Author: Rick Klau

We had an absolutely wonderful trip. The city is beautiful, very walkable, and it was a nice way to spend a few days. (Hard to believe it was just 4 days.) I was there to give a presentation to TerraLex, the second largest network of law firms in the world. The idea behind TerraLex is…

I’m sure you won’t miss me…

Traci wrote up a fantastic case study over on the FeedBurner blog about Mike Arrington’s remarkable growth over the last 12 months. It’s not only a good explanation of the kind of information we gather for publishers who use FeedBurner, it also goes into some good detail about how we gather the info we report.…

I recently stepped down as Chair of the Naperville Democrats. This was a really tough decision to make, as I remain convinced that the local party needs to be a visible part of the local scene. But it’s that commitment that made me realize I’m no longer the right guy for the job: as we…

Thanks to Matt Mower for pointing out that my feed was, well, funky. I think it was related to my upgrade the other day (though, it should be noted: not really a byproduct of the upgrade itself, but of some legacy URL handling by WordPress) that I should have caught. In any event, all should…

Congrats to Steve Smith, who just released a fantastic update to his popular plugin for WordPress. The plugin has always been a great tool for redirecting subscribers from WordPress to your FeedBurner feed, but it involved a little .htaccess magic that was periodically troublesome for users. (It also didn’t work on all versions of WordPress,…

Wow. I was just playing around with MySpace’s blogging tool, trying to understand how it handles feeds. After clicking “customize”, check out my options: Um, no or no?

Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: Unfrozen Caveman Blogger I’m a sucker for a good SNL reference. You could probably insult the hell out of me, but if you referenced Kevin Nealon, I’d still laugh. (tags: snl friends web20 conferences women) A Drive Yourself Guide from Frankfurt to Prague We’re going to Prague in a couple weeks, and…

I’m finding I’m relying more and more on CoComment, a service that keeps tabs on sites where I comment, and alerts me when others respond. It works really well, and it has a nice Firefox extension which provides a visual indicator when new comments are found. It’s made me more responsive to conversations I join…

Off Wing Opinion: Guidelines For Issuing Press Credentials To Bloggers FeedBurner stats may help convince the Capitals to issue you a credential if you’re a blogger looking to cover Caps games. Cool! (tags: capitals hockey blogger credentials)