Archive for the ‘Publishing’ Category

For starters, I’ll say that I like WordCamp. Before I start suggesting improvements, I wanted to get that out of the way. Matt delivered, as usual, a great State of The Word address. The BBQ lunch was infinitely better that what is served at conferences that cost several times more. And, even the non-WordPress talks [...]

At Newsroom Network, I like to keep the operation as open as possible. However, starting today, we’ve decided to block access to our viewership data, which is measured independently by Quantcast. I wanted to take a moment to explain why we did this, and why it’s good for Newsroom Network and for you. First, competition [...]

A funny thing happened at Sprint’s CES invite-only event tonight. Online media after online media were conveniently left off the list… after receiving personal invitations. It’s pretty clear what happened here. Dan Hesse was there, and someone realized that online journalists and bloggers would ask tough questions. PhoneNews.com has lost count of the number of [...]

… When it doesn’t work. While reinventing CentralGadget.com as TechNews.biz (yeah, that’s the new name for the site), I found that the categories on the site had been screwed up. This is part of the problem with delegation at times. The old adage, if you want something done right, do it yourself, is impossible at [...]

Hi everyone, another week long blogging break with-a-purpose. I’m happy to announce that as of midnight, Newsroom Network is formally spun-off from MechaWorks. Now, there’s still a lot of work to do, from removing MechaWorks logos and names, to setting up Newsroom Network’s new homepage. Because of the looming CES and related events, much of [...]

I’ve seen at least a dozen companies within the past month lock down their Facebook walls. As if Facebook didn’t need any more issues, after their latest privacy meltdown… here comes something else. In case you were living under a rock, Facebook decided to capitalize on everyone’s profile on search engines. They did so by [...]

I’ve been in Silicon Valley for the past six months, and, well, it’s been a bumpy ride. From apathy to a lot of companies ready and willing to zap our cash at MechaWorks… yeah, the economy is still pretty bad out here. And, with that, we’ve started looking at other options. One of those, is [...]

This is a sad trend I’ve started to see. Big name companies endorsing comment spam. The comments are all too obvious. Someone posts seeming to have low-to-moderate experience with a topic. Then, in the middle, they link to a word like “antivirus” with a link to some company that rhymes with “Sophos”. It’s highly unlikely [...]

Yes, I have been tweeting quite a bit, and some of the content of that has slipped through the blog. I’ll try to keep that more in-balance going forward. But, to avoid any more slipping up, I’ve added a Twitter widget to the right side of the site, right below the link to my contact [...]

We’re going to begin the rebrand to Newsroom Network this week, in-line with our plan to have it completed by year’s end. CheapenGadget.com will be the first site to get rebranded, with an all-new name as well. What’s the new name? Well, you’ll have to wait until later this week to find out. Since it’s [...]