Tiffany B. Brown

A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff.

Posts in: Blogging and Metablogging

Black Weblog Awards
The nominations are in. Vote for your favorite. [16 Aug 2007]
Recommended reading: When accessibility is not your problem
Accessibility expert Joe Clark writes about specific instances when web authors should not worry about web accessibility. The philosophy that Clark is asking us to adopt is a simple one. From this article: It’s not even that new, but what certainly is new is the fact that I’m calling for everyone to take a pledge of some [...] [1 Jul 2007]
5 über-cool, über-useful WordPress plugins
SimpleHelp.net offers a list of 7 plugins to install immediately after WordPress Part of the joy of WordPress is the extensive number of plugins that offer added functionality and make blog management easier. Here are five of my favorites. WP-Cache UPDATE: Try WP Super Cache which turns your WordPress entries into actual HTML pages so that they don’t [...] [26 Jun 2007]
Open-thread: Do too many blog topics drive you away?
Are you a single-topic blog devotee? Or do you prefer bloggers who write about a range of topics, as long as their words are snappy? Or does it depend on the stated focus of the blog and what you hope to get from it? [15 Jun 2007]
WordPress 2.2 released
Read all about it. [15 May 2007]
Amazon.com launches contextual ad service
It’s still in beta, but Amazon.com has launched a new contextual advertising program for its Amazon Associates. Unlike AdSense, this program will comb your content for relevant text and link it to products in Amazon.com’s inventory. If a site also has Amazon’s preview enabled, users will see a little product flyover when moving their mouse over [...] [27 Mar 2007]