quality for blog design can definitely check them out. The reason they’re doing...

Google Reader is a nice little blogging tool that is an essential item in my arsenal. Aside from the obvious RSS aggregating capabilities of Google Reader, I also use Google Reader as a bookmark manager of sorts for my followed feeds. And I can choose...

Don’t know what’s in it for you in WordPress 2.7? Aaron Brazelli of Technosailor.com has written a list of 10 things you need to look for in WordPress 2.7. I find it fascinating and it makes me all the more excited for the next version of...

Part of the road map to WordPress 2.7 would be Project Icon. The 2.7 development team asked for help from icon designers all over the world, and an icon contest was held. The submissions were shown to the WordPress community, where people voted for the...

We’re on the fast track to WordPress 2.7. The new dashboard has been subjected to a couple of surveys, the icons to be used for the admin interface will be decided upon with a contest, and a new 2.7 beta has been released. The version has the...

A little less than two months ago, IntenseDebate was acquired by WordPress’s parent company Automattic. They spent the time in beta to scale Intense Debate’s infrastructure to handle the additional traffic that is likely to come when...

The other day I opened up my blogs and I saw that they had this huge influx of comments. As this was rather unusual, I checked the moderation queue and to my surprise, I found a huge number of comment spam. Weirdly though, the spam contained none of the...

One of the best ways to promote your blog is to post updates on your microblogging services, whether it be Twitter, Jaiku, or whatever it is they use. It helps you have more channels for people to discover and get updates, and your followers can get...