Glenn Wolsey

Topical selection is an art form of its own in regard to weblog content. On one side of the table you have your ‘come and get-it-all’ sources like Engadget and Ars Technica covering broad technology, narrowed down to the likes of Quick Sprout which covers the personal development topic in depth.
This is where things begin [...]

Yes – I was indeed hacked yesterday. I didn’t expect it to stir up so much conversation in the community. The Digg homepage piece contains over 450 comments, a number which is very rarely achieved on an Apple related Digg piece.
I’d like to quickly thank all the people who have sent me emails offering words [...]

After looking at some stats this morning and seeing there have been 5,600 comments made over the 313 posts I’ve pressed the publish button to, I decided it’s time to give back to the loyal reader who are posting their thoughts on each entry I press the publish button to.
As this month has just started, [...]

Just a few quick notes which don’t warrant a full post of their own, but I wanted to make a quick mention of.
I’ve sat down with a few other Mac fanatics and recorded the first episode of the MacFocus podcast. The team of Nick Danforth, Alex Killpatrick, Wesley Yendrys and myself produced the first podcast [...]

One year old today. 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, or 8,760 hours. It feels like so much longer, I’ve done so much over this short year – met so many cool people, blogged about so many cool things, and had a lot of fun communicating with the people who matter, you!
July 22nd, 2006 stated [...]

The following is a reply I sent to blog reader and friend Seb Payne after receiving an email from him regarding boosting his blog readership. Thought it might be helpful for a few others, hence posting it here.
Consider why exactly you are after traffic? For bragging rights, to feel good, to make more ad money, [...]

I’ve been asked many times in the past about what ads I’m running on my blog. Many have emailed me complementing the “beautiful style” of the ads which “don’t look like ads at all”. I thought I’d post a little blurb to save others from having to ask the same question.
Question: What ad service do [...]

You’ve chosen a domain name, launched a blog, and decided on a stat tracking application – now’s the time to put Mint into use and start building up your RSS subscribers.
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It doesn’t matter if you write about Apple technology, dogs, or life at university, there are always going to be blogs [...]

Blog reader Jeremy recently wrote to me with a couple of blogging questions. One of them was asking how can someone find a lot of news and info right when it’s been announced to blog about. I decided a blog post would suffice as an acceptable response to help him out (and hopefully a few [...]

Design matters – as much as people argue against the face, it does. Blog design is no different. A poorly designed blog with amazing content will not receive as many readers as a beautifully designed blog with equal content.

As promised here’s “Take Two” of the ten most beautiful blog designs, this time including a few of your suggestions.

Paul Stamatiou is a (late) teenage blogger who writes at PaulStamatiou.com, and previously worked as an intern for Yahoo!. This is the first interview in a series which will run it’s course over the next month (one interview per week).

Design matters – as much as people argue against the face, it does. Blog design is no different. A poorly designed blog with amazing content will not receive as many readers as a beautifully designed blog with equal content.
Here’s my opinion on the top ten most beautiful blog designs. Click on a picture to be [...]

Over the past year I’ve seen many start blogs, and give up after a couple of months, if not weeks, because of the lack of daily visitors and traffic streaming through the tubes.
My advice for the first 6 months of running your blog, is to forget about the readership statistics, and focus on creating and [...]

Blogging is not the easiest thing in the world to do. Sure, writing content might seem simple, and even enjoyable, but what about all the other stressful tasks a blogger must complete? Such as SEO, monetizing, and gaining readers? These four blogs will help you out with all of the tasks listed above, and more.
ProBlogger
ProBlogger [...]

Tony Hung, a guest poster on Darren Rowse’s popular blog ProBlogger has written an article entitled “5 Prerequisites For Blogging Success”.
Tony covers 5 highly detailed tips on what you can do to get the most from your blog. These are no short easy tips, if you’re looking to become a successful blogger it’ll take some [...]

Reading blogs is a fun and time consuming hobby, which with a few tips, can become even more enjoyable whilst taking half the time.

1. RSS Groups By Importance
Love reading TUAW posts? Find some of the Engadget posts a waste of time? Create a few groups in your RSS reader – Very Important, Important, Less Important, [...]

Many feel that tracking your stats is the best way to see how you are progressing with your blogging. Whilst I semi-agree with this, I believe a blogs success is shown in how readers are getting involved in the comments, and your RSS subscriber count.
Stats are very important though. I love to see where visitors [...]

Once you have decided on which theme you are going to use for your blog, you can start customizing it and making it your own by installing plugins. Here are a few I recommend you check out.
Akismet
This is the first and primary plugin you should install once WordPress is setup. Akismet is a collaborative effort [...]

Although content should be your number one priority, a nicely designed blog is import to keep readers clicking and exploring through your archives. A good design, especially if you constructed it from scratch should generate a lot of buzz and conversation.
If you dont have any design or coding experience, no problem. There are thousands of [...]

You have decided on your topic, your target audience, and the frequency you will post, but what platform should you use to blog and reach the world with your words? Wordpress, Movable Type, Symphony or Textpattern? There are so many options, but which is the right one?

Personally I use WordPress, and wouldn’t go with any [...]