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You have probably noticed the lack of updates here. The silence is due to a number of things, most of them involving work. I’ve got the luxury of actually being fully booked until the end of July, and some of these projects are really eating away at my time. Which is OK, I get paid, I’m not complaining.
That doesn’t excuse the negligence of this site, although I don’t need to offer anything like that since it is my name that gets dusty here. Still, I never meant it to come to this.
So I’ll make some changes. Work has started, somewhat quietly, on a simple portfolio page. This will go up here on tdhedengren.com. I’ll move my blogging elsewhere, so that I can give myself some room. This is all besides all the freelance work and twittering I do on a day to day basis.
Which brings me to tdh.me – my lifestream. It’s a bit unpolished and very early on, but it is working and it’s a way for ya’ll to keep up with me if you like.
Now let’s resume the silence here for a little while longer. If you need to get in touch, do drop me a line.
Good news! If you’re reading this, that means that the server move is finished. Welcome to my new home at Media Temple. Now stay tuned for some changes to the site. Thanks for your patience.
Mostly news post this week. You might want to check out my full Blog Herald reporting, as well as my Twitter account of course. I passed 3,000 tweets, sweet.
- Buy Friends on Twitter, What a Lame Business Model (Or Is It?)
Feature story on Twitter’s supposed business model, on the Blog Herald - Jaiku Goes Open Source: The Beginning of the End?
Feature story on Jaiku changes, on the Blog Herald - Run Your Own TinyURL Service With Phurl
Tutorial published on NETTUTS
Also, I am no longer the acting editor on Devlounge, and hence won’t write there as often. There’s no controversy there, part of my time had already been refocused from Devlounge to the Blog Herald, so it is all good.
Still laying low here, but I did publish some posts over at the Blog Herald this week. More than these, as usual, but some are more linkworthy than others. Not that the others aren’t worth checking out of course…
- Non-Paying Advertisers and Customers: How Dare They?
Editorial on the Blog Herald - LiveJournal Restructuring: Not As Bad As Reported?
Feature story on LiveJournal restructuring, on the Blog Herald - 33 Twitter Accounts Hacked – Obama, Fox News, Britney Spears Affected
Feature news post on the Blog Herald
More from me on Twitter.
You might have noticed, or rather not noticed, that I’m awfully quiet right now. That doesn’t mean that I’m out of words or ideas for blog posts, it is more a matter of Work Overload after the holidays. The inbox is full, clients are screaming for updates, and so on. As you might know, I’m not the kind of freelancer that works over holidays or even weekends these days, so that is probably pissing some people off even more than they want to acknowledge.
And then there’s that whole recession thing. It is starting to hit me, actually, with no less than four cancelled projects in two months’ time. Not good, but I’ll manage of course. Read more →
I’m not in the habit of working neither weekends nor holidays, and I’ve got no plans to change my mind this year. So this post is written on December 22, just like the ones linked below. I will see you all in 2009!
- Happy Holidays: Looking Back at the Blog Herald in 2008
An editorial, on the Blog Herald - TwitWall, What Is It Good For? – An Interview With Michael E. Carluen
Interview regarding TwitWall and the Twitblogs thing, on the Blog Herald - The Fun Is Over: Remove Those Falling Snowflakes Now
Column on Christmas decorations on websites, on Devlounge
I hope your 2008 rocked! If not, make it so, because it will end in a couple of days time…
I can’t believe how fast December went by! Crazy. It is certainly taking its toll, so I’m looking forward to taking a (short) break.
- Kontera’s Cash-in Signup Drive: The Not So Hidden Agenda
Editorial on ad networks, on the Blog Herald - Twingly Launches BlogRank, Says it is Trust
Short interview regarding the Twingly BlogRank launch, on the Blog Herald - Twitblogs Lets You Publish Longer Tweets, Looks Dubious
Feature story on the Twitblogs service, on the Blog Herald - Lorem Ipsum Sites Every Web Designer Should Bookmark
A piece on lorem ipsum, on Devlounge
Probably missed something here, it has been a truly packed week.
Blam! Here it is!
- Personal Blogging and the Difference Between On and Offline
Editorial, on the Blog Herald - Biz Stone Prefers Be-A-Magpie to Twittad
Feature news story on Twitter advertising, on the Blog Herald - BBC Mumbai Twitter Debacle
Feature news story, on the Blog Herald - The Plugin Rule
A post on plugin overload and whatnot, over at Devlounge
See you next week!
I’m sure we’re all feeling the December crunch right now. Everything needs to be done by the Holidays, and then we all want to take some time off. So I’ll keep this short n’ sweet then. Here’s this week’s more interesting freelance work from yours truly.
- Eaters of the Dead
Editorial, on the Blog Herald - Techmeme Adds a Human Touch to Tech News
Feature news story on Techmeme changes, on the Blog Herald - Pownce Closes, Team Joins Six Apart
Feature news story, on the Blog Herald - The Affiliate Networks Need to Get Global
A feature post on affiliate networks, on the Blog Herald - Nifty Services We’re Too Proud To Use
A piece on cool webapps, on Spyre Mag
Enjoy.
There are times when you need a lot of computer power, and hence a strong and powerful operating system (OS for short), and there are times when you don’t. Like when you’re on the road and just want to read up on RSS feeds, maybe write a blog post, or browse the web like everybody else. When you’re doing that, there’s really no need for the OS to be as fleshed out as Windows, Mac OS X, or even most of the Linux distributions out there. The web browser is your OS, and the websites your applications.
That appeals to me, as you probably know by now. There’s so much bloat in all the operating systems today that just hogs your computer. I really do like OS X on my Mac Pro, and it is certainly necessary for me to have a fully fledged OS when I’m doing design work. Read more →