http://intensewebmedia.com/blog World's Best Blog Title Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:22:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...I do not recommend Yahoo. IWM was one of the first domains I purchased several years ago (I believe it was on the same day I purchased Intense Debate, not a coincidence). Being a noob and knowing zero about how to build a website, hosting, or going about purchasing a ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2008/03/10/for-those-considering-a-shared-host/ Google has released some interesting new features today. One new feature is feed recommendation. What is interesting is the method they come up with feed recommendations. For example, one of my recommendations was a Japanese blog, in Japanese. None of the blogs I subscribe to are Japanese blogs so I am ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2007/11/30/new-features-for-google-reader/ Alex Iskold has an interesting post up at Read/Write Web that the blogosphere seems to be interested in today. Essentially, he differentiates between making money from the "Long Tail" and being apart of the long tail. If you are a blogger and part of the long tail then you are going ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2007/11/29/bloggers-in-long-tail-can-still-derive-value/ Outbrain is a widget that easily lets someone rank my blog posts. They have taken a lot of time and thought in the development of it (notice how well it blends into my blog). I met John Logioco who does biz dev for them at the Blog World Expo and he ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2007/11/18/just-installed-outbrain-value-from-day-one/ There is a cyclone swirling around the blogosphere about ClosedPrivate. The details have not been released, but it seems to be the polar opposite of OpenSocial. The instigators have been in hiding, but experts say the movement is organized by Brad Feld and Alex Iskold. This could only mean one two things: ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2007/11/15/intel-on-closedprivate/ Okay, so we all know I moved to Colorado now to work on ID full time. Moving here isn't quite the same as if I would've moved to a town where I know no one. Here, I know a few people and I am trying to meet more so one ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2007/11/14/my-hot-yoga-experience/ This will be the first Thanksgiving since being in Iraq that I will not be with family. Since moving to Colorado to work on Intense Debate I have felt closer to family than I did when I lived in Florida. The reason: Skype. Since moving, I have evangelized my family about ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2007/11/13/a-skype-thanksgiving/ Over at Intense Debate we have made lots of changed over the course of the last week. New Theme (Chameleon) FeedFlare- to show the amt of comments within a feed reader multilanguage support customization options and more, check out our blog for more info (http://intensedebate.com/blog) I have also made some personal changes. My wife and I ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2007/09/30/lots-of-changes/ The last week has been amazing for me and for Intense Debate. Last Wednesday we were given a fairly positive review on TechCrunch. Since that time we have been contacted by some great people who have really opened up the floodgates when it comes to the potential of our product. I ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2007/08/15/an-amazing-week/ I had a great time Friday night at the TechCrunch party in Menlo Park, California. I met some great people including Salim Ismail, who heads up Yahoo's Brickhouse, Joe Dipasquale from Collegewikis, Duncan Riley, and lots more people from many different startups. There were basically three types of people attending: 1)Entrepreneurs 2)Venture Capitalists 3)Women looking ... http://intensewebmedia.com/blog/2007/07/29/the-techcrunch-party-rocked/