As promised earlier today, I’ve released the “Red Three” theme over at Desktop Vibes. Head over and check it out, I’m hoping you enjoy using the theme just as much as I have over the past 12 months.

It has been a while since my last entry. I’ve barely had a moment to myself at home for two months, back and forth across the Tasman on a very regular basis has made I’d hard to get into any sort of realistic working routine. Now at home for another four weeks before I set [...]

Stopping in for a very short and brief message this evening - a message regarding topical content. What exactly would you like me to blog about? For the past year I’ve blogged about things on my mind and things happening in the general technology world.
Now I’ve decided to let you, the readers take a [...]

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.
Link To Other Related Blogs
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).

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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. [...]

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 [...]

You have decided you want to start your own blog, but dont know where to begin. In this series I am going to teach you how to get a blog started, from the planning stages, right through to picking a good stat tracking application and announcing your blog to the world. Let’s get started!

The first [...]

This is how the game works: I tell you five things that you might not know about me, then I tag five people. They do the same, and each of them passes it on to 5 other people.
The game was started by Jeff Pulver. He started by tagging the video blogger, Steve Garfield. Here’s the [...]

Wow, today’s been pretty eventful. This afternoon I went over to the dentist for a check-up, then went to the mall to finish my Christmas shopping. When I got home I popped open Mail and saw an email from good friend Paul Stamatiou congratulating me on been accepted into the 9rules network.
I’ve been checking the [...]

I’m proud to announce we have reached the 1000 comment mark here on GlennWolsey.com
After yesterdays new feature announcement, comment volume has sky-rocketed and user involvement is at an all time high. It’s great to see everyone getting involved and enjoying themselves while fighting for the top spot in the comments.
Congratulations to the 1000th comment poster [...]

Many bloggers write a long post on why they are blogging, but I thought I’d do it a little differently and post in the ever so popular list format. Here’s 5 reasons why I blog.

1. It’s Fun

Blogging is simply fun. I enjoy writing, I enjoy receiving feedback, and I enjoy seeing my work on the [...]

As most of you, I have a list of blogs I absoutely love to read, and get excited everytime I see an unread item in one of their feeds in NewsFire.
PhillRyu
Phill Ryu, a well known name in the Mac community. Before his MyDreamApp fame, and after his Menuet fame he began his personal blog, [...]

Today an article I wrote for friend Darren Rowse of ProBlogger went live. The article I wrote entitled “5 Essential OSX Blogging Tools” covers the full process of blogging and which apps come in handy for each task.
The tasks are Collect News, Compose, Resize Images, and Announce.
Check out the article here.

Blogs can be a great hobby, but they are even more fun to write when you are getting rewarded with cash. It can give you that extra little edge and push to write great content, keep you focused, and keep you blogging for longer periods of time.

ReviewMe has made that goal achievable for every blogger [...]

Derek Punsalan, a freelance web designer behind 5ThirtyOne has just released yet another amazing WordPress theme to the public free of charge.

The new theme, Widgetized October Special is a newer version of his great theme Pink For October (which was also made available for free).
The theme is a widgetized release which allows users to manipulate [...]

If you are like me, you will have been doing all you can these last few weeks to prepare for 9rules round 5 of blog submissions.

For those new to the 9rules concept, it’s a blog community (much like a network) where people apply to be included into the network when they have “inclusion rounds”. The [...]