Andy Brudtkuhl laments a common problem one encounters as a feed aggregator: It isn’t always simple to eliminate duplicates when comparing RSS items. This is even true when you’re comparing two items that are actually the same thing, but one has been republished. He has discovered that when you are trying to compare the items, [...]

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Getting on Digg is really quite easy for the common blogger. Here’s how in one easy step: Get a job writing for Engadget, Gizmodo, Arstechnica, Mashable, or TechCrunch. What, did that sound cynical? Check the latest top stories on Digg and where they came from. That’s where you need to be to easily top Digg. [...]

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I remember the early days of Twitter, when the people you followed actually meant something to you. When your “followers” were really your friends. When it was appropriate to Tweet if anybody wanted to grab lunch. Early adopters hoped that it would become popular so that everybody could be connected like we were in the [...]

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