One Day Blog Silence

Finger on the Web Vol. 5

So yeah I missed last week’s issue. What of it? Nothing interesting happened. Okay so nothing interesting happened in my life but there was lots of interesting stuff on the internet.
Virginia Tech
Both the online and offline communities were rocked by the tragedy at Virginia Tech. If you’ve been living under a rock for the past [...]

Finger on the Web, Vol. 4

Welcome to the fourth edition of FOTW, your weekly digest of what’s going on on the internet.
More thoughts on sponsored themes
Earlier this week, I wrote about the growing practice of WordPress designers offering advertising space on the free themes they distribute. Matt Mullenweg stopped by for a short minute to offer his opinion on it [...]

Tempest in a Teacup or Baby Momma Drama over Sponsored Templates

There is a storm brewing in the WordPress community over the practice of selling ad space on WordPress themes. More specifically, theme designers are selling text links to advertisers in the footers of the themes that they distribute for free to the community. Now to hear some people tell it this “new” development is akin [...]

Finger on the Web, Vol. 3

OMG, I got caught up working on a design for a side project. It wasn’t until I went to the store and wrote a check that realized… today is Wednesday! I tell ya, these weeks are moving along faster and faster.
Anyway, here what’s on the net…

Introducing Google Themes

So logging into my Google personalized homepage, I noticed a new link on the upper right hand side next to my “Add Stuff” button labeled “Select Theme”. Upon clicking it, I found my heart expand to the breaking point with a little more love for Google. Google is now providing skins for your homepage so [...]

Finger on the Web Vol. 2

Sorry I’m so late getting this out. Finally, finally, finally I’m in a home with internet service installed. Yay! But Murphy’s law dictates that I don’t get to spend much time on it. Ah well such is life.
But enough about me! Here’s what’s happening on the internet.

Finger On The Web Vol. 1

Welcome to the first edition of Finger On The Web Wednesday, a weekly look at what’s happening in the blogosphere.

2007 Blogger’s Tournament

Derrich over and derrich.com has bloggers going mono y mono in the epic battle of the century. Okay maybe it’s not that dramatic but he does have 32 blogs battling for number one in the 2007 Blogger’s Tournament.
He’s put together four topic categories: The Gamut (everything and anything), Technology and Gadgets, Blogging and SEO and [...]

Engtech Looking For Guest Bloggers

I came across this on