Wondering how I missed Spitalfields Life until now.

"I’d love to run, edit, and write for a publication bigger than just me and my blog. I don’t have time, so I won’t, at least not any time soon. But if I were to run a publication, I’d have a few rules."

"A framework designed by Brandon Mathis for Jekyll, the blog aware static site generator powering Github Pages."

Syntax highlighting for self-hosted Wordpress.

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I'm game.

Quick summary of the Tom Taylor, Bobbie Johnson, Paul Ford media/shipping discussion plus nice reiteration on (no) comments: "I don’t think we should be looking at comments to see conversations. It isn’t much of a conversation when the same person determines the subject matter of every dialogue. The best online conversations I’ve seen have been blog to blog: somebody posts something on their blog; somebody else feels compelled to respond on their own blog. The quality of such a response is nearly always better than a comment on the originating blog for the simple reason that people care more about what appears on their own site than on someone else’s."

Flickr alt?

"I suspect, if micro-blogging is being used to replace stimulating, long-form blogging then readers will vote with their feet"

"A blog about living, working, cooking and eating on organic farms and small holdings around the UK." Great idea.

A blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is driven by PHP and MySQL (with some AJAX thrown in) [...] Chyrp destroys the fine line separating a blog and a tumblelog."

"My intent for weblogs in 1997 was to make the web as a whole more transparent, via a sort of "mesh network," where each weblog amplifies just those signals (or links) its author likes best. 1998-1999 was for me the Golden Age of Weblogs."

"The BBC [..] has a great blogging policy. Basically, so long as I don’t talk about finances, insult colleagues or things which obviously need to be kept secret (such as an impending deal with a company), I can say what I will. That includes admitting w

"These Guidelines apply to personal blogs and all other personal webcontent."

"After six years big business still has no idea what to do with this blog thing."

Lots of new tumblr features. Nice work.

"When people ask me for advice on blogging, I always respond with yet another form of the same advice: pick a schedule you can live with, and stick to it."

Some reasonably useful basics.

Here’s how to get your blog twittering.

"Some of the worst problems plaguing companies who attempt to enter the world of blogging."

"Every once in a while, you might try something completely off the wall and gain big traction, as long as you find a way to deliver value beyond the hype."

"The same emotional forces that prompt us to buy can also cause us to link, bookmark, and Digg. The context is different, as are the nuances, but it’s still a matter of providing compelling benefits in the form of content."

"People using social bookmarking services such as Digg, del.icio.us or Furl usually know how to add items to their accounts and don't need your favicons. Absolutely not."

"What’s the best tools out there for keeping track of your online buzz?"

"A weekly updated video documentary series that takes you inside Ford..." Where's the graceful degradation, eh?