by Brian Wallace | May 6, 2008 | Wikipedia
It seems that plans are in the works for a slimmed down, condensed version of the German Wikipedia to be made into a printed encyclopedia book and it will be sold in bookstores for 20 Euros ($32). As many people have said, it’s “reverse publishing”.... by Brian Wallace | Apr 21, 2008 | Facebook
Coming from a police family, I have always had enormous respect for law enforcement and the job they do, and after having just seen the Facebook application for the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in Great Britain, I am even more impressed. This just goes to prove... by Brian Wallace | Apr 19, 2008 | Social Media
Never a day goes by without me hearing of another case of how people are getting more and more hacked off about Facebook and its never-ending crappy applications. All I can say is, I can feel the pain. There used to be a time when someone would ask me what the... by Brian Wallace | Apr 18, 2008 | Social Media
My current social media obsession is Friendfeed. I like it for a variety of reasons but the main reason is that it pulls together nicely all my various online activities. Being a tech blogger, I tend to try out every online service under the sun and so it gets more... by Brian Wallace | Apr 18, 2008 | Twitter
Andrew Baron tried selling his account on eBay this week. The eBay auction has closed, but you can still see the bidding history here, as it went as high as $1,550. Publicity stunt? Yes. Original? Yes. The real story here was that it received lots of exposure.... by Brian Wallace | Apr 17, 2008 | Twitter
Twitter has rapidly become one of those social media applications that people can’t live without. Everyone may say what a waste of time Twitter is but truth be told, they really love using it (me being one of those people). But the people who run Twitter have to... by Brian Wallace | Apr 14, 2008 | Social Media
This guest post comes from Mark Seall – Mark is the founding writer at TalkClimateChange and is also a regular contributor at ProBlogger. You can find Mark’s full Bio on his personal blog at marksblog.org. Until recently, I have to admit to being very skeptical... by Brian Wallace | Apr 11, 2008 | Twitter
18 minute old Twitter account – 2 updates – 400 followers. The math doesn’t add up, does it? You know what happened? Jason Calacanis said “follow him.” (I took out my angst on the picture, can you tell?) I really enjoyed refreshing every... by Brian Wallace | Apr 9, 2008 | Blog
Photo by Mia Mia Everyone measures the success of their blog in different ways – but when it comes to measuring engagement, comments and trackbacks are what really count. Granted there are other ways of measuring engagement, such as Sphinns or Diggs – but... by Brian Wallace | Apr 8, 2008 | Blog, Wordpress
Technorati means business with WordPress Blogs, and rightfully so. With all the potential vulnerabilities of older, unpatched versions of WordPress out there, many blogs have become fair game to spammers worldwide. If you have not upgraded WordPress since 2.3.2, and...