WordPress.tv: Your Visual Resource for All Things WordPress

Michael Pick of Automattic was one of our Explainers to Watch in 2009 and he's already delivered.  WordPress.tv is a new platform for learning about Wordpress via videos and screencasts.  The intro on the site does a good job of making the case:

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Tracking Reactions on the Web

I must admit that each time we post a new video, we go into buzz mode - What are people saying/linking/doing?  Where are they doing it? How many said something?  What do we need to say in response? 

Watching the reaction is something I anticipate and love about the process.  At the same time, I wonder if I'm doing it right.  I'm always looking for new ways to scan the web.  Here are some tools we use - please suggest ideas/sites/tools that you think would help.

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Very into the Very Short List

At the moment Google reader tells me that I have 490 unread items. Once again my feeds are mocking me.  The problem is that of the 490, I'll think 4.9 were really interesting. Such is the blog world I suppose. This kind of minor overload is one of the reasons I love the Very Short List. 

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A Sickening Review of Viral Video Tactics

This almost seems unreal - maybe it is.  Dan, a Stanford student,  has a chance to make a guest post on TechCrunch about his viral video company.  What does he do?  He proceeds to make it stunningly clear how misguided and irresponsible his "viral video" tactics are.  It reads like a manual for new media View With Comments

Twittering for 1 Year - A Retrospective

My most recent Tweet (a short update to the Twitter service) was this:

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New Directions in Our Blogging

We’ve come to depend on our time off as a time to re-think, to re-consider, to re-formulate.  It happened last year when we looked for ways to make video a part of Common Craft and it happened again last week.  Among other things, our time in Mexico gave us a chance to talk about this blog.

For a few months now, I’ve not been happy with my blogging, aside from the videos.  I was at a blogging crossroads – a time when I struggled to define the blog’s focus.  Our business, our product and world moved so fast that I couldn’t build any momentum outside of posting new videos.  Often, this meant not blogging at all or only posting our videos.

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Technorati's Top 500 and Other Milestones

First, let me say that I've been known to unsubscribe from blogs that become too self-congratulatory. It bugs me and I'm constantly aware of it here on Common Craft. That being said, this post may appear that way, as I'm about to share some rankings, numbers, etc. So please bear with me - we're both excited to share.

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Mobile Blogging via Treo 650

I've been geeking out a lot on all the things we can do with gadgetry on the trip. You might remember that I first posted about a device (the i-Mate PDA2K) back in June that I thought would be good for mobile blogging.

I've been using a PalmOne Treo 650 for the last couple of months and I think it's going to be the close-to-perfect gadget for our needs on the trip.

Over at TwinF I posted a bit about all the capabilties I've been testing.

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Jake Takes on American Airlines

I love this kind of thing- the little guy does what he can to take on a big company. Jake is a loyal customer (platinum member) of American Airlines, but got dissed recently over a $50 mix-up that was their fault and got insulted at the same time.

So, he's written a letter to the company explaining the circumstances and counting (literally, by the second, on his site) how long it takes to get an reply/apology from the company. Will they reply? Does it matter that he's blogging it all? It'll be interesting to watch. Oh, and he's having a contest for anyone who wants to guess. GO Jake!

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Mobile Blogging Device: I-Mate PDA2K

I’ve gotten the mobile blogging bug lately. As you’ll see soon, I have plans for a new site that will have a blog that will be updated predominately by a mobile device. As part of this, I’m trying to find the best device for the job. Some of the major features I see as being necessary/nice to have for mobile blogging:

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