This article hasn’t popped-up online yet, but I was one of a handful of people interviewed for the “E-Manners” article in the March 2010 issue of InStyle magazine. A bit different than my previous couple of interviews 🙂 The topic was around a set of questions I seem to get often today, about what’s appropriate to blog, tweet, facebook, etc.
A friend just took a pic and sent this to me after seeing it in the airport 😉 It’s on page 420:
From March 2010 InStyle Magazine page 420
Awesome to see the WordPress for Android app being featured immediately when you load up the “Market” on any Android phone. The app is getting some really good traction & reviews:
Was interviewed for an article in Folio Magazine this month — Can Publishers Attract (And Retain) The Best Digital Talent?:
Companies should encourage their engineers, designers and digital executives to blog, speak at events and generally reach out and participate with various development communities, especially open source ones, such as WordPress. “It’s a great way for traditional companies to connect with top talent, and ultimately is a benefit when they are trying to attract the good ones,” says Bar-Cohen.
[ Read the whole article on foliomag.com ]
Hot of the presses, joining the iPhone and BlackBerry app, we now have a native WordPress for Android mobile app.
Check out the video below for an overview:
Charlie Brooker nails the problem with lots of TV news segments these days. Simply hilarious — this is a must watch:
I have a feeling Michael Pick is going to leave a comment here 🙂
Lots going on today re: Google’s decision to possibly back out of China.
Harry McCracken, a WordPress.com VIP, just posted Exactly Right, Google. Exactly Right with a great summary of what this all means:
For as long as western companies have been doing business in China–under Chinese laws–there’s been a fundamental question that’s been a subject of immense controversy: Are they helping to make China more free, or are they helping the Chinese government prevent more freedom?
Until now, Google has been one of a number of U.S. Web companies that has willingly provided a censored version of its services in China as a prerequisite of doing business there. It’s maintained that providing the Chinese people with access to some information is better than denying them access to Google entirely, and its Chinese search engine has carried a disclaimer that some links are suppressed.
He also mentioned this:
“But I’m very proud of the fact that Automattic, the creators of WordPress and the company that hosts Techologizer, has refused to censor WordPress.com blogs in China”
It’s going to be very interesting to see what happens next.
This is always fun for a stats junky like me 🙂
Last year this time I posted my raanan.com 2008 stats, and I’ve previously posted some stats from 2007 about this blog.
So here is a summary for 2009 from the WordPress.com stats on this blog:
Top Posts (based on pageviews):
Nothing too surprising, just more evidence that how-to posts and reviews get a ton of traffic, mainly from search engines. Also interesting that the top 3 posts are actually from 2008. In fact 4 out of the 10 are from 2008, 5 from 2009, and 1 from 2007.
Top Referrers (non search engines):
One thing about this report was that it was very long tail outside of the top few. Also — we all know this, but I’m not sure it’s widely covered, on just how much traffic stumbleupon sends to sites. Unlike spikes from Yahoo Front page or Digg, which can be massive but are over within hours usually, stumbleupon traffic usually has a smaller spike but it tails off very slowly and continues to drive traffic for months.
Top Search Terms:
Top Clicked Links:
So there you have it. If anyone out there want to hack around a bit, there is an API for the WordPress.com stats system, http://stats.wordpress.com/csv.php, that I’m sure could produce some interesting stats and trends — would be a great web app.
Happy new Year everyone !
For anyone who played FPS games in the late 90s, Duke Nukem 3D was a big deal, and the sequel was one of the most anticipated and drama-filled, flame-war topics on sites like shacknews.
Wired just posted a story from this month’s magazine, Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem, with a bit more background on what exactly went wrong with the sequel. In summary:
…the Duke Nukem Forever team worked for 12 years straight. As one patient fan pointed out, when development on Duke Nukem Forever started, most computers were still using Windows 95, Pixar had made only one movie — Toy Story — and Xbox did not yet exist.
Definitely worth a read: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_duke_nukem/
So what do people think — will this game ever come out ?
Many of the largest WordPress-powered sites in the world such as ones for CNN, GigaOM, and the NFL are hosted on WordPress.com VIP and/or supported by our team through our VIP Support program.
The informational site for the VIP program was getting a bit stale, so we did a refresh and relaunched it just a few hours ago. You can see it at vip.wordpress.com, and be sure to check out the short video where Barry and I chat about all things VIP:
Raanan Bar-Cohen 
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