Category Archives: Blogging

The Dullness of Tech Blogging

I’m starting to think that I was a better technology blogger before anyone knew of me. I’m not saying I’m all that well-known now, although someone did once call me a “minor Internet celebrity”–a title I have milked to death with my husband–but I’m known enough to get pitches by email. And I’m starting to […]

More on Mashup Camp

If you’re interested in reading more of my coverage of mashup camp, check these out:

The Hype Machine, Best Mashup of Mashup Camp 3
Making Money in the Mashup Economy

I really liked Martin LaMonica’s article about mashup camp on CNET. Now that’s some good reportage.
I’ll be cranking out yet one more article on mashups for GigaOM, but […]

My Mashup Camp Coverage Begins on GigaOM

Check it out. Thanks to GigaOM for supporting my trip to Mashup Camp.

What To Do If Your GoDaddy-Hosted WordPress Blog Is Slow

This blog started slowing down in the past couple of weeks. I tried dropping tables I didn’t need and optimizing the rest, but it was still sluggish, even using phpMyAdmin to access it. I’ve solved the problem, but in case anyone else runs into something similar, I wanted to share my experience.
Don’t bother calling GoDaddy […]

Welcome to The Newest Contributor at Web Worker Daily, Judi Sohn

I’m really pleased that Judi Sohn has joined Web Worker Daily. Her first post is up now: 11 Tips for Time Management in a Web Worker World.
Welcome to the team, Judi! We’re thrilled to have you.

Evaluating Ajax Start Pages

I’ve been playing around with Ajax start pages today. I plan to review the more popular ones for Web Worker Daily or perhaps just write some sort of feature article about using them, but so far I’ve just felt frustrated by them. They are so far from doing what I want.
The three I’m trying so […]

Writing for an Audience of One

My favorite book about writing is On Writing Well by William Zinsser. He says:
Soon after you confront the matter of preserving your identity, another question will occur to you: “Who am I writing for?”
It’s a fundamental question, and it has a fundamental answer: You are writing for yourself. Don’t try to visualize the great mass […]

What Do XForms and Vista Have in Common?

Actually, those two things have little to do with each other except that I wrote about them both during the last 24 hours:

On my RedMonk blog, I discussed XML-based UI definition languages including XForms, something that’s been on my mind for a little while.
For Web Worker Daily, I ask whether the impending consumer launch of […]

Where Is Anne Online?

Thanks everyone for all the congratulations and welcomes and good wishes on my new work with RedMonk.
Just so you know where you can find me online, here’s the rundown.

My delicious link posts will now move permanently to tech decentral at RedMonk, since the vast majority of them are technology related. You can follow my bookmarks […]

Announcing My New Technology Gig and Blog at RedMonk

I am pleased–no, thrilled–to announce that I am joining RedMonk as an analyst. The bulk of my technology blogging will now happen at tech decentral, where I have some initial posts up describing what’s so great about RedMonk, what technologies I’ll be covering, and why I named the blog tech decentral.
You can subscribe to tech […]