There I was in Las Vegas, just chillin’ in my hotel room when I saw this come up on the TV. Apparently CNN has integrated Twitter as a new way to get some real-time questions on air. The Twitter account that CNN uses is @Issue1cnn and they seem to be using the micro-blogging tool…
Read MoreIt’s All About The Connections: Thoughts, Highlights And Lessons Learned From Blog World Expo 08
After being to exposed to as much blogging as I could ever possibly handle in 3 days out at Blog World Expo 08 in Las Vegas, I have now had time to digest what all I saw, what all I attended and most importantly who all I was able to connect up with while I…
Read MoreThe HubPages Bag O’ Vegas Fun!
Hubpages is officially leaving it’s mark out in Las Vegas at Blog World Expo 2008 with the HubPages Bag O’ Vegas Fun! These bags are filled with 3 different things that are all related to HubPages and to surviving a weekend in Vegas – a $1 poker chip(HubPages helps make you money), Vegas cab numbers(HubPages…
Read MoreNew Tag Suggestions feature takes the effort out of tagging
Tag, you’re it. No really, you’re it. Now you try to tag me as I run away from you, ok? Ah, the game of tag. It’s an age-old pastime for generations upon generations of kids that have eventually grown up over the years(like yours truly). The game of tag has become such a popular game…
Read MoreA Blog Is Not Enough
In 2006, the research group Gartner made a very surprising prediction: they announced that the total number of bloggers would peak at 100 million in mid 2007. Gartner reported that over 200 million people have tried blogging but then quit. Later, in April, 2007, BusinessWeek reported that Gartner’s prediction seemed to be panning out. With…
Read MoreThe New Poll Capsule
Two weeks ago, we released a new feature that enables writers to create interactive polls. More than a thousand polls have already been published. Polls seem to be useful because they involve the reader but don’t require as much effort as posting a comment. The most popular topic for polls on Hubpages right now is…
Read MoreHubPages as a Research Paper 2.0?
As the official first post of the HubPages blog, I figured that I would throw out some thoughts that I have been talking to a few people about the past couple weeks or so. These thoughts in particular revolve around the ways that students are taught in schools, specifically college, how it hasn’t changed in…
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