Digest for January 2007 – Part 2 | // Internet Duct Tape

Digest for January 2007 – Part 2

Posted in Monthly Digest, Technology by engtech on January 31, 2007

Every two to three weeks I publish a digest for subscribers who are would rather take their //engtech in infrequent chugs rather than frequent sips.

If you’re a WordPress.com blogger you can get free upgrade credits by participating in my contest.

Win WordPress.com Credits — //engtech Contest #1
I’ve decided to start hosting monthly contests as a way to promote the blog.
It’s All About You — Reader Survey Results
I asked you guys some questions, here are the results.
//engtech now has asides
I’ve started posting my “links ‘o the day” daily at 7 PM EST. Collected as “Best of Feeds” on Saturdays.

Inspired by xkcd and Passive Depressive, but not as good.

Does Technorati Matter? (Searching for Violent Acres)
Does anyone use a “blog search engine” except to search for their own blog?
Wikipedia Loses the Google Juice
Wikipedia makes a change that will keep their results from influencing search engines — why it won’t work and what they should have done instead.
Why Posting Your Email Address in Plain Text is Never a Good Idea
TechCrunch readers (unsurprisingly) get spammed — what TC should have done differently.

ScheduleWorld now has AJAX offline contact editing
The popular free calendar synchronizer has a major update.
Ottawa employees fired because of Facebook
Reminder that what you post on the Internet can and will affect your real life.