by Brian Wallace | Sep 24, 2007 | Wordpress
WordPress version 2.3 has officially been released. Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress, is even going so far as to throw an upgrade party at his apartment. This is a pretty major update for the WordPress blogging platform. It has added some great new features in... by Brian Wallace | Sep 21, 2007 | Social Media
O, StumbleUpon, you’re our only hope left. Digg started shouting at us, and we’re tempted to listen – but to no avail. Reddit changed its looks, and is quite nice, but is a whole new alien. Netscape went up, up, and away to Propeller. Yahoo, you... by Brian Wallace | Sep 20, 2007 | Digg, Social Media
Digg Just Became the Best Social News Site. If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that I’m a big Netscape (well ok, Propeller) fan, and I’m usually quick to point out the flaws in Digg. With one major update last night, Digg just became second... by Brian Wallace | Sep 19, 2007 | Netscape / Propeller, Social Media
Breaking news – Propeller.com has officially been ported over from Netscape. Users going to Netscape.com will now be directed to the AOL / Netscape portal that has a similar look and feel as Yahoo: For those wondering how the new Propeller will work... by Brian Wallace | Sep 19, 2007 | Interviews, Reddit
We had a chance to catch up with Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit (second from the left). Alexis now works as a Product Manager for Condé Nast, the now parent company of Reddit. This interview comes at an interesting time in the social news world, as Reddit beta... by Brian Wallace | Sep 18, 2007 | Reddit, Social Media
It’s official. Reddit has launched some much needed improvements from Beta. From the Reddit blog: You may have noticed we haven’t released anything substantive in a while. Well, so has Conde Nast. In light of this, we made some quick changes that are part... by Brian Wallace | Sep 17, 2007 | Netscape / Propeller, Social Media
Some encouraging news from Netscape social news. When Netscape first put rumors to bed about Netscape shutting down social news, announcing the move to propeller.com, the Propeller domain brought up nothing. Today, going to Propeller.com brings up the familiar... by Brian Wallace | Sep 17, 2007 | Google
Google AdSense is putting together a very informative Webinar on AdSense features. Anyone interested in monetizing their blog, still learning the ropes, or just not on top of the latest features should attend this Wednesday, 9/19/07. Also, if you’re not a member... by Brian Wallace | Sep 11, 2007 | Netscape / Propeller, Social Media
I was very pleased to see that Tom Drapeau, Director of Netscape has finally put the rumors to rest with a post earlier today on the Netscape blog: The Netscape social news experience that you are currently using today will be migrated and revealed soon at... by Brian Wallace | Sep 11, 2007 | Blog
Today marks the 6th anniversary of the September 11th attacks – this year being the first time the date falls out on a Tuesday since then. Here is a flashback to 9/11/01 in search: Danny Sullivan was on the scene reporting how all the major search engines tried...