MediaTemple MySQL BurstContainers Activated For The First Time

November 26, 2008

So I have a couple stories that are doing well on Reddit and Stumbleupon today and got a message from MediaTemple informing me that my site has been switched over to their “SmartPool”.
I haven’t noticed any lagging or downtime, which is good news, so hopefully my investment of switching from Bluehost which sucks, to MediaTemple [...]

50 Tips: How To Build A High Traffic Blog

October 24, 2008

Traffic is the lifeblood of any good blog, and with traffic brings readers, and keeping and cultivating your reader base is what makes blogs successful or failures. So if you want to build a high traffic blog, I’ve put together 50 tips that have helped me to get a frontpage Digg, and earn over $150 [...]

So How Much is a Frontpage Digg Really Worth?

October 4, 2008

After I had one of my articles on the frontpage of Digg this week, I finally have the final results in.

How I Made My First $102 From Adsense

October 1, 2008

So today was a big day, I got my first homepage story on Digg and now I receive my Adsense commission check from Google!

Startup: Use Social Media Bookmarklets to Market Your Brand

February 21, 2008

Today I had strep throat and was quarantined to my apartment all day, so I decided to update my social bookmarking bookmarklets. I’ve gone through and added the regulars as well as a couple new ones:

Digg
Reddit
Furl
Simpy
Delicious
Magnolia
Whenever I have a new post or update I am always sure to post to all my bookmarking sites, because [...]

tiinker — aesthetically pleasing feed reader

January 14, 2008

Having just moved over to Google Reader, I never thought I would be looking so quickly at switching from my news portal. Introducing tiinker, the best looking, fun feed reader out there.

For those of you tired of digg and their ridiculous stories on the front page and want something less utilitarian, and more beautiful, you [...]