13 FriendFeed Tools for Twitter Refugees (TechCrunch)

There has been much talk of Twitter users moving over to FriendFeed since Twitter replies were down for the majority of last week. Twitter announced that they were back on Saturday in their blog, but seeing as the outage may have inspired some users to flock to FriendFeed, I decided to take a look [...]

Google and the Anti-Obama Bloggers (New York Times)

Is Google using its network of online services to silence critics of Barack Obama? That was the question buzzing on a corner of the blogosphere over the last few days, after several anti-Senator Obama bloggers were unable to update their sites, which are hosted on Google’s Blogger service.

Web Hosting? What Web Hosting? (Mashable)

The folks over at Royal Pingdom have discovered an interesting trend: Google Trends shows that the number of searches for both “web hosting” and “hosting” has decreased quite rapidly in the past few years. This could be for any number of reasons, as they’ve noticed in the post: change of terminology, or people using sources [...]

Local architect wins sustainable design award (Brattleboro Reformer)

BRATTLEBORO -- A local architect was recently recognized by the city of Providence, R.I., for design that combines affordability and energy efficiency in an urban setting.

Three image extensions for WordPress (NewsForge)

Images are an important part of an attractive, eye-catching blog. Well-chosen images can highlight and capture the essence of your communication, helping your audience to better appreciate your message. Here are three WordPress extensions that help you gain more control over the photos and graphics you want to display on your blog.

Why Less Is More And How To Unlock the Web (Mashable)

Features, I’ve recently come to realize, can be obstacles. Problems. The more powerful an application is, the more specialized it is, and thus with increased power its intended audience shrinks, and ironically, it becomes more, not less, vulnerable to competition. Specialization, traditionally, is a good thing. But, as Alexander Bard and Jan Söderqvist argue in [...]

Comelec to start info drive on polls in ARMM Tuesday (GMA News)

MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start educating voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) this Tuesday, July 1, its spokesman said Sunday.

Thank You For Sharing: For women, blogs are becoming as essential as lipstick (The Buffalo News)

Toward the end of a wearying day of caring for two active children and getting ready for Christmas, Emily Becker reached into her cupboard for a granola bar.

Ticket to Write: Festivities keep craft from going to pot (The Columbus Dispatch)

Everybody collects something, even if only dust.

Up/Down Columbia blog to track businesses’ movements (Columbia Missourian)

COLUMBIA— Have you ever driven to your favorite bar, store or restaurant only to find it’s closed or moved? The Columbia Missourian has launched Up/Down Columbia, a blog that will ...