August 2008

I’m running the Micro-blogging Olympics, which is really just an experiment with three separate micro-blogging services. The Twitter service has the largest user base out of all three. I’ve been active in the Twitter community longer. You can update Twitter from your mobile phone, from their website, and from third party software applications. I’ve compiled [...]

Powderkeg Review: The NESW Sports Site

by Jason Boom on August 13, 2008

The NESW Sports site claims to be the best sports news anywhere. A very, very bold tagline. Their browser title says The Best Sports Videos, which is maybe a little more apt. I’m no ESPN jockey, but they do some fairly serious reporting. My first bit of advice for the owner would be to cut [...]

Micro-blogging Olympics Day Three

by Jason Boom on August 11, 2008

Micro-blogging has its perks. You can meet cool people and chat all day long. The downside — you rarely get much done except for talking and reading different blogs. Well at least that’s how Sunday went. I interacted on both Twitter and Plurk most of the day, adding in a failed EC forum postings. All [...]

Micro-blogging Olympics: Day One

by Jason Boom on August 9, 2008

The Olympics have commenced. I’ve dug into my micro-blogging sites of choice and begun the games. Here’s one response to my previous post. “I have just started with twitter but honestly I don’t believe that it will add that much readership but one has to keep trying to promote a blog if your going to [...]

Micro-blogging Olympics

by Jason Boom on August 8, 2008

In honor of the Summer Olympics starting in Beijing today, I’ve decided to start my own Olympics. I thought in what areas can I improve the reach of my blog, both with brand and readers. How can I introduce myself to new readers without paying for ad space? I’ve been somewhat absent when it comes [...]