The Hello Bar is a simple notification bar that engages users and communicates a call to action.

Blogging & Taxes: What You Need to Know

Blogging in 2004 was significantly different from blogging in 2009. Over the past five years we’ve seen an explosion in how people use social media and how we make money from it. In 2004, it was hard to find a professional blogger; blogging was still very much a community-based hobby. These days, it’s unlikely to [...]

Year In Review: The Best of 2009′s Technology Trends and Downloads

Growing up, I *loved* the end-of-year wrap-ups on various news shows. I enjoyed looking back at everything that happened with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. Of course, now, I rarely turn on the television and I find most of my news and recaps via the Web — including my end-of-year recaps. I’ve seen so many [...]

Microblogging Tool: TypePad Micro

BlogHer.com did a short series on mini-blogging and some of the popular tools for joining in the party. This article is part of that series. So far in our overview of microblogging tools I’ve introduced you to Tumblr and Denise admitted her addiction to Posterous. Those two tools are the most popular options going, but [...]

Microblogging Tool: Tumblr

Somewhere between traditional blogging and Twitter there lies a sort of half-blog option. If your primary blog is your heavyweight and Twitter is your featherweight, then sites like Tumblr, Posterous, and TypePad Micro would have to be your lightweights. Those sites aren’t quite as much as a full-fledged blog, but they are more than a [...]