Category Archives: Blogs

Pieces of Blog

Joshua Schachter of Del.icio.us fame on how the different parts of a blogging system could be decoupled and run off specialized web applications: authoring by desktop apps, storage of raw posts and hosting on Amazon S3, templates by WordPress, feeds … Continue reading

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HOWTO: Tagging blog posts to boost blog traffic

Having tags for each post on your blog is one of the best ways your readers can find the content they need. That translates directly into more loyal users, better referrals and ultimately, more quality traffic. The Monthly Archives listing … Continue reading

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Now on Twitter

So I hopped on to the Twitter bandwagon. Here’s my Twitter URL: http://twitter.com/rahulgaitonde. My latest Twitter posts are also visible on the top of this blog’s sidebar. I’m going to use Twitter as a true microblog – to record quick … Continue reading

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Moving to an Online Life

So my Thinkpad’s hard disk (a standard Hitachi 2.5″ 4200 RPM 80GB HDD) died Saturday evening. It began making ghastly noises all of a sudden, signaling imminent mechanical failure. I shut down the computer immediately, and on restarting, a BSOD … Continue reading

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Windows Vista and the "blogosphere"

Just finished watching an episode of the GigaOM show with Dan’l Lewin. When OM asked Dan’l why Vista was “everybody’s favorite whipping boy” and “what happened”, Lewin’s reply was that “the blogophere happened”. Which is probably hitting the nail on … Continue reading

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What I want most from my RSS reader…

… is the ability to add (and view) comments for a post. Right now, I still need to navigate to the website (out of my RSS reader) and comment in the little form at the bottom of the page. That … Continue reading

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Why don't Indian CEOs blog?

Just came across Basab Pradhan’s Blog via Sambhar Mafia. So he’s one of the rarer breed on the blogosphere today – the Indian CEO Blogger. Apart from Rajesh Jain, there are almost no Indian CEOs blogging. First, Basab’s got a … Continue reading

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"Blog" in Word 2002

If anyone needed a reminder that blogs have caught on only recently, take a look at this: This had been typed into a Microsoft Word 2002 document!

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