I had problems writing a post today on the PushON Blog, Wordpress is a brilliant platform, but sometimes you can have problems when posting.
I couldn’t see the website, so I wanted to check whether it was a problem with my connection or a problem with the site.
I found this post really useful Triple-check if your site is really down, particularly cloaker.

Turns out it was just me…

I’m pleased to have recently been accepted to Blogrush, which is a referral program for bloggers. I say “pleased”, because this is my second attempt!

Initially I was disheartened that I didn’t cut the mustard, but the filtering does mean that the chances of links to poor quality blogs shown on your site are reduced. And to be honest, I hadn’t published many quality posts at the time of my first application.

I’ve been a member of ‘my blog log‘ for some time. This is a similar service, which has been recently bought by Yahoo. I have to say it does generate traffic and subscribers from people with a similar interest. It’s quite nice to see the faces of your readers too!

So far, I like Blogrush - some of the links in the sidebar have sent me to some interesting blogs, in particular this one from Unlocked Profits - How To Get Free Web Site Traffic In 2008. My New Years resolution will be to write some guides for work’s website available for download…

If anyone has any opinion let me know…

• Is it easy to use?
• Does it generate traffic or subscribers for you?
• Do you think it looks spammy?
• Have you used other services to better effect?
• Is traffic not important for your blogging?

I’m still figuring out whether there is any point to Twitter…

I love the fact that it can be integrated into webpages; there are sleek plugins available; we used some for a pilot project on the PushOn Online Marketing Blog in combination with a mobile phone application Shozu which published images straight to our Flickr account. The images can also be automatically re-published to the PushOn blog, or PushOn MySpace page.

The freedom of instant one click publishing via mobile makes it great for commentary on events, however the fact that it’s so easy to do, means that it’s very quick and easy to publish crap. Big Brother have a Twitter feed, and there have been notable instances where people have said something silly and ended up in a lot of trouble.

Jaiku is a similar application to Twitter, and has had good feedback.

I think I like this ‘micro blogging’ malarkey, it’s good for sending a small amount of information quickly to multiple people with similar interest.

Jack Lail thinks it’s a bad, bad thing, but he likes it, he’s written an interesting post on the subject of Twitter.

Incidentally, I’m trying out a tool which publishes a note on your Twitter account when you post a blog entry… I’ll let you know if it works!

Adobe Photoshop CS3 has been available in a Beta version for some time now, they have been testing and modifying based on user feedback.

It looks like they will be launching CS3 in two versions; a standard CS3 and Extended version with more advanced measurement tools, 3D imaging, and support for motion.

Adobe are doing some great marketing for the launch; the release of the beta version wets your appetite and gives people the opportunity to write reviews prior to launch.

Adobe are also promoting the product using blogging - they have their product manager blogging about developer and design issues, details about Adobe products, along with a running commentary of the run up to the CS3 launch.

I like the fact that Puppies are 30% fluffier with CS3! Have a look: John Nack on Adobe CS3.

Toby Harnden wrote about the planned execution of Saddam Hussein, however his article was interpreted as an eye witness account and his integrity was called into question. This has led to a debate about the credibility of bloggers versus traditional journalists. And Toby personally contacted some bloggers to ask them to have another look.Rob Baker of Artisan Marketing Communications was one of those bloggers who Toby contacted personally.

View the controversial story of Toby Harnden’s account of Saddam’s Execution.