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Twitter Use Case

I’m still a Twitter skeptic as an individual user, but I just got home from the grocery store to find my neighborhood crawling with cops and three helicopters overhead. So I jump on Twitter, search for “Wallingford” and get my answer: a bank robbery + car chase ended about a block away (side benefit, one continue…

Reader Question: Local + Online Lessons Learned

Q: I have seen two articles about the local space recently (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/business/smallbusiness/21yelp.html?ex=1369108800&en=4491b116ff5db962&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink and http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/10/angies-list-gets-35-million-in-new-investment-from-battery/). Who did you sell Judy’s Book to? Any nuggets of advice on going through the sale process? Asked by Ben A: Hi Ben, thanks for the question. I still keep an eye on the local space and noticed both of the continue…

Open Startup: New Askablogr Features & Tweaks

Q: Hey Chris, check out the new changes to Askablogr. We’ve expanded the number of characters for questions to five hundred characters now. Question lists (like the front page), should now sort in the order that they are answered, instead of when they were asked. Also, if you don’t want to put the widget on continue…

Reader Question: Where Did I Get My Askablogr Widget?

Q: hi, where did you get the question box widget? Asked by shelby A: Hi Shelby, thanks for the question (note to other readers: I swear I didn’t plant this). My “question box widget” is something I created with a developer friend of mine (Craig Huizenga). The widget and supporting web serviceĀ is called Askablogr, andĀ it’s continue…

Member Question: Widget Language Support Request

Q: hi,how can i edit the Blog Widget UI support chinese ?thank u . Asked by JiongLa A: Hi JiongLa, thanks for the question. Unfortunately we only support English right now, so there isn’t an easy way to edit the widget. However, if you want to create a text link that invites questions in Chinese continue…