The Nytimes.com has a great story about how to blog. It’s not a tech article. Rather, it is about Phil Hughes of the New York Yankees and the blog he has. I was going to highlight some points from it, but there are so many great pointers on how to blog –and in comparison to Derek Jeter, how NOT to blog – that I think you should just read the artlcle.
He may be talented with a ball and glove, but he is also talented with a blog.
See Blog Helps a Yankee Connect With Fans. Or just go to his blog at philhughes.wordpress.com.
If you are looking to develop widgets or gadgets for personalized homepages (e.g., iGoogle), it helps to know who the players are. After all, there are a number of different players, and they have different platforms. To reach the biggest audience, it helps to know who is biggest.
Over at TechCrunch is a rundown of who they are and what their numbers are. Surprisingly to me, MyYahoo still leads with over 50% of market share and over twice the market share of iGoogle. Also surprising is that Netvibes and Pageflakes — two sites that get alot of press — are relatively smaller players.
See the January 2008 numbers at The Personalized Homepage War: Who Matters