Where have I been?
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
I feel bad for letting everyone down here, after graduation and immediately working full-time I felt swamped and pretty much let this thing go. However I feel bad for not keeping up the blog, and miss blogging about tech news and etc, so I'm going to make a serious attempt at keeping it up. Let's say it's one of my New Year's resolutions.
I need to figure out the direction of this blog again, since I don't want to keep it too broad, but I'm thinking electronics/internet/technology seem like the same place that this blog has always been and maybe I'll keep it there.
Anyways Happy New Year to one and all, and expect more of me soon.
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 7:53 PM 39 comments
More news from PPP - Payperpost Direct Launches!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Man, I wish I wasn't so busy at the moment so I could take in more fun with the guys at Payperpost. They seem to always have something new up their sleeve, especially with the new upcoming Birdo release they've released Payperpost Direct. It's a new concept from the people who allow to get paid for blogging when you'd do it anyway to cut out the middleman and get paid directly by the advertiser. For example, if an advertiser likes your specific blog, he can click on the badge (which will get installed tomorrow, see prior post) and pay whatever you think a post on your site is worth. This cuts out the man in the middle when your blog is directly generating the content and the sales lead.
I think it's another step in the right direction, I've seen other competitors of Payperpost do this but it seems that their prices where either way too high or too low. This seems to be more customizable and a better bang for the buck on both sides of the coin, us bloggers can charge what we think we're worth and advertisers can pay a nominal service fee instead of 50 to 100% of the post. It doesn't make sense to not do this if you have some specific blogs or places you'd like to target and you already know they're involved with Payperpost Direct. I think it also stimulates the bloggers to have higher quality content and to promote better, in order to get the right advertisers and visitors to the site, making it more attractive and raising the price you could charge.
I'm all for it, and will install this tomorrow, what you guys think? Who's doing it or not? Speak your thoughts.
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:00 PM 4 comments
Labels: Blogs, Internet, Marketing, Payperpost
It's all over!
Monday, May 07, 2007
I had a post that I had kept in my drafts where I was debating the fact on whether I should apologize or not for long spaces between posts. After looking back at the posts, which I started writing April 27th, I realized that I shouldn't make excuses for my absence, but instead just explain how things are going and how I want to change them.
I'm finally done with school, yep, no more exams, lectures, reports, paperwork, FINISHED. I'm also done running for LIU. I haven't really been updating my blogs due to the enormous amount of work and things I've had on my plate. Hopefully, and I really hope to stick to it, will keep working on the blogs since I've come to enjoy my time blogging and the community that has followed my blog, from the Posties at PPP to everyone coming from Blogspot, or school.
So from now on it's up to me to keep this going, no excuses, no long pauses, just blog posts, tech reviews, and the occasional PPP stuck in the middle :)
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:10 PM 1 comments
I love being a graduate student
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Unfortunately for me, I'm a busy college student with 2 jobs, clinical obligations to finish up, and I still run track and field for a Division 1 NCAA school. What does that mean? It means little to no free time for blogging. My last post before tonight was on my other blog from Wagner College in Staten Island while I was waiting for the Lacrosse team, that's how little free time I have.
I've been neglecting my personal blog at dasnipe.atotchat.org for quite some time now. I have had thoughts and other serious things going on in my life. Hopefully tomorrow night I'll have the time to sit down and get in some quality blogging time before my race.
Until them I'm just going to eat my Chinese and relax. Maybe I'll download Ubuntu 7.04 and give it a whirl, we'll see tomorrow.
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 10:30 PM 1 comments
Rainy day - Thoughts on the Blog
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
I know I've been kind of busy lately with the whirlwind that is my life, and sitting here in front of the computer on this gloomy day I've been thinking about the focus of this blog. Do you guys want more opinions on Technology, Internet, Gadgets, Video Games and etc or would you like more personal stuff involved?
I think I'll setup a poll on the side of the blog, see if people will vote that way. What you guys think? Any ideas? Post your thoughts
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 2:38 PM 0 comments
I'm soo tired
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Sorry about the sporatic updating over the last couple of days, life has been crazy, and I don't think it'll calm down until the semester is over for me. I haven't been talking much about things going on in my life on all three blogs but hopefully I'll get some time tomorrow night to set things straight.
In the mean time, I'll set you guys up with some nice reading about how FreeConference.com, the site that offers free conference calling from it's 712 area code in Iowa, is Sueing ATT for blocking access to the number. This is impacting me as I used to use Futurephone.com before the ATT ban shut it down, so that'll be interesting to see.
Also in other news, well it may not be news to some, but a reader on the Payperpost Boards linked me to an article on how 77% of the blogs on Blogpost.com are spam and how this is broken down by provider or host HERE. Nice article if you're serious blogger.
Alright more news later,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 10:44 PM 1 comments
A blog about rugs
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Since I'm reviewing blogs today, I should talk about another random blog I've come across. This one is from a large retailer in the field, RugsDoneRight.com, and it's pretty new, which is interesting to see a blog about rugs, since I don't know much about them. It's not a bad blog, with links and articles that actually should interest the rest of us, such as this post about how Static from area Rugs can harm your computer. Most people know that there's static from carpets but some people still sit their computers on theirs. Mine's NEXT to a rug but not on top, hehe, since I need all my hardware grounded. There's other cool articles on there so if you're cruising the Blog-o-sphere check them out. The URL is http://www.rugsdoneright.com/blog/.
Thanks,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:18 PM
Blog Review: Overtime
I know I'm reviewing a Sports blog (I mentioned it before on my sports blog) but I haven't done a Blog Review in a while and I'm looking to do a nice exchange for both parties, why not a little link love can't hurt right :)
Overtime is a blog from a fellow Montrealer by the name of Frank and as you can probably guess from the title, it's focused on sports. He has a great variety of sports topics, from boxing to hockey and random sports happenings. I like his use of colors and his writing is very professional and clear to understand, unlike mine where I merely write down quickly whatever flows out of my head.
I enjoy taking his view on sports pretty much daily, and I suggest you guys to read it as well. The URL for his blog is http://overtim.blogspot.com, notice the e, guess Overtime was taken, lol.
There's my review for the night, enjoy!
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 8:46 PM 1 comments
So Payperpost has some more BIG news coming
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Payperpost, our good friends over in Orlando, Florida, have started telling the intranets that there's some big news coming. Skeptical, I am, but when Payperpost starts letting us know something, all of us posties have to be attentive. Hopefully it'll be something nice for us, here's a little list of things that could be nice:
1)Paid vacations for the posties
2)Free trips to PostieCon'07 (Room, Board and excuse letters to my boss)
3)The ability for posties to buy shares in the company
Yea I'm sure those won't fly, but they would be awesome. Here's my guesses for real rumours that might be actually true is that either:
a) Payperpost has acquired another smaller company (which has happened before)
b) Payperpost has gone cash flow positive
c) A big advertiser signs on for Payperpost (Fortune 500 company)
d) A network picks up RockStartup and puts it on television
If you look at the these rumors, people familiar with Payperpost might actually think these are either very plausible or happened before. Payperpost has a deal with HP and signing up another big company could be a huge boost for the web 2.0 startup. As well picking up another smaller company to boost it's profile or enable Payperpost to access new markets could be in order, since it tried to do that with Performancing.com. The cash flow positive might be premature right now, since it's only been 6 months since they had their venture fund financing. Lastly, Rockstartup, the web reality TV show started by PayPerPost getting picked up by a smaller network (something on Cable) could happen and would bring the message of Payperpost to millions of people. Who knows it could happen.
Those are my guesses for the big news, I'm probably way off but it's fun to guess.
More later,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 9:27 PM 0 comments
Labels: Blogs, Payperpost, Web 2.0
Something interesting, a Box.net Widget to get your files anywhere!
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
This is actually something useful and nice for those with myspace profiles or blogs and you want to share some files, pictures, music quick and easily. It's a widget, which is a small application that's loaded with a page or a program, like the widgets for blogger, from Box.net that allows you to display files to download on your blog. The Box.net Widget is free and can host up to a 1gb of your files, pretty amazing isn't it. I haven't finished setting up my widget, but here's one from their site to show it off.
Get your own Box.net widget and share anywhere!
Pretty cool isn't it, I think I'm gonna add it to this site and myspace. What you guys think? Post your thoughts!
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 5:18 PM 0 comments
Labels: Blogs, Free Stuff, MySpace, Tech
Updates on the Personal Site/Blog
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Just a quick note to view the other site, my personal homepage at dasnipe.atotchat.org. Just a couple of quick things and a nice Blog Interview.
Enjoy!
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 7:08 PM 0 comments
Another interesting idea out of Payperpost - Review My Post
If there's one great thing about Payperpost that I've come to love after blogging for them over the last 6 months is that they're always looking for ways to get bloggers involved and advertisers to get their money's worth. This is really one of the reasons why they're the pioneers in blog marketing and continue to lead the pack in that regard, which they got an AlwaysOn Top 100 award.
This time they're brining a new feature called Review My Post. It's a program where every time someone signs up on Payperpost they can review a post on my blog, and they can get paid for it and you get referral money for it. You earn traffic and profit, a sure fire way to get more visitors and earn a bit of money on the side while doing it. It's great for all the bloggers who don't feel like doing sponsored posts on products or services. All it takes is a simple badge at the end of their post, nothing ridiculous or a whole bunch of links everywhere.
I'm going to start giving it a shot, since it's new and maybe I'll earn something through it. I'll let you know what I think about it, but until then, you can always click on the big button on the side :)
Enjoy,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 2:35 PM 0 comments
Labels: Blogs, Payperpost
Payperpost's Segmentation System for Advertisers and Bloggers, help everyone get paid!
Payperpost has unveiled their new segmentation system for blogs and post over the last week, and even if there was some software errors that prevented many bloggers from taking many of these opportunities for their blogs over the last week, it's a step in the right directions. Now many blogs can't just take opps that don't suit their blogs very well (I enjoy Valentine's Day though) however a tech blog doing posts on Flowers all the time don't make sense. That's why since advertisers now have the choice to specific exactly what blogs, what domains, etc, have the ability to take certain opps. Sure some people may lose out on some of these opportunities, but it's get for the advertisers to target a relevant audience at a great cost.
Payperpost allows bloggers to get paid to blog as most of us know, but now it's a simple decision for Advertisers since it's only costs them a 35% service fee, unlike many other blog advertising services where the fee is 100% of the opportunity. That's great for bloggers since they get more $$ and cheaper for advertisers as well, we all win in this situation. Check out Payperpost.com for more info or click on the little box at the side of my blog, and help me earn some referral money :)
Enjoy!
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 1:30 PM 1 comments
Labels: Blogs, Marketing, Payperpost
New blog advertising company - LoundLaunch.com
Monday, February 12, 2007
With the increasing popularity of blogs it's good news that advertisers are now able to focus on getting the word out to bloggers about their products. A new service focusing on that called LoudLaunch.com is great because bloggers can get compensated and advertisers can get the buzz out on their products. Seems like a famous Win-Win for both parties, and can be another way to promote your product for only $50 as a minimum to start your advertising campaign. Can't beat that.
Check it out and let me know what you guys think of LoudLaunch.
Thanks,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 3:24 PM 0 comments
Technorati - You guys use it?
Monday, February 05, 2007
Just adding Technorati to the sports blog, and was wondering, how many of you guys visit it on a daily basis? I'm a fan but have no time to visit it, and find Digg to have everything I need, but what about you guys? Do you guys think that new What the Fire (WTF?) feature will help it compete with Digg. Is there a topic you search on it often? I just look at the top stories and maybe search for things such as the Payperpost Puzzles or random things like the Britney Spears no panties pic, lol.
Post your thoughts and comments,
Enjoy,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 10:49 PM 0 comments
New PPP Blogroll
Since I'm using a new script by Cpryor for my Payperpost Blogroll (we gotta stick together) I'm posting the text version of the entire Blogroll here, for SEO and PR purposes and to show so love to everyone. Enjoy and take your time to visit some of these sites.
Writers Collaborative Blogroll - PPP
- 2 Nickels making a Dollar - *
- A Bit of This and That Blog
- A Day In The Life Of
- A Frog to Kiss
- A WAHumorous World
- A Writer's Journey
- Adsense for Idiots
- Advertising for Success
- Ankit's Life And Technology Reviews @ NSIT
- As the Garden Grows
- Aseembehl's Reviews
- Beach House View
- Behind the Dreams
- BenSpark
- Blogging 411 - *
- By the Sea
- CakeSpace
- Cass Knits
- Celebrity Scoop
- Chonk's Place
- Clutzy's Clutzes
- Confessions of an Everyday Housewife
- Console Boards
- Conversation Stoppers
- CoolAdzine for Marketers
- Crazy, but that's how it goes...
- Crumleydotorg - *
- Daily Dose of Happy
- Domestic Geek
- Elynn's Random Life
- Eric Cumbee: The Blog
- ESL
- Estranged Love
- Evie's Angels
- Extra!Extra!Entertainment News
- First New Zealand Trip
- Flatwater Bookstore
- Free Survey Lists
- Geaky Speaky
- Genki Desu Yo
- Getting Out of Debt - *
- Gridlock On Rye
- Hippie Spelunker
- Home Biz Blogger
- Home Mom
- Home Office Women
- HomeMom3
- Internet Marketing Blog
- Jeanette's Celebrity Corner
- Jeanette's Deal Corner
- Jeanette's Work At Home Corner
- Just Julie
- Just keep Living
- La Vie de Laurie
- Lady Nova - *
- Lady Nova's Other Place
- Laurigami.com
- Life with Me
- Life, Travel, Passion and More...
- Little-Nerdling.net
- Mad For Sports
- Mae's Muse
- Make Internet Money
- Marcus Williford
- Maven Mapper's Information
- MommySpace
- MoviesAddicts
- Musings of a Learning Wife and Mother
- MySecurePC Blog
- My Dandelion Patch
- My Life's Ramblings
- My Opinion Counts
- My Own Political Party
- My Single Mom Life
- My Thoughts
- My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings
- Odd Planet
- Organic and Natural Health Blog
- Pencil Thin
- Phantascene.com Journal
- PimpLighting
- Pink and Brown Wedding
- Pure Sugar
- QueenChris's Xanga Site
- Reviews and More
- Saint Gray on the Great Road Without Gates
- SEO This
- SEO This!
- Simple Kind of Life
- Skeet's Stuff
- Smuggle Me Blog - *
- Something for Nothing - *
- Spice World
- Starflower
- Staring Josey
- Starring Jo
- Stuck in Elmo's World - *
- Stuff and Nonsense
- SuperMom 2005 - *
- SuperMom at Mindsay - *
- Supermom in NY - *
- SuperMom Shops - *
- Tami Parrington's Writer's Corner
- TAP - That Amazing Person
- Texas RV Travel Blog
- That boy ain't right!
- The Beginnings of a Blog
- The Building Brows
- The Fire Pit
- The Mommy Blogger
- The Pond
- The Ridiculously Mundane
- Technology Princess
- There's Something About Harry
- Third Wind
- Three Fries Short
- Toil
- Tomorrow's Blog
- TorsRants
- Tricia's Musings
- Ughs Grey Matter Honeypot
- Web Reporter
- Whatever Happened To...
- Whatever I feel like
- Whisper's from the Past
- Work at Home Musings
- Your Natural Remedies
Don't forget to visit mine after you've seen their blogs,
Enjoy,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 12:20 PM 3 comments
Labels: Blogs, Payperpost
Blogger Widgets
Friday, February 02, 2007
Seems like everything has widgets or customization today, and upon opening the front page of Blogger this morning at the track meet, I noticed the news post about widgets. Blogger actually has widgets, Wordpress may have plugins but blogger having widgets is a step in te right direction, since Blogger is not as open a platform as Wordpress. Anyone use them yet? I saw they had a FeedBurner widget, which displays the stats of your feeds. Looks very impressive, well, for Blogger.
Anyone have any opinions? They just following the crowd or trying to innovate? Post away,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:25 AM 0 comments
Another race tomorrow!
Yep I have another race tomorrow so it's going to be a long day. I just wish I could get a friday or something to myself. I know it's boring but hey, I'm paid to run, so I have to run.
Do you guys ever feel like that? When you just wished you had a weekend to yourself?
Yea I gotta go to bed, but I got some nice coupons for you guys so I'm not leaving you guys with nothing,
Results tomorrow will be posted on my other blog, my Sports and Travel Blog that has a higher PR than this blog, even with it's 10 posts, lol.
Goodnight!
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 12:38 AM 0 comments
Wordpress plugins - Tough to deal with
Sunday, January 28, 2007
I just spent nearly 2 hours managing the MyGallery Wordpress plugin script and dealing with all the little things such as adding an album, numbering the pages, ugh. It took a while but overall I think it was worth it, since I'm now more familiar with Wordpress and MyGallery, and I can now just upload pictures from wherever I am in the world.
Oh and I updated my Wordpress install to version 2.1, which was MUCH easier than installing MyGallery. Well installing plugins is easy on Wordpress, but managing and configuring them isn't super easy. So go check out my hard work at dasnipe.atotchat.org and click on My Gallery.
Btw I know I didn't post any tech news, but I still got something accomplished, so give me some credit :)
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:56 PM 0 comments
Free Podcast Hosting Site
Looking for somewhere to store your podcasts that you've been working on in your basement with that $10 computer mic? Well Mypodcast.com has storage and Free Podcasts up for those still running their website on basic blogs and haven't moved to a paid solution yet. It's pretty simple, and they even have options for those with established podcasts to move over there and make some profit off them. Pretty interesting, maybe I should let my friends over at The Daily Hook (Dreamix.tv/DailyHook) know about this.
Check them out and let me know what you think.
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:50 PM 0 comments
