HOW TO: Secure Your WordPress Blog

Mashable Apr 28, 2010

Paul Balcerak said: Great tips on how to keep your WordPress blog from being hacked (good tips on web security in general, actually).

Media & Journalism, online publishing, WordPress, blogging, building a blog, blogging tips, wordpress.org, web security, security

Ten Reasons Why Twazzup's Twitter Reader Rocks

BloggingTips.com Apr 22, 2010

Paul Balcerak said: Twazzup = pretty sweet site that aggregates Twitter and news information for searches on whatever keywords you punch in. Could serve as a digital police scanner in any newsroom.

Media & Journalism, tech, Technology, social media, blogging, reporting, listening, twitter, Twazzup, Twitter search, twitter tips, information gathering

State of Web Spam

Akismet Apr 22, 2010

Daniel Bachhuber said: Different types of spam and which parts of the world they come from.

spam, comment spam, Technology, Akismet, blogging

Why I switched from Blogger to WordPress and how I did it

10,000 Words :: where journalism and technology meet Apr 19, 2010

Daniel Bachhuber said: Thorough explanation of the transition process with links to helpful tutorials.

tutorials, database migrations, WordPress, blogger, blogging, content management systems

The multimedia tools I actually use (and you should too)

10,000 Words Apr 14, 2010

Paul Balcerak said: A great shopping list of some of the best Web tools for journalists and bloggers (most of which are free, by the way).

Media & Journalism, Journalism, blogging, blogging tools, web tools, Web Apps, free web apps, multimedia tools, free

How to Build a Custom Wordpress Theme from Scratch

Spoon Graphics Blog Mar 31, 2010

Technology, tech, blog, blogging, blogging tips, how to, How-To, tutorial, WordPress, WordPress Themes

How Blogs Are Becoming More Like Newspapers

Gawker

Paul Balcerak said: Bottom line: Blogs can't get away with half-assed-crap-mixed-with-humor anymore. If you're not adding value, you're irrelevant.

Media & Journalism, Journalism, blogs, blogging, Newspapers, future of news, future of journalism, added value, adding value

4 Foundations of a Successful Blog

ProBlogger Mar 26, 2010

Paul Balcerak said: Darren Rowse breaks down his methods (over the course of several years) of developing a photography site.

Technology, tech, blog, blogging, blogging tips, advice, How-To, how to, Journalism

My stock response to Aardvark questions about SEO

Serial Oversharer Mar 23, 2010

Paul Balcerak said: Ryan Sholin's great insight on the most important aspect of SEO (hint: quality content).

Media & Journalism, Journalism, content, SEO, blog, blogs, blogging, search engine optimization, advice, quality content