Today’s my birthday - and as a birthday treat to myself, I decided to take a look at my blog’s statistics. (I know, fun, right?)
I officially launched the blog on December 30, 2007, but I had several test posts running before then. Now, I’m almost 2 months into this blog (and loving every minute)!
Now for the stats - drumroll, please! As of February 20, 2008…
RSS Subscribers: 38 (42 at the highest point)
Unique Page Views: 2,372
Total Page Views: 5,253
Most Popular Posts:
- Solved! iTunes/iPhoto Sync Error -50
- Choosing the Best Wiki for Your Needs
- How-To: Import Audiobook CDs to iTunes
- Best of 2007 & Predictions for 2008 Roundup
- Education, Technology, and Design Conference Calendar
Page Rank: 4
Twitter Followers: 125
StumbleUpon Thumbs Up: 1 (just me!)
del.icio.us Saves: 11
Technorati Rank: 238,665
Technorati Authority: 34
Spam Caught: 247
Money Made: $0 (nobody clicks ads? I don’t blame you, I don’t either. *grin*)
These statistics were all gathered from Google Analytics, WordPress Plugins Popularity Contest and Akismet, FeedBurner, Technorati, various social media sites, and my advertising affiliate accounts.
Any other stats you’re curious about? (Want me to help you track your stats on your own blog?) Let me know!
Popularity: 57% [?]
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February 5th, 2008
12:56
Links, Social Media, Technology
2008, facebook, google, linkedin, mashup, myspace, politics, social networking, trends, twitter, video, youtube
Super Tuesday is here for the U.S. (I’m voting after work!), and Google, Twitter, and lots of other new media and social networking platforms are all a-buzz.
Check out some nifty tools I’ve found for keeping on top of election results, news, and the candidates, Web 2.0 style.
Mashups
Candidates on Social Networking Platforms
- Twitter: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, (and out-of-the-running John Edwards and Joe Biden)
- Facebook: Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney
- MySpace: Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney (a full list of all candidates, including out-of-the-running ones can be found here)
- LinkedIn: Barack Obama, Ron Paul
Tools
Elsewhere in Blogs…
Anything I Missed?
Have you come across a political mashup, tech tool, or social networking site? Let me know in the comments!
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January 31st, 2008
14:49
Projects
audiobooks, blogging, edtech, google, ipod, itunes, learning, mac, pc, photo, tutorial, video, writing
A couple days ago, I wrote a tutorial on how to import audiobook CDs to iTunes as a part of a Blog Writing Project over at the Daily Blog Tips blog.
Part 2 of the contest is for the tutorial writers to pick our top 3, top 5, top-whatever entries, by any criteria we choose, to determine the winner.
So, here are my favorite 10 tutorials relating to education and/or technology, in no particular order. Enjoy!
If you want to see all the tutorials entered in the contest, they’re listed on this page. Happy reading!
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This is a project I’ve been working on for a while - a comprehensive calendar that includes all the big “can’t-miss” conferences in education, technology, design, training, and anything relevant to Ed Tech. As of right now, I only have about 50% or so of the conferences I want to have on here, but I need to get back to writing. =)
(I know T.H.E. has a similar calendar, but I don’t really like it’s display options; Confabb has many of these conferences listed as well, but you have to search through a lot of results to get what you need. So here’s my attempt at simplicity - yet another format you can choose!)
It’s in Google Calendar format, so you can either add it to your own calendars if you use Google Calendar already (by clicking the button at the bottom of the calendar with the blue +), or grab the iCal feed to add it to any calendar software or program that supports iCal.
So… did I miss anything important? Want your conference on the calendar? Did I get a date wrong? Let me know in the comments or by email - I plan to keep this continually updated, and finish up 2008 in the coming weeks!
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January 6th, 2008
22:13
Lifehacks, Social Media
2008, del.icio.us, digg, facebook, flickr, google, jott, last.fm, meme, netvibes, newsgator, ning, pownce, skype, stumbleupon, techcrunch, technorati, twitter, web2.0, wikipedia, wordpress, youtube
TechCrunch started this meme a few years back, listing the top “Web 2.0″ companies they couldn’t live without. Several other bloggers I read have chimed in on the meme, so here’s my list as well.
Use Daily
- del.icio.us
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Last.fm
- Netvibes
- NewsGator
- Twitter
- Wordpress
Use Weekly
- Digg
- Facebook
- Flickr
- Google Docs
- Google Reader
- Jott
- Ning
- Pownce
- Skype
- Stumbleupon
- Technorati
- Wikipedia
- YouTube
So…
What’s your favorite web 2.0 app, and why? Let me know in the comments - hopefully, I’ll find something new to play around with this year!
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