Here is my favorite of the year. It's titled, "Changing the World on the Web." I think it has a very positive message, and brings up a number of good questions. I hope you enjoy:
and you know something? I enjoyed writing it. Which is still important to me.
individuum
· 11 months ago
The favourite blog post at individuum would have to be 'Save me...now!!'. It was one of our first following the launch of our business on 1 July 2008. A great read for younger investors who want tips on savings: https://www.individuum.com.au/node/5047
Murray Izenwasser
· 11 months ago
http://www.bigwordzproject.com/2008/09/how-big-... A discussion of what all of this social media really means in terms of extending our village. If you have the opportunity to keep in touch with everyone you've ever met, and keep those loose ties strong, how would that really impact the richness of your life.
Didn't change the face of the blogosphere by any stretch of the imagination, but I dig it!
Somebodyunfamous
· 11 months ago
One thing Twitter can't do (without Twitpic) is share images quickly and efficiently, like a blog can. I'm not sure if this is my "best" post, surely that is up to the readers, but it's probably one of my favorite picture posts: http://somebodyunfamous.blogspot.com/2008/10/ha...
Thanks Pete! It's hard to pick one post as my favorite for 2008, but I chose this one from January, since I know you and your audience are Twitterholics like me. It is called "Gone Fishin' In The Twitter Stream." Enjoy, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
My post on HomeCamp '08 and interview with Andy Stanford-Clark is my favorite because I think "smart stuff," wikiculture, and the enormous energy many of us feel for the noble cause of sustainable living will be the engine for a lot of great innovation in 2009.
A lot of folks were confused and wanted more detail; I was in a unique position to explain the similarities and differences and to link to other highly relevant material. In that post, I also declared victory for my proediction for 2008!
I used to see an older gentleman run every day at lunch (wearing just a Speedo), and found him inspiring.
Michelle Riggen-Ransom
· 11 months ago
We're a small company and enjoy sharing what we're doing with new communication technologies with other small biz owners in hopes they'll find it useful. I wrote about using your personal network (including Twitter) to both ask for help and do good in the world: http://blog.batchblue.com/your-people-network-a...
Folks donated 372 pounds of food at our local networking event -- not bad for a bunch of geeks!
Armen Chakmakjian
· 11 months ago
I've written a lot of blog posts this year and cross posted many pieces of information.
My best blog post of the year is actually one of the pages on my blog about the book I wrote this year (and published on the kindle). As described it was a book written based on stories of my grandfather that my father told me as he himself was dying of cancer. I took those stories and created a science fiction story with my grandfather as the central character.
This post generated the most traffic, and many responses (both electronic and verbal) about writing, the period in history my grandfather lived, religion, science, and science fiction. It was and is the closest thing to the adage about 15 minutes of fame
I wrote this post up quickly about rebooting a Windows machine by SSHing into my Linux machine and people just seem to love it. It has become one of the best posts of the year.
My most popular blog is definitely the Top Ten Best (and Worst) Communicators of 2007 http://www.bertdecker.com/experience/2007/12/to... And the Top Ten Best Communicators of 2008 will be out Wednesday, and that will no doubt be the most popular this next year. Thanks for asking.
BTW-marketing SMM-campaign for promotion of the autodealer in the largest social networks (in Russian).
Josh Roth
· 11 months ago
I wrote this great little rant about The Middleman, a show that really should be far more popular than it is. It's based on a comic book, about a milk drinking superhero who has no idea who he works for, and his art student sidekick as they battle comic book evil.
After having attended The Conversation and the International Film Festival Summit, as well as having read numerous articles and taking part in numerous discussions, I’ve been thinking about what 2009 might bring in terms of film distribution and consumption. Here’s a quick and dirty download of my thoughts as we head into the new year:
I ranked each them, shared how each one could be used in the classroom, and included a reader's poll.
Catchwa
· 11 months ago
I cast a bit of doubt over Earth Hour by looking at the electricity demand in Australia and comparing it with previous days. It appeared (from the limited amount of data available) that the preparation for Earth Hour negated any benefits generated.
"My Ba-Rock the Vote Video Greatest Hits" blog post showcases both professional and semiprofessional musical and video production talent, including some of the most successful viral videos of the year along with some that deserved more attention. All in service and reflecting the spirit of the mega- successful Obama grassroots campaign. Yes we can! Has viral video ever made a bigger difference?
1. Three Reasons Why Contribution > Community 2. 6 Best Practices for Agencies 3. Geoffrey Moore "Provocative Selling" Presentation 4. 8 Tips for Selling Social Marketing to CFOs 5. How to LIVE RICH 6. 81 One-Liner Marketing Ideas 7. 193 Creative Marketing Ideas 8. The 5 Stars of a "Rockstar" Employee 9. 9 Guerrilla Marketing Answers 10. Top 10 Best and Worst Speakers of 2007
Brian Henderson
· 11 months ago
This blog post was the most important to me, because it was my first comment on my new blog.
It's an article on the representation of gay men in advertising.
Retrospectively, I'm kind of amazed by the amount of time I spent digging for videos and images, but I'm proud it managed to trigger interest and reactions.
CGabriel
· 11 months ago
I wrote a piece in February that was republished again in July as part of a "Blog Harbor Revisited" series. I don't know that it was my best post of the year but it was, without question, my favorite one. It's titled "Women: The Power that Transforms"
I think I captured the essence of online dating expectations with this article.
I give advice on how to use particular dating websites from a technology point of view. That would be photo aspect ratios, guide to using specific features and so forth.
I'll write some new articles soon. :)
kovshenin
· 11 months ago
I don't get much readers in my blog started a couple of months ago, but here's my favourite post about getting Twitux on Fedora 10 and changing its icon sets :)
Oh man. I just looked through my 2008 entries, and their all pretty all-over-the-map. I had a more thought-provoking, insightful 2007, I think. Does that count? Probably not.
Leslie Poston
· 11 months ago
I decided to let my readers decide. I went into HaveAMint and Google Analystics (my stats rpograms) and looked up my most popular post for 2008 using the criteria of the most visited landing page.
I have to admit, I was surprised that those were the most popular posts. This proved to be a great way to see what people really read on my company's blog versus what I hope they read.
Barb Sabathil
· 11 months ago
My fave post from our womens business network blog is "The Death of Customer Service". I laughed, I cried, I felt justified in cursing bad service everywhere, and based on the amount of feedback from our readers, so did they!
Hmmm so many fabulous posts on our blog which to chose? Well Barb Sabathil posted on our womens business network blog about how going automated does not build trust in social networking. A subject that is just being picked up by the A list.
Allison Reynolds
· 11 months ago
Hmmm so many fabulous posts on our blog which to chose? Well Barb Sabathil posted on our Women's Business Network blog about how going automated does not build trust in social networking. A subject that is just being picked up by the A list.
(I love it when browsers eat links :))
Andy Shaindlin
· 11 months ago
I wrote about "The Biggest Risk in Social Networks for Higher Ed." In a nutshell, the big risk is in decision-makers not using new tools online, but sitting back and waiting to be told what to do and which services to deploy:
This entry prompted me to look through all of the stuff that I wrote in 2008 to determine which was the funniest. I still can't 100% make up my mind, but here's an entry from a trip I took the the emergency room, soon after discovering that I'm the youngest guy in recorded history to ever suffer from the gout:
This is a blog about the future of life, civilisation, the planet and us leading up to the year 2050
Each entry forecasts scenarios of future milestones in the evolution of our society leading up to the middle of the 21st century.
Hayden Tennent
· 11 months ago
My Post on installing a Veo webcam onto Windows Vista. Apparently, people have trouble getting it working on Windows Vista, and a lot of people appear to have misplaced their drivers which I have included on my site as well.
Here's something I posted as a reaction against the over hyping and irritating side of social media...it's a (witty ?) prediction of "anti-social" media.
Was a tie for me. Both were very different type posts.
Nikola Tesla: An Inconvenient Genius
How often has one person affected humanity to such a degree that were the fruits of his labor withdrawn immediately from our day-to-day existence, the world as we know it … would essentially stop? http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/11/20/an-incon...
Accidental Creative Problem-Solving ... On Purpose? I was working on a story titled “All-Time-Worst Pitch … Made Me Rich,†when I ran into a perplexing problem. A total roadblock. How to simplify a complex story - one that involved quantum physics, cancer, depression, hope against all odds and the ephemeral topic of “miracles?â€
The story was about a terminally ill cancer patient. He also happened to be a licensed clinical neuropsychologist and an international best-selling author who actually ended up surviving his “terminal†illness, after dying, not once, not twice … but three times. http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/11/09/meaning-...
David
· 11 months ago
In terms of 'best' the following post on my blog had the most hits: http://dakinane.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/flying... I had just flown back from a conference in Europe and was lucky enough to fly on the A380. I joined a debate on Wired about the relative values of the 747 versus the A380 and that attracted a lot of hits, hence being my best post of 2008. The main thrust of my blog is charting the changes at the school I work in to integrate ICT into the curriculum, I would welcome more visitors. You may even find some links to resources and tools that I have discovered and have shared on my Resources page. Make yourself known and enjoy the blog.
Maya Frost
· 11 months ago
There's been a lot of discussion (not to mention bickering) on education, but most of the focus is on making incremental changes. It's time for some seriously bold moves!
Though this post offers Ten TRULY Bold Ways to Transform US Education, these are not the ideas I present in my forthcoming book, The New Global Student. I had fun putting together my ideas-of-the-moment here. Enjoy!
If you need a change from all the web 2.0 stuff, here's my account of going to a festival in the summer, where I read from my book 'Cleaning Up', about giving up drinking. Things aren't what they were...
Wuensch-Media is a german Blog and my best blog post is about a list of Open-Source Scripts you can install on your own server to start a Web 2.0 website. You will find scripts in the categories: Social News, Social Bookmarking, Social Networks, Lifestreams, Dating, Games-Portals, Video- und Document-Portals, Instant Messaging, Special Weblogs, Job Boards, Online-Support, URL-Service, Web Conference. http://www.wuensch-media.de/2008/09/10/open-sou...
Denise Graveline
· 11 months ago
In a year when I had a speaking engagement every month, often on using social media for communications, I found a way to bridge from a live talk to the social media world, and it yielded two posts: On my business blog, don't get caught news & info, I posted an "e-handout" for a talk on social media that included taking video of the audience's questions, which also were posted and answered on the blog; see http://www.dontgetcaught.biz/webdocs/blog/2008/.... And on The Eloquent Woman, my blog on women and public speaking, I looked at that experience from the speaker's point of view, focusing on what it's like to turn your presentation over to the audience in that way, at http://eloquentwoman.blogspot.com/2008/08/engag.... Another blogger said of this post that he'd love it as an audience member, and wondered how many other speakers would be brave enough to try it!
Brian Lenhart
· 11 months ago
Best 2 Blog Posts Involve the Creation and Building of Business Week Cover Story
This is a tongue –in-cheek post about web page usability. I have found that web page (or blog) usability is one of the most important factors for getting and keeping readers. I think it ranks right up there with content.
Mahesh CR
· 11 months ago
The post[1] on using Twitter as front-end for interacting with cloud based services has been very popular.
On the non-professional front the post on Religion[2] being dead has gained maximum views. And the question on redefining[3] individual identity is also popular.
It's a report on my first-ever vacation with GPS -- apparently it's illegal in Egypt which I didn't realize until after I got back!
Paul Dunay
· 11 months ago
My best post of all of 2008 eclipsed all traffic reports by 4X anything I have ever done.
It was a casual post, I did in about 1 hour
I was inspired to write it one day when I was thinking about the "C Suite" (the typical target for a business in consulting) and wondering if they twitter?
So a quick play on words and I came up with C Tweet and bought a vanity URL http://www.ctweets.com to promote my list of C Suite Tweeters
A few references on Twitter and it still is paying dividends weeks later also my twitter followers have doubled to 1000
pd
PeterE
· 11 months ago
At look at the spread of information during disaster. From AOL and Columbine to Twitter and Mumbai.
The majority of my posts are about SOA, Cloud Computing, Organizational Change Management, and Enterprise Architecture but my most popular articles are always about my experiences with Linux. My top post hit Digg, Slashdot, StumbleUpon, Del.icio.us, Craigslist, and even earned me a radio interview.
I have only been blogging for about a month, so I don't have many postings to choose from. So, I just wrote this one the other day and I have had quite a response already. http://mama4kids.blogspot.com/2008/12/red-robin...
Christina @ Northern Cheapskat
· 11 months ago
I have grown so tired of the media's dire outlook on the recession.
The concept is easy yet big, to make the Blogger template as professional as Wordpress theme. Although it's still a long journey to go, this is one of the first step to achieve the dream.
Daniel Ng
· 11 months ago
I always try to break down the complicated economic issue in a simple way so most of the readers can easy to understand. below is one of the post that i am illustrate the consequence of money printing policies by all the government - Hyperinflation - What is Inflation? 100 billion for 3 eggs!
My best post was for World AIDS Day: http://tinyurl.com/6j9rbf It's about how I lost my cousins and how there's still no aid for AIDS vitims in Burma (Myanmar) It was reposted a couple of times over the Internet. It's rare to see personal experiences. All you hear and see is stats and I'm tired of those. I wanted a human side out there to the story. There it is.
Yuli Ziv
· 11 months ago
My best post was for a guest column at Girls In Tech, where I blog about Fashion 2.0:
I had so much fun writing it in the moment, and it's a true glimpse at how easy some people get worked up... I love it...
Hollee J. Chadwick
· 11 months ago
Well, apparently this last one I wrote--on my quest for perfection--was my best based on the number of emails I received about it and the number of times it was emailed and picked up by media outlets:
First, my own because it's one of the few blogs exclusively about semantic web development which is going to change the shape of the www next year.
The second one is http://stevehays.co.uk which is a blog-o-centric website called the Never Ending Audition written by a jobbing Scottish actor about his aventures trying to get work, auditioning, appearing in films, TV and theatre. Kind of a Celtic Entourage without the overblown, ludicrously wasteful lifesyle.
Solargroupies
· 11 months ago
2009 Movies You are Likely to See, Produced in Oakleighwood....
2008 proved that everyone needs skilled fund managers to make money for them no matter what happens to the economy. This post is about the world's best ever investor.
On how the online social networking trend is spilling over (and changing) the landscaping of real life networking: http://budurl.com/irltrends
Nischal Shetty
· 11 months ago
I would say my best blog post this year was the one where I wrote a few points to encourage fellow bloggers. Not only did it turn out to be good but it also gives me hope everytime I think I need to stop blogging!
Identifying social media confluence (what we termed Web Troika) this summer and seing it comet o live and talking about the fact the other people were catching on in main stream media : http://www.viewfromw6th.com/2008/10/convergence...
Linda Nawrocki
· 11 months ago
For work: Identifying social media confluence (what we termed Web Troika) this summer and seing it comet o live and talking about the fact the other people were catching on in main stream media : http://www.viewfromw6th.com/2008/10/convergence...
If I have to choose just one, it would be my account of how the free service, WordPress.com, makes money. http://changingway.org/2008/03/12/making-money-... As well as being my choice, it was "the people's choice," in that it got more views (and I think, more comments) than anything else I posted this year.
Sheila | Live Well 360°
· 11 months ago
Hello,
I think my best and most popular blog post of 2008 was:
This blog post gives the step-by-step process on how to figure out what calorie range you should be aiming for in order to achieve a specific amount of fat loss per week.
Thom Robinson
· 11 months ago
Here's my favorite post on my blog. It's just basically a cut and paste blog about TV and Movies and other things I like. Enjoy
Pete, thanks for the opportunity to let me share. I blog about careers, leadership,marketing, getting more joy from work. I wrote about how to get renergized in your current job before you bail and look for a new one. "Love the one you're with"
I guess mine would be "7 more tips for when you're sick." I don't know why, but I get a lot of stuff done when I'm sick, and people seem to enjoy the ideas about all of the things you could be working on while lying on a couch.
I'm particularly proud of some work I did to crown a Least Valuable Player in the NHL, providing a comprehensive, statistically balanced assessment of which player's on-ice results have done the most to bring down his team. It generated a lot of heat because people don't like to see their favorite team's players criticized, but as the hockey season progresses I believe it will make for an interesting story to follow:
My blog post making The Case for MMS on the iPhone was (and still is) the most trafficked post on my blog. I seem to have struck a nerve with iPhone users who want Apple and AT&T to fix the horrible user experience with MMS on the iPhone. I've gotten tons of reader response, and have posted a couple of follow-ups.
I started running a personal blog (in spanish) about technology and filmmaking on 2008. My best post of the year was a review of Leonardo Favio's film "Aniceto". It's received much more visits than any other post. It's available at http://www.zapcase.com.ar/blog/2008/06/aniceto-...>
Neil Maiers
· 11 months ago
...I don't know if writing about wine is changing the world, especially a world that has real problems that need fixing, but my attitude is, why not fix it with a glass of wine in hand... If you feel the same way, you'll probably like our blog.
We had a lot of interesting posts, but my favorite would probably have to be a recent post in which I reviewed a nice Cabernet, but in the context of an impromptu get together where the only drinkware available was a pack of foam cups. None of that mattered though, what mattered was that good friends and good wine got together and raised a glass... err... cup. That kind of sums up our attitude about wine... http://www.wineexpedition.com/2008/12/22/cabern...
Adam Landrum
· 11 months ago
My favorite post of the year was my documentation of a "Day in the Life of Social Media" where Starbucks jumps into the fray (read the comments):
I believe a better, more balanced future will be found as we re-focus locally. Thus, I consider my post on a Tucson farm-to-table celebration my best: http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2008/10/farm-to-tab...
Tara Joyce
· 11 months ago
My article on the new brand of business creators, innerpreneurs. Those who are driven to start businesses for personal fulfillment, not monetary gain.
Because of the increased rate at which Magic related iPhone apps seemed to appear towards the end of the year we put together this list of more than 20 miracles you can perform either with an iPhone application or another resource. Enjoy & amaze your friends:
I'm pretty proud of this post, which unites my values, my ex-wife's wedding and the Denver music scene. I got a great deal of positive response, both online and in the real world, for this one.
As a litblogger, I love blogging because it combines the urgent ability to comment on current events, web trends, links to the blogosphere, with the possibility of a more considered, thoughtful essayistic style of writing. I love thinking in a way that is interconnected, which blogging allows both through hotlinks to other posts and articles, and through the build-up of posts on your own blog and the comments it attracts. No-one's really done for literature what MySpace has done for music, or YouTube for film, but I think both Salt Publishing's Salt Confidential (and their blog author tours) and the PEN Atlas and blog -- favourite post -- are taking a "crunchy" approach that brings together the literate and the blogerate.
Crystal Vilkaitis
· 11 months ago
Our favorite blog post for 2008 is titled "Pickin' and Grinin'" and it's about U-Pick it Farms.
My favorite post of 2008 wasn't technology related, but rather about the US failing healthcare system. The citizens of our country enjoy bountiful blessings - too bad we can't have the best healthcare also. You can read the post here...http://wordproverb.blogspot.com/2008/01/sicko-and-our-failing-healthcare-system.html.
Yes, You Can Make Money Writing Shorts & Blog Posts Even When the Economy is Rotten! (Using my days as a freelance writer to get me through tough economic times on the Internet)
Obviously a lot of KRAPPS in the iPhone App Store ... rather than complain about getting lemons, we make lemonade ... entertaining our viewers by outing whacky, weird, stupid and strange iPhone applications, aka KRAPPS.
Like for example the Shake.Rock app ... until we came across this app, we never realized to be 100% cool, we needed a Party Logo ... so you want to be cool? Well check it out >> http://krapps.com/?p=534
Michelle BB
· 11 months ago
I thought this one would stand up well: a note to my colleagues about the chore of corporate blogging.
This post addressed how people are carrying two smartphones because none of the current smart phones addressed people's need for a single device that can excel at being a phone, e-mail and web device.
Online shopping -- a hit this year, despite tough retail climate. Everyone looks for ways to make their shopping easier, more personalized, and save the most $$$.
At Shop It To Me (www.shopittome.com), besides providing personal sales alerts, we analyzed loads of retailer sales data and release some info about the "best days to buy". Check it out:
Overall, if you're only going to shop one day of the week, make it FRIDAY -- you'll find the deepest discounts and the largest quantity of items on SALE.
Happy shopping!
Ron Feldman
· 11 months ago
Best is so subjective... I enjoyed writing a post about a month ago with creative ideas on how to use kwiry to deal with the economic times:
"Modern China is in many ways the 'first piece' (to bastardize an engineering term) example of what tomorrow's globalized world could look like. It's the wedlock love child of Robber Baron pseudo-capitalism grafted onto a mutant variety of charlatan Marxism, conceived in a Wall Street bordello that grew into its franchise almost fully grown."
My blog talks about "tradigital" forms of communication.... that is, the combination of traditional media such a printing, packaging, and promotions with digital applications. Our company, The Bevilacque Group, produces the tried and true classics but with a "twist." Everyone is looking to increase sales these days and we think of strategies and products that will help do exactly that.
I haven't blogged in a month because I'm having a lot of trouble with our providers - Network Solutions and Word Press - but the post refers to BLOG DOLLARS December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Blah blah blah blog. Everyone’s a blogger these days and all types of companies continue to hire freelancers. It’s amazing how little is paid per post. In this month’s issue of Direct Marketing, “go figure†strategies discuss how “copy trumps art.†That, when an ad’s intent is to motivate a response, then it’s about persuading, selling, and motivating the customer to act. The appeal is delivered in “words and sentences.†Direct marketers pay close attention to copy and design second. Hmmm… Colin Wheildon’s book, “Type and Layout†is referred to and some very interesting concepts popped up. Namely 1. Bold type is less legible than standard type 2. Red type or any other color is harder to read in body copy and 3. Serif type is easier to read than many contemporary typefaces.
I guess my perpetual dislike of red either in marketing material or fashion meant I was on the right track all along! Now, all we need to do is change most of our copy, alter the RED logo, and perhaps locate my calligraphy pen last seen in 1980.
HERE I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain. I was neither at the hot gates Nor fought in the warm rain Nor knee deep in the salt marsh, heaving a cutlass, 5 Bitten by flies, fought. My house is a decayed house, And the jew squats on the window sill, the owner, Spawned in some estaminet of Antwerp, Blistered in Brussels, patched and peeled in London. The goat coughs at night in the field overhead; Rocks, moss, stonecrop, iron, merds. The woman keeps the kitchen, makes tea, Sneezes at evening, poking the peevish gutter. I an old man, A dull head among windy spaces.
In it, I explain the difference between compliments and appreciation. I also explain why the first is more important than the second.
Our mission at Careerealism.com is to provide refreshingly real career advice. Why? Like our tagline says...Because EVERY Job is Temporary!
Happy New Year to everyone at Mashable!
JT
Nancy H. Armstrong
· 11 months ago
My best post of the year was just written. The subject is Human Trafficking of children. It has spread to the United States. Today was the first I have heard of child slave trafficking. Where is the outrage? I am out raged now:
This is the blog I wrote after I had had enough of Joe the Freakin' Plumber!! It's called "Joe the Plumber, Meet Chris the Carpenter". It's about Joe not having a clue. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Joe-the-plumbe...
Bobman
· 11 months ago
This was my favorite post of the year, because I was able to capture the fraud of the presidency of George W. Bush and bookend it with video examples of how real people felt about him being placed in this position of power against the will of the people. If you watched the networks or the cable stations exclusively, you would have thought Bush had the complete support of the country and the world, but thanks to the Internet, the truth remains and this piece pointed it out. Unfortunately, I wrote and posted this before the infamous shoe throwing incident - maybe that can serve as an epilogue to Geore W.'s failure.
My best post of 2008 had to be 50 Free Sites to Watch TV & Movies Online. It's the post I put the most time, research & effort into and the one that helped put my site on the map.
My best post of the concerns the MySpace suicide trial of Lori Drew and, in particular, her motion for a dismissal (after the verdict). This story was not picked up widely and, unlike the other blogs covering it, Digital Advisors was the only one (that I know of) that analyzed Drew's legal arguments for dismissal. The post can be found at http://digadvisors.com/myspace-suicide-case-def...
Matt Holm
· 11 months ago
Had to put in a fantastic post from someone else's blog: Library Voice. It details a fantastic run-in with a, um, "difficult" parent in a children's library.
It was photos and pics of my election night in Harlem NYC as Barack Obama became the first African-American President. You'll see a celebrity appearance from Uma Thurman, and a pic of me and Barack. This post was picked up on a few other sites but it was by far the most fun for me.
It thrills me to see companies/brands that listen/monitor the social web and find ways to effectively engage. I enjoyed sharing my interaction with George Weston Bakery on my blog: http://mikeproulx.typepad.com/harmonicaftershoc...
James McGee
· 11 months ago
I'm new to blogging. The technical part still has me a bit stumped, but the writing part is an adventure. I have been connected with employer/union sponsored health care plans all my career. My evolving positions are coming together with my most recent post on principals of health care reform. http://thehealthcaremaze.wordpress.com/2008/12/...
I'm excited about the groundswell around single payer and hope that it can overwhelm the rather entrenched opposition.
My best blog post of 2008 was one I wrote about the death of Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable, Michael Todd. I actually took a month off from writing my blog in order to research and write just this one post - but it was well worth it. The post generated lots of comments and e-mails (I was even contacted by one of Todd's ex-lovers!) I'm going to write a follow-up in January about all the information (some of it quite strange) that the blog post churned up. The original post (posted in April and re-posted in November) is called 'Chief Constable Michael Todd: A Strange Death, a media smear campaign, inconsistent reporting, dark-suited spooks, and more questions than answers...' http://theoneeyelies.blogspot.com/2008/04/chief...
The Hedonistic Pleasureseeker
· 11 months ago
I think my readers prefer my racier post but I think my best work might (?) be the Alchemybeen The Alchemy of Greed:
My best blog post was actually a guest post - Imagine Your Audience - about how knowing your blogging audience matters much more than numbers and stats:
This is my personal favorite blog post that I have done in the last year. I am currently working on another series of articles like the one below on the Federal Reserve, The US Treasury, and what has occurred to our banking system since 1913.
Obama’s American Socialism: Decades In The Making
Skipping all of the crap and perhaps small things that dont matter. We would have to say with out contest that this Blog was in fact our favorite to write. Perhaps it had enoough substance to affect someones life. Perhaps it had enough inspiration to inspire that one person. Or perhaps it had enough magic to help someones dreams appear.
To a Successful 2009 Trigeia Twinz Whats Your Passion ?
vrtulobjeq
· 11 months ago
Daniel G. Nocera, Professor of Energy at MIT in collaboration with Matthew Kanan have developed a simple method to split water molecules and produce oxygen gas, a discovery that paves the way for large-scale use of solar power.
This year I decided to speak out against my job, my company, my industry, and all the evils that I commit for a paycheck. Years of working with Marketers and Market Researchers had blackened my soul. I was sick of constantly thinking about how the corporations I serve have degraded into a shameless race to the bottom, where money is all that matters and people don't matter at all. Every day, within my circle of work friends, we repeated the same sentiments of anger and frustration mixed with in equal parts with guilt and self-loathing, but none of use had the courage to speak out publicly and DO something about it. These things needed to be said because they are wrong and the silent majority go along with it despite our conscience only because we fear being singled out and being made into an example if we step out of line. I'm sick of toeing the line, and I'm hellbent on spreading heresy -- the good kind :-).
This is a link to my post "Wall St. sets the stage for the next big heist". It highlights the political and financial connections prevalent in the Global Warming Debate and highlights the fact there is no consensus on the matter in the scientific community.
Clare Swindlehurst
· 11 months ago
I think my best post of the year (and definitely the most popular) is one I wrote in the first few weeks of starting my Disney World blog. I wrote about the best time to visit Walt Disney World and hopefully it has helped a few people plan a great vacation! http://www.clareswindlehurst.com/disneyworld/20...
I'm torn between two recent posts: Changing Brand Opinions of Consumers - basically an outline of the different consumer influeners, how they work and how they can be engaged to change a consumer's opnion of a brand. http://mdurwin.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/changin...
The second is less serious. It's a view of how the economy of 2009 changed advertising and corporate engagement of consumers from a perspective 30 years in the future. It got me thinking more seriously about upcoming trends, even if they are a decade in the future. http://mdurwin.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/how-the...
Cannabis oglalas
· 11 months ago
Native American Toilet Paper Revolution! ============================================== Long Live Cannabis oglalas!
Karen
· 11 months ago
I like our post for International Volunteer Day - it highlights our collective good globally and the power and scale of America's volunteering contributions.
Do You Hold Dual Citizenship in the Volunteer Nation?
Jim pushes back on conventional wisdom that every entrepreneur needs an elevator pitch and should use it religiously by highlighting the "bar pitch" a much more natural and genuine way to talk to people about what you do.
Elena Kostovska
· 11 months ago
I've only just started blogging, about a week ago. I plan to focus on social media and its use in education and non-profits. I've only published 2 entries (and they are a part of a larger story I'm planning to tell) on one college's attempts at getting into social media. It's a real story and one very important to me. I'm still learning about social media and hope i can help others learn with me.
I posted the first post of a blog I started about two months ago. It won't go down in the annals of history as the best post ever, but it's significant to me since I finally got off my butt and created a blog that I've been thinking of creating for some time.
Some step by steps for learning how to listen with Twitter
Kate Brodock
· 11 months ago
Our best blog post of 2008 (according to readership) was the "Best Practices in Social Media" contribution to Six Pixels of Separation (http://tinyurl.com/7zxrjp). I'm a little partial to my post on ROI of social media though (http://tinyurl.com/5cdldj)
Thanks for putting this together!
Kate
Jane Kosek
· 11 months ago
I have a blog on independent filmmaking. Finding investors is incredibly hard...
http://tinyurl.com/7l9tge Prohibit Portly Patrons to Cover Corporate Crime We are all angry at the bail out bill, Wall St swindles and countless other ways we have been taken advantage of. Yet we refuse to see ways in which we are distracted. Surverys have said women believe their number one problem is their weight. The encouragement of weight obsession by the powers that be is no accident. We are so focused on looking down at our scales we can't look up to see what is really going on. The above is my commentary on why a Mississippi politician and former employee of DuPont Merck would sponsor a bill prohibiting restaurants from serving fat patrons at the very same time DuPont Merck was setting with the government for defrauding medicaid. The old sand in your eyes trick. Sadly, so many readers ranted against fat people but no rage toward DuPont. We had better wake up and see one very effective way the wool is being pulled over our eyes!
Our blog is an eclectic mix of illustration, animation, interactive development, and the occasional commentary on art, film, or life in general. I think this particular post was probably my favorite of the year, because it was a good mix of everything we do at Portland Studios. I hope you enjoy it.
diamondtearz
· 11 months ago
I wrote a post in which I collected resources for building games for the Nintendo Wii with Flash. I learned the most about the available resources for wii developers during that post:
In truth the name should have been "Women is the Nigger of the World: As Demonstrated by the Twisted logic Celebratrions after the elections of 2008"
History was not made - No- I maintain as do up to one half on this nations citizenry who is taxed yet not fully represented, history will not be made until every enslaved, mistreated or otherwise unrepresented citizen is equally represented, until Jeremiah Wright does not call anyone a nigger, until no women is ever again called a cunt, until women support other women whether they fully agree on every issue or not and until a woman is elected as president of the United States of America.
Then let there be dancing in the streets and celebrations in every home and tears of joy to celebrate a truly historic accomplishment to be proud of. In stead you stand there with tears in your eyes as if you accomplished some great feat you damned so-called civil rights leader hypocrites! Civil rights include human rights!
It shows the power of Flex as an open source product and speeds up Flex Builder significantly.
Nick
· 10 months ago
I made a post called "How Many 'Web 2.0' Sites Pass Validation?" because I think it's so funny that all of these new sites look so great and clean, yet they for some reason cannot make clean and proper code, conforming to the W3C standards.
So many people trying to explain social media. I figure I would have some fun and I personally think it makes for a good read: http://blog.sekkeistudio.com/2008/12/22/our-man... like-visiting-a-good-hair-stylist/
Peter Davison
· 10 months ago
So many people trying to explain social media. I figure I would have some fun and I personally think it makes for a good read: blog.sekkeistudio.com/2008/12/22/our-man-in-shanghai-social-media-is-like-visiting-a-good-hair-stylist/
Sorry if this is a duplicate entry but I wanted to ensure the link worked.
Best,
Peter
Wendy
· 10 months ago
I think my latest one, which is a recap of all the fostering we have done this year is by far the best on as of late.
I read somewhere on my google reader recently that the no 1 building of all time was Saint Denis Basilica in Paris France. That probably accounts for the popularity of my post called "The White Hot Act of Gothic" here
Gee, there's so many. Hah! Hmmm, I've been quite infatuated with a very recent post of mine on my blog Uncle Fatlips. It concerns the whole "Magical Negro" fiasco and a critical analysis of the writer David Ehrenstein who wrote the LA Times article "Obama The Magical Negro" back in March '07. The piece supposedly served as inspiration for recent Republication cd distribution. Anyway, blah, blah, blah. Here it is: http://tinyurl.com/7tsl74 It's titled WILL THE REAL MAGICAL NEGRO PLEASE SHUT UP?
Happy New Year all! Derrick aka Uncle Fatlips:)
Michael Pastore
· 10 months ago
My most quoted blog post -- and most misunderstood, because the first paragraph was often ignored -- is 30 Benefits of Ebooks http://epublishersweekly.blogspot.com/2008/02/3... published on Epublishers Weekly in January 2008. I've since discovered at least a half dozen more ebook benefits.
Derrick
· 10 months ago
Oops! Sorry for posting twice. The first time around it didn't seem to go through. So I decided to try it later. Now I see I've posted twice. Sowwey:)_
My best blog post was rather whimsical but made people laugh. It's about the effects of testing our content management system, which sounds dull on the surface but my scientific testing proved otherwise: http://diaryofawebgal.blogspot.com/2008/04/can-...
P.K. Silverson
· 10 months ago
Discovering the possibilities of blogging turned into a richer experience than I'd expected. My favorite blog is pksilverson.wordpress.com/index-o-the-tales because it links to the growing collection of my Truly Grim Tales, satirical fantasies which a growing number of readers seem to enjoy.
My ulterior motive in promoting this humorous situation (a toll-free number that was printed on boxes to promote the recycling of corrugated has been taken over by a telephone-sex operation) was to bring more attention to the rather sudden lack of demand for recycled materials.
Angelique Martinez on behalf o
· 10 months ago
This is Andy’s own original interpretation of an SEC ruling that lends new force and legitimacy to blogs by allowing corporations to release financial disclosure news in this medium. It clearly extrapolates the implications of this ruling and what it might mean to traditional wire services. Enjoy!!
It's quite hard to choose because the top post does not mean my most favorite post, I am surprised by this steamed fish post remains my No.1, it may have the highest daily hit rate but it constantly have reasonable readers looking for a steamed fish recipe. My recipe is step by step and particularly suitable for those living in Western countries.
Jen Parsons
· 10 months ago
A response to a New York magazine article I read, which sparked my thoughts on why dating and living in New York is harder than anywhere else ...
This is "Week 2" of the Lateral Drawing blog http://lateraldrawing.blogspot.com/search/label... It offers a new lateral drawing each day of the work week and keeps your brain on its little pink toes :)
Topics like the hypocrisy of gangsta rappers who hate George Bush for being the big boss gangsta; or why do people assume gay people have fashion sense?
Topics like the hypocrisy of gangsta rappers who hate George Bush for being the big boss gangsta; or why do people assume gay people have fashion sense?
All Comments
http://www.dynamittechnologies.com/blog/?p=60
a relationship writer's thoughts on what social media is doing to our dating lives. (and it was written the day of summermashSF!)
http://outsidemybrainagain.blogspot.com/2008/05...
In this post, I use the metaphor of music to discuss how our internal thinking attracts or detracts people to and from us.
http://superfem.com/post/62732676/scope-of-our-...
http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/11/11/faster...
and you know something? I enjoyed writing it. Which is still important to me.
A discussion of what all of this social media really means in terms of extending our village. If you have the opportunity to keep in touch with everyone you've ever met, and keep those loose ties strong, how would that really impact the richness of your life.
http://abhishekmittal.com/2008/12/16/how-about-...
http://thedailybeery.typepad.com/the_daily_beer...
Didn't change the face of the blogosphere by any stretch of the imagination, but I dig it!
And this is my most picture-laden post: http://somebodyunfamous.blogspot.com/2008/12/4-...
Best of luck to everyone on getting featured!
http://sassholes.blogspot.com/2008/01/gone-fish...
http://www.ugotrade.com/2008/12/15/smart-planet...
http://therealmccrea.com/2008/12/04/birth-of-th...
A lot of folks were confused and wanted more detail; I was in a unique position to explain the similarities and differences and to link to other highly relevant material. In that post, I also declared victory for my proediction for 2008!
I used to see an older gentleman run every day at lunch (wearing just a Speedo), and found him inspiring.
Folks donated 372 pounds of food at our local networking event -- not bad for a bunch of geeks!
My best blog post of the year is actually one of the pages on my blog about the book I wrote this year (and published on the kindle). As described it was a book written based on stories of my grandfather that my father told me as he himself was dying of cancer. I took those stories and created a science fiction story with my grandfather as the central character.
This post generated the most traffic, and many responses (both electronic and verbal) about writing, the period in history my grandfather lived, religion, science, and science fiction. It was and is the closest thing to the adage about 15 minutes of fame
http://mynamemeansflintstone.wordpress.com/exce...
A short look at 'form follows function' and the fact that the game is changing.
http://www.mykl.nl/blog/article/34/Form-Equals-...
But I had the most fun writing a music piece on DJ Soulpusher who lived in W. Africa for 3 years digging for rare, local funk records from the 70s: http://chicagoindependentradioproject.org/spotl...
http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/from-peak-oil-to-...
Reactions to it via http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?s=Peak+Hierarchy
Michel
http://www.lgr.ca/blog/2008/04/shutdown-windows...
And the Top Ten Best Communicators of 2008 will be out Wednesday, and that will no doubt be the most popular this next year.
Thanks for asking.
SMM-campaign for promotion of the autodealer in the largest social networks (in Russian).
http://www.nerdgasmic.com/2008/06/the-middleman...
The second most viewed, and the one I like better, is Free Pencils (post January 5, 2008): http://woowooteacup.wordpress.com/2008/01/05/fr...
Sorry, I'm not very good at following directions.
It's takes many comments (in Russian).
http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749
http://jerrysmith.co.cc/blog/2008/12/27/christm...
30+ Essential Firefox plugins for Web Developers:
http://lab209.com/firefox-plugins-for-web-devel...
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/09/11/th...
I ranked each them, shared how each one could be used in the classroom, and included a reader's poll.
http://catchwa.org/2008/03/was-earth-hour-a-jok...
Get paid to surf ads using bux.to
http://onlinepresence.blogsailor.com/2008/01/23...
professional and semiprofessional musical and video production talent, including
some of the most successful viral videos of the year along with some that
deserved more attention. All in service and reflecting the spirit of the mega-
successful Obama grassroots campaign. Yes we can! Has viral video ever made a
bigger difference?
Enjoy my nomination at:
http://mediamall.com/blogger/2008/10/my-ba-rack...
http://court-merrigan.blogspot.com/2008/11/demo...
http://budurl.com/pad4
1. Three Reasons Why Contribution > Community
2. 6 Best Practices for Agencies
3. Geoffrey Moore "Provocative Selling" Presentation
4. 8 Tips for Selling Social Marketing to CFOs
5. How to LIVE RICH
6. 81 One-Liner Marketing Ideas
7. 193 Creative Marketing Ideas
8. The 5 Stars of a "Rockstar" Employee
9. 9 Guerrilla Marketing Answers
10. Top 10 Best and Worst Speakers of 2007
http://powerwindows.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post...
The second is on my mother's blog. It is where we say goodbye http://paulettevanh.blogspot.com/
Can make a huge difference in the effectiveness and appearance of your designs.
http://www.thedesigncubicle.com/2008/12/10-comm...
It's an article on the representation of gay men in advertising.
Retrospectively, I'm kind of amazed by the amount of time I spent digging for videos and images, but I'm proud it managed to trigger interest and reactions.
For any man who's married, this is for them.
Here it is: http://blogharbor.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/wome...
I think I captured the essence of online dating expectations with this article.
I give advice on how to use particular dating websites from a technology point of view. That would be photo aspect ratios, guide to using specific features and so forth.
I'll write some new articles soon. :)
http://kovshenin.com/archives/twitter-on-fedora/
It was a tie, dead even between Working With Gen Y, Gen X and Boomers (http://uptownuncorked.com/2008/11/13/working-wi...) and What's In Your Social Media Toolbox (http://uptownuncorked.com/2008/10/24/whats-in-y...).
I have to admit, I was surprised that those were the most popular posts. This proved to be a great way to see what people really read on my company's blog versus what I hope they read.
womens business network blog is "The Death of Customer Service". I laughed,
I cried, I felt justified in cursing bad service everywhere, and based on the
amount of feedback from our readers, so did they!
http://degenerasian.blogspot.com/2008/11/first-...
I took photos of the front yard and the neighborhood.
And I took pictures of my socks! :)
These are reflections of my teaching and learning odyssey.
Just some fun Dos and Dont's for the boys (regarding online dating). :)
http://ochairball.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-this-...
Well Barb Sabathil posted on our womens business network blog
about how going automated does not build trust in social networking.
A subject that is just being picked up by the A list.
Well Barb Sabathil posted on our Women's Business Network blog
about how going automated does not build trust in social networking.
A subject that is just being picked up by the A list.
(I love it when browsers eat links :))
http://is.gd/R39
My Best post of 2008 : How to Run Faster Fox in Firefox 3 and above version !
http://www.ablogwithadifference.com/2008/09/how...
Cheers !
http://listentoleon.net/index.php/2008/02/27/ta...
Now, I'm about to post a "Best of 2008" entry on my own blog, thanks to this!
The post was about these amazingly small and easy to deploy wireless routers.
I've been slowly building a free wireless network in my home city.
http://ninasimosko.com/blog/2008/06/02/maintain...
My best post was plotting out a trip around the world on very small airlines:
http://questingforadventure.com/?p=158
http://ckartik.blogspot.com/2008/03/making-mone...
Each entry forecasts scenarios of future milestones in the evolution of our society leading up to the middle of the 21st century.
How to install a Veo Advanced Webcam on Windows Vista
http://www.nztechie.com/how-to-install-a-veo-ad...
http://tinyurl.com/7y2qq2
blogging in this post and believe its one of my best posts.
Blogaya Namah [ http://life2oons.blogspot.com/2008/06/blogaya-n... ]
and irritating side of social media...it's a (witty ?) prediction
of "anti-social" media.
http://myduncanspace.com/?p=25
Nikola Tesla: An Inconvenient Genius
How often has one person affected humanity to such a degree that were the fruits of his labor withdrawn immediately from our day-to-day existence, the world as we know it
… would essentially stop? http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/11/20/an-incon...
Accidental Creative Problem-Solving ... On Purpose?
I was working on a story titled “All-Time-Worst Pitch … Made Me Rich,†when I ran into a perplexing problem. A total roadblock. How to simplify a complex story - one that involved quantum physics, cancer, depression, hope against all odds and the ephemeral topic of “miracles?â€
The story was about a terminally ill cancer patient. He also happened to be a licensed clinical neuropsychologist and an international best-selling author who actually ended up surviving his “terminal†illness, after dying, not once, not twice … but three times.
http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/11/09/meaning-...
I had just flown back from a conference in Europe and was lucky enough to fly on the A380. I joined a debate on Wired about the relative values of the 747 versus the A380 and that attracted a lot of hits, hence being my best post of 2008. The main thrust of my blog is charting the changes at the school I work in to integrate ICT into the curriculum, I would welcome more visitors. You may even find some links to resources and tools that I have discovered and have shared on my Resources page. Make yourself known and enjoy the blog.
most of the focus is on making incremental changes. It's time for some
seriously bold moves!
Though this post offers Ten TRULY Bold Ways to Transform US Education, these
are not the ideas I present in my forthcoming book, The New Global Student.
I had fun putting together my ideas-of-the-moment here. Enjoy!
http://www.mayafrost.com/blog/?p=351
http://taniaglyde.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/in-w...
http://www.brendasblogfromparaguay.com/2008/07/...
http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/12/posty-aut...
A quick and effective guide on unfollowing uninteresting people on twitter.
But even more surprisingly, they all wanted to know how to wish someone Merry Christmas http://thepolskiblog.co.uk/2008/12/merry-christ...
(I really wanna know your opinion about it guys)
http://healthyromance.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-...
I have another Medical blog, and my favourite post in 2008 was about smoking &excercise
as many people have misconceptions about this..
http://mezology.blogspot.com/2008/11/smoking-an...
thnx alot :)
Mezo
http://thewayoftheweb.net/2008/11/coke-and-peps...
But the most popular post was actually asking if Microsoft was throwing away
the success of the Xbox 360's marketing with a change in direction:
http://thewayoftheweb.net/2008/11/has-microsoft...
is about a list of Open-Source Scripts you can install
on your own server to start a Web 2.0 website.
You will find scripts in the categories: Social News,
Social Bookmarking, Social Networks, Lifestreams, Dating,
Games-Portals, Video- und Document-Portals, Instant
Messaging, Special Weblogs, Job Boards, Online-Support,
URL-Service, Web Conference.
http://www.wuensch-media.de/2008/09/10/open-sou...
1) What is Business Week Cover Story?
http://businessweekcoverstory.com/2008/12/15/wh...
2) HOW TO: Get on Business Week Cover Story
http://businessweekcoverstory.com/2008/12/22/ho...
http://www.dashaver.com/How-To-Keep-Customers-F...
This is a tongue –in-cheek post about web page usability. I have found that
web page (or blog) usability is one of the most important factors for getting and keeping readers. I think it ranks right up there with content.
has been very popular.
On the non-professional front the post on Religion[2] being dead has
gained maximum views. And the question on redefining[3] individual identity
is also popular.
[1]http://maheshcr.com/blog/2008/10/22/twitter-as-command-line-to-the-clouds/
[2]http://maheshcr.com/self/2008/11/29/religion-is-dead-long-live-religion/
[3]http://maheshcr.com/self/2008/12/03/identity-20/
http://flashslideshow.blogspot.com
http://acurrie.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/egypt-a...
It's a report on my first-ever vacation with GPS -- apparently it's illegal in Egypt which I didn't realize until after I got back!
It was a casual post, I did in about 1 hour
I was inspired to write it one day when I was thinking about the "C Suite"
(the typical target for a business in consulting) and wondering if they twitter?
So a quick play on words and I came up with C Tweet
and bought a vanity URL http://www.ctweets.com to promote my list of C Suite Tweeters
A few references on Twitter and it still is paying dividends weeks later
also my twitter followers have doubled to 1000
pd
Twitter and Mumbai.
http://breakinghabit.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/t...
My prediction as to why 2009 will be the year for mobile social networks.
http://breakinghabit.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/m...
my great-grandfather's civil war book in ebook form. http://larryrthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/12/at-l...
Management, and Enterprise Architecture but my most popular articles are always
about my experiences with Linux. My top post hit Digg, Slashdot, StumbleUpon,
Del.icio.us, Craigslist, and even earned me a radio interview.
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/madgreek/microsoft-...
choose from. So, I just wrote this one the other day and I have had quite a
response already.
http://mama4kids.blogspot.com/2008/12/red-robin...
There are some good things about a recession:
http://www.northerncheapskate.com/2008/05/why-r...
The concept is easy yet big, to make the Blogger template as professional as Wordpress theme.
Although it's still a long journey to go, this is one of the first step to achieve the dream.
most of the readers can easy to understand. below is one of the post that i am
illustrate the consequence of money printing policies by all the government -
Hyperinflation - What is Inflation? 100 billion for 3 eggs!
http://danielngsh.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-is-...
It's about how I lost my cousins and how there's still no aid for AIDS vitims in Burma (Myanmar)
It was reposted a couple of times over the Internet. It's rare to see personal experiences. All you hear and see is stats and I'm tired of those. I wanted a human side out there to the story. There it is.
Five Reasons The Fashion Industry Is Slow To Adapt Within The Online Space -
http://girlsintech.net/new-york/five-reasons-th...
-Basically it's just lyrics and comments on the Don't be stingy McD's commercial.
But the post I liked the most is by far my Panera Day from hell Post:
http://matt-groff.com/2008/07/25/panera-day-fro...
I had so much fun writing it in the moment, and it's a true glimpse at how easy some people get worked up... I love it...
http://holleedazeink.blogspot.com/2008/12/perfe...
First, my own because it's one of the few blogs exclusively about semantic web
development which is going to change the shape of the www next year.
The second one is http://stevehays.co.uk which is a blog-o-centric website
called the Never Ending Audition written by a jobbing Scottish actor about his aventures trying to get work, auditioning, appearing in films, TV and theatre. Kind of a Celtic Entourage without the overblown, ludicrously wasteful lifesyle.
http://oakleighvermont.com/blog/2009-new-movies...
Legally Spy on Your Competition and 33 Free tools to make your website better were the most popular posts on our blog.
http://sarah-morgan.com/2008/12/twitter-the-pri...
2008 proved that everyone needs skilled fund managers to make money for them no matter what happens to the economy. This post is about the world's best ever investor.
Internet Projectmanagement:
http://www.basvandenbeld.com/category/internet-...
The one I most enjoyed was an interview I did with Lisa Ditlefsen at SMX London:
http://www.searchcowboys.com/seoroadshow/152
http://budurl.com/irltrends
to encourage fellow bloggers. Not only did it turn out to be good but it also
gives me hope everytime I think I need to stop blogging!
http://isimplyblog.com/dont-lose-hope/193/</a>
Kind regards Dr Shock
I think this was one of our more inspired lists.
http://listacular.blogspot.com/2008/10/15-worst...
Thankfully, I have a list of my best posts. :)
For fun: my new year resolution to take more photos became a blog I love. Best pics of the year
http://enthusiasticnoise.blogspot.com/2008/01/l... and http://enthusiasticnoise.blogspot.com/2008/10/c...
http://changingway.org/2008/03/12/making-money-...
As well as being my choice, it was "the people's choice," in that it got more views (and I think, more comments) than anything else I posted this year.
I think my best and most popular blog post of 2008 was:
How Many Calories Should You Eat for Fat Loss?
http://livewell360.com/2008/06/how-many-calorie...
This blog post gives the step-by-step process on how to figure out what calorie range you should be aiming for in order to achieve a specific amount of fat loss per week.
about TV and Movies and other things I like. Enjoy
http://thomstvstuff.blogspot.com/2008/10/rememb...
http://sarahmontague.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/l...
I get a lot of stuff done when I'm sick, and people seem to enjoy the ideas about
all of the things you could be working on while lying on a couch.
http://www.diligentdesign.net/7-more-tips-for-w...
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/otf/comme...
http://freeagentwriter.com/2008/12/12/how-to-ma...
My best movie review was Benjamin Button:
http://dcfemella.com/reviews/2008/12/27/growing...
http://blog.mcmanus-family.com/2008/09/the-case...
My best post of the year was a review of Leonardo Favio's film "Aniceto".
It's received much more visits than any other post.
It's available at
http://www.zapcase.com.ar/blog/2008/06/aniceto-...>
has real problems that need fixing, but my attitude is, why not fix it with a glass of wine
in hand... If you feel the same way, you'll probably like our blog.
We had a lot of interesting posts, but my favorite would probably have to be a recent post
in which I reviewed a nice Cabernet, but in the context of an impromptu get together where
the only drinkware available was a pack of foam cups. None of that mattered though, what
mattered was that good friends and good wine got together and raised a glass... err... cup.
That kind of sums up our attitude about wine...
http://www.wineexpedition.com/2008/12/22/cabern...
http://mergeweb.com/blog/2008/11/16/social-medi...
Thus, I consider my post on a Tucson farm-to-table celebration my best:
http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2008/10/farm-to-tab...
http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/index.ph...
http://ecommconf.com/blog/2008/12/future-of-tel...
seemed to appear towards the end of the year we put together
this list of more than 20 miracles you can perform either with an
iPhone application or another resource. Enjoy & amaze your friends:
http://linkingpage.com/2008/12/13/2_iphone_mira...
http://www.ratdiary.com/2008/09/21/nyt-to-googl...
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2008/06/mile...
Check it out at: http://blog.gengreenlife.com/?p=18
To the future!
Crystal, GenGreen
http://www.davidhauser.com/MINDdrift/2008/07/ga...
A piece on Shepard Fairey, Obama, and copyright issues
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/obamas-o...
And an interview with Sarah Maple
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/11/art-spac...
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/04/art-spac...
As did my post about the New York Art Exchange (NYAXE)
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/12/new-york...
These were my thoughts of the Obama election victory within the context of race relations here in America: http://www.bradezone.com/2008/11/05/the-race/
http://fuelingnewbusiness.com/2008/08/14/four-w...
http://technascent.com/introduction-to-the-linu...
http://www.se7enize.com/nice/blog-design.html
It's my first try to capture social media web design niche
http://www.musingsforadarkenedroom.com/social-m...
This post explores how an annual event took on Twitter and used it in a very unique way by engaging attendees via twitter during the event.
http://www.danielkonold.com/blog/2008/12/20/the...
http://plasmie.serveblog.net/?p=633
is Rotten! (Using my days as a freelance writer to get me through tough economic times on the Internet)
http://nancyhendrickson.com/writing-and-speakin...
http://mybackpagesbyjessefelder.blogspot.com/20...
For thinking lovers of pop culture.
http://aricmayer.blogspot.com/2008/12/dr-seuss-...
Like for example the Shake.Rock app ... until we came across this app, we never realized to be 100% cool, we needed a Party Logo ... so you want to be cool? Well check it out >> http://krapps.com/?p=534
http://michellebb.blogspot.com/2008/07/chore-of...
http://shesadouchebag.com/douchebags-anonymous/
This post addressed how people are carrying two smartphones because none of the current smart phones addressed people's need for a single device that can excel at being a phone, e-mail and web device.
positive feedback:
http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20081209/5771/
Progressives Awaken From Obama-Vegetative State: http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2008/11/p...
Governing In Prose: Obama's Cabinet Picks Defy Campaign Narrative That Emphasized "Hope," "Change," and "Washington-Outsider" Status: http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2008/11/g...
At Shop It To Me (www.shopittome.com), besides providing personal sales alerts, we analyzed loads of retailer sales data and release some info about the "best days to buy". Check it out:
Our blog: blog.shopittome.com
Best post:
http://blog.shopittome.com/2008/05/08/best-days...
Overall, if you're only going to shop one day of the week, make it FRIDAY -- you'll find the deepest discounts and the largest quantity of items on SALE.
Happy shopping!
http://blog.kwiry.com/economic-woes-use-kwiry-t...
Earlier in the year I wrote a long post about the mobile web, would definitely like to update it in 2009 (as if it's not long enough...):
http://blog.kwiry.com/the-mobile-web-%E2%80%93-...
http://www.rspaxton.com/long_hard_truth.html
One of many, I guess.
new blogs (duh):
http://www.davejenkins.com/2008/09/28/social-dr...
"Modern China is in many ways the 'first piece' (to bastardize an engineering term) example of what tomorrow's globalized world could look like. It's the wedlock love child of Robber Baron pseudo-capitalism grafted onto a mutant variety of charlatan Marxism, conceived in a Wall Street bordello that grew into its franchise almost fully grown."
http://magnalysis.blogspot.com/2008/03/terroris...
printing, packaging, and promotions with digital applications. Our company, The Bevilacque Group, produces
the tried and true classics but with a "twist." Everyone is looking to increase sales these days and we think of
strategies and products that will help do exactly that.
I haven't blogged in a month because I'm having a lot of trouble with our providers - Network Solutions and
Word Press - but the post refers to BLOG DOLLARS
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Blah blah blah blog. Everyone’s a blogger these days and all types of companies continue to hire freelancers. It’s amazing how little is paid per post. In this month’s issue of Direct Marketing, “go figure†strategies discuss how “copy trumps art.†That, when an ad’s intent is to motivate a response, then it’s about persuading, selling, and motivating the customer to act. The appeal is delivered in “words and sentences.†Direct marketers pay close attention to copy and design second. Hmmm… Colin Wheildon’s book, “Type and Layout†is referred to and some very interesting concepts popped up. Namely 1. Bold type is less legible than standard type 2. Red type or any other color is harder to read in body copy and 3. Serif type is easier to read than many contemporary typefaces.
I guess my perpetual dislike of red either in marketing material or fashion meant I was on the right track all along! Now, all we need to do is change most of our copy, alter the RED logo, and perhaps locate my calligraphy pen last seen in 1980.
Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain.
I was neither at the hot gates
Nor fought in the warm rain
Nor knee deep in the salt marsh, heaving a cutlass, 5
Bitten by flies, fought.
My house is a decayed house,
And the jew squats on the window sill, the owner,
Spawned in some estaminet of Antwerp,
Blistered in Brussels, patched and peeled in London.
The goat coughs at night in the field overhead;
Rocks, moss, stonecrop, iron, merds.
The woman keeps the kitchen, makes tea,
Sneezes at evening, poking the peevish gutter.
I an old man,
A dull head among windy spaces.
How we give justice to our mothers in terms of individuality.
snivelling. the week air farce announced their last show
AND i never compleated it
The Most Powerful Job Perk for 2008 (And It's FREE!)
http://www.careerealism.com/2008/08/12/most-pow...
In it, I explain the difference between compliments and appreciation. I also explain why the first is more important than the second.
Our mission at Careerealism.com is to provide refreshingly real career advice. Why? Like our tagline says...Because EVERY Job is Temporary!
Happy New Year to everyone at Mashable!
JT
http://msplaceddemocrat.com/child-maid-traffick...
It's called "Joe the Plumber, Meet Chris the Carpenter". It's about Joe not
having a clue.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Joe-the-plumbe...
http://bobman1234.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/fitt...
the post I put the most time, research & effort into and the one that helped
put my site on the map.
http://www.eazycheezy.net/2008/09/watch-tv-and-...
It details a fantastic run-in with a, um, "difficult" parent in a children's library.
http://libraryvoice.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/wh...
My Election Night in Harlem: Obama Wins
http://greasyguide.com/2008/11/05/my-election-n...
It was photos and pics of my election night in Harlem NYC as Barack Obama became the first African-American President. You'll see a celebrity appearance from Uma Thurman, and a pic of me and Barack.
This post was picked up on a few other sites but it was by far the most fun for me.
My manifesto of technology - what I believe and what frustrates me:
http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/08/colors-...
http://mikeproulx.typepad.com/harmonicaftershoc...
http://thehealthcaremaze.wordpress.com/2008/12/...
I'm excited about the groundswell around single payer and hope that it can overwhelm the rather entrenched opposition.
http://www.thehistorybluff.com/2008/11/the-arre...
http://theoneeyelies.blogspot.com/2008/04/chief...
http://hedonisticpleasureseeker.wordpress.com/2...
http://www.blogforprofit.com/guest_post/imagine...
I am currently working on another series of articles like the one below
on the Federal Reserve, The US Treasury,
and what has occurred to our banking system since 1913.
Obama’s American Socialism: Decades In The Making
http://logisticsmonster.com/radicals/
We would have to say with out contest that this Blog was in fact
our favorite to write. Perhaps it had enoough substance to affect someones
life. Perhaps it had enough inspiration to inspire that one person.
Or perhaps it had enough magic to help someones dreams appear.
http://www.trigeiablog.com/2008/07/man-and-his-...
Enjoy
To a Successful 2009
Trigeia Twinz
Whats Your Passion ?
http://virtulobjeq.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-sol...
brother can you spare a digg?
This post is not as anarchic as some of the others, but this is the one where I finally found my voice: http://www.mrheretic.com/2008/11/customers-vs-c...
PierG
It highlights the political and financial connections prevalent in the Global Warming Debate and highlights the fact there is no consensus on the matter in the scientific community.
wrote in the first few weeks of starting my Disney World blog. I wrote about
the best time to visit Walt Disney World and hopefully it has helped a
few people plan a great vacation!
http://www.clareswindlehurst.com/disneyworld/20...
http://www.theyorkshirelad.ca/3sailing/desolati...
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article...
This article, and the book that inspired it, Changing Images of Man, seem almost prescient
http://bloodreversal.blogspot.com/2008/05/hence...
http://wanderingsagewisdom.blogspot.com/2008/06...
Probably not what a lot of people are ready to hear...but very necessary to say.
http://www.dancingmango.com/blog/2008/02/12/rea...
I guess this one's my favorite, the idea that just because you can play music, should you?
http://outlandosmusic.com/blog/2008/06/09/frito...
It still makes me smile.
http://media.tumblr.com/IVLmZTaLrgwnskxkerW4Egj...
Changing Brand Opinions of Consumers - basically an outline of the different consumer influeners, how they work and how they can be engaged to change a consumer's opnion of a brand.
http://mdurwin.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/changin...
The second is less serious. It's a view of how the economy of 2009 changed advertising and corporate engagement of consumers from a perspective 30 years in the future. It got me thinking more seriously about upcoming trends, even if they are a decade in the future.
http://mdurwin.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/how-the...
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Long Live Cannabis oglalas!
good globally and the power and scale of America's volunteering contributions.
Do You Hold Dual Citizenship in the Volunteer Nation?
http://blog.volunteerspot.com/volunteer_guru/20...
Karen
VolunteerSpot, DOING GOOD just got easier!
Jim pushes back on conventional wisdom that every entrepreneur needs an elevator pitch and should use it religiously by highlighting the "bar pitch" a much more natural and genuine way to talk to people about what you do.
I plan to focus on social media and its use in education and non-profits.
I've only published 2 entries (and they are a part of a larger story
I'm planning to tell) on one college's attempts at getting into social media.
It's a real story and one very important to me.
I'm still learning about social media and hope i can help others learn with me.
http://www.anewmorning.com/2008/01/30/how-to-cr...
30 Free Linux Games
http://www.anewmorning.com/2008/07/24/30-free-l...
10 Best Flash Based Tower Defence Games
http://www.anewmorning.com/2008/11/04/10-best-f...
It won't go down in the annals of history as the best post ever, but it's
significant to me since I finally got off my butt and created a blog that I've
been thinking of creating for some time.
http://thetravellingadventurer.wordpress.com/20...
How To Think Like A Social Media Genius
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/12/how-...
A riff on Einstein and principles of social media strategy.
How To Set up A Listening Post on Twitter
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/12/step...
Some step by steps for learning how to listen with Twitter
Thanks for putting this together!
Kate
http://allaboutindiefilmmaking.blogspot.com/200...
http://snipr.com/9auid
Prohibit Portly Patrons to Cover Corporate Crime
We are all angry at the bail out bill, Wall St swindles and countless other ways we have been taken advantage of. Yet we refuse
to see ways in which we are distracted. Surverys have said women believe their number one problem is their weight.
The encouragement of weight obsession by the powers that be is no accident. We are so focused on looking down
at our scales we can't look up to see what is really going on. The above is my commentary on why a Mississippi politician
and former employee of DuPont Merck would sponsor a bill prohibiting restaurants from serving fat patrons at the very
same time DuPont Merck was setting with the government for defrauding medicaid. The old sand in your eyes trick.
Sadly, so many readers ranted against fat people but no rage toward DuPont. We had better wake up and see one
very effective way the wool is being pulled over our eyes!
Our blog is an eclectic mix of illustration, animation, interactive development, and the occasional commentary on art, film, or life in general. I think this particular post was probably my favorite of the year, because it was a good mix of everything we do at Portland Studios. I hope you enjoy it.
http://diamondtearz.org/blog/2008/12/21/wii-fla...
http://freemenow.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/it%e2....
In truth the name should have been "Women is the Nigger of the World: As Demonstrated by the Twisted logic Celebratrions after the elections of 2008"
History was not made - No- I maintain as do up to one half on this nations citizenry who is taxed yet not fully represented, history will not be made until every enslaved, mistreated or otherwise unrepresented citizen is equally represented, until Jeremiah Wright does not call anyone a nigger, until no women is ever again called a cunt, until women support other women whether they fully agree on every issue or not and until a woman is elected as president of the United States of America.
Then let there be dancing in the streets and celebrations in every home and tears of joy to celebrate a truly historic accomplishment to be proud of. In stead you stand there with tears in your eyes as if you accomplished some great feat you damned so-called civil rights leader hypocrites! Civil rights include human rights!
http://www.deitte.com/archives/2008/10/a_faster...
It shows the power of Flex as an open source product and speeds up
Flex Builder significantly.
it's so funny that all of these new sites look so great and clean, yet they
for some reason cannot make clean and proper code, conforming to the W3C standards.
http://elitenick.com/2008/11/13/how-many-web-20...
Hell, even Google, the most simple looking webpage on the internet does not
have valid code, for some reason.
http://wake.mync.com/site/Wake/news/story/11074...
And my Few Tips for using Linkedin:
http://usinglinkedin.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/a...
Thanks for asking
Martin Brossman
fun and I personally think it makes for a good read:
http://blog.sekkeistudio.com/2008/12/22/our-man...
like-visiting-a-good-hair-stylist/
fun and I personally think it makes for a good read:
blog.sekkeistudio.com/2008/12/22/our-man-in-shanghai-social-media-is-like-visiting-a-good-hair-stylist/
Sorry if this is a duplicate entry but I wanted to ensure the link worked.
Best,
Peter
Posted Dec 31st, "A year in review".
thecolbertreport07.blogspot.com
http://blog.discolorations.net/post/67457634/hi...
It's stepping outside of tech and in to music.
There was *no* credit crunch for most banks in 2008...
http://mast-economy.blogspot.com/2008/12/no-cre...
Hard to believe... but I believe now because the Fed's online charts show why.
GNE
goodnewseconomist.com
(no gloom and doom here)
http://fotofacade.com/?p=913
Saint Denis is the font, the source and the Mother of all Gothic
http://bigbad.blogtownhall.com/default.aspx
post of mine on my blog Uncle Fatlips. It concerns the whole "Magical Negro"
fiasco and a critical analysis of the writer David Ehrenstein who wrote the
LA Times article "Obama The Magical Negro" back in March '07. The piece
supposedly served as inspiration for recent Republication cd distribution.
Anyway, blah, blah, blah. Here it is: http://tinyurl.com/7tsl74
It's titled WILL THE REAL MAGICAL NEGRO PLEASE SHUT UP?
Happy New Year all!
Derrick aka Uncle Fatlips:)
because the first paragraph was often ignored -- is
30 Benefits of Ebooks
http://epublishersweekly.blogspot.com/2008/02/3...
published on Epublishers Weekly in January 2008. I've since discovered
at least a half dozen more ebook benefits.
through. So I decided to try it later. Now I see I've posted twice. Sowwey:)_
It's about my tale of my creepy blockbuster stalker.
The title, and more importantly,the video, says it all.
http://makeyourmoneywork4u247.com/?p=45
My Blog post Answering the Child's Why
A short post with a video from A/V Geeks to back it up.
http://kimberleyrodriguez.com/?p=60
http://lion-essence.blogspot.com/2008/11/ive-be...
"Hey, big boy, can I recycle your cardboard?" got the most Diggs and was picked up by USNews.com and Huffington Post:
http://deadtreeedition.blogspot.com/2008/12/hey....
The follow-up, "Huffing & Puffington with Cardboard Porn", also got some laughs:
http://deadtreeedition.blogspot.com/2008/12/huf....
My ulterior motive in promoting this humorous situation (a toll-free number that was printed on boxes to promote the recycling of corrugated has been taken over by a telephone-sex operation) was to bring more attention to the rather sudden lack of demand for recycled materials.
force and legitimacy to blogs by allowing corporations to release financial
disclosure news in this medium. It clearly extrapolates the implications of
this ruling and what it might mean to traditional wire services. Enjoy!!
<== my blog about Facebook's clone in Vietnam
http://blog.vkistudios.com/index.cfm/2008/10/6/...
I had the most fun writing Hossack's eCommerce Hierarchy of needs (ecommerce roadmap to success)
http://blog.vkistudios.com/index.cfm?mode=entry...
esta muy chido por que se pueden ganar boletos para evntos sociales!!!!
http://janetching.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/chin...
It's quite hard to choose because the top post does not mean my most favorite post, I am surprised by this steamed fish post remains my No.1, it may have the highest daily hit rate but it constantly have reasonable readers looking for a steamed fish recipe. My recipe is step by step and particularly suitable for those living in Western countries.
http://to-wish-impossible-things.blogspot.com/2...
Reflections on social media networking and marketing garnered traffic
as well as some good discussion within the comments.
http://www.designsojourn.com/30-essential-books...
Topics like the hypocrisy of gangsta rappers who hate George Bush for being the big boss gangsta; or why do people assume gay people have fashion sense?
http://hunterino.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-walked-...
Topics like the hypocrisy of gangsta rappers who hate George Bush for being the big boss gangsta; or why do people assume gay people have fashion sense?
http://hunterino.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-walked-...
Happy Blogging,
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