It’s only day two of Microsoft’s new Windows 8 blog, but already the company is posting some juicy details about its next operating system — though it’s likely it didn’t actually intend to. ‘Introducing the team’ is the second post on the Building Windows 8 blog from Windows President Steven Sinofsky, and explains how the complete Windows project is comprised of a set of smaller...
TechnoBuffalo Defines is a weekly thing here on the range, where every Tuesday we give you guys a new tech term to define. You give us your best shot at a definition in the comments, and then the TechnoBuffalo staff picks our favorites from the mix, posts them on Thursdays as a poll, and let you all vote for who you think did the best job of explaining the term to everyone else- with...
I have written numerous articles for websites and magazines, have published almost five hundred video reviews and have many friends in the blogging industry. We don’t always agree on technology trends, business strategies or the quality of some products, but what everyone agrees upon is the mystery behind reader comments. Not the comments themselves mind you, but how to effectively...
You’ve hunted for the job, you’ve applied for it and you’ve learned how to keep it, but this week we’re taking a step backwards. Do you know how to get yourself noticed? I know this seems somewhat out of order, but a reader dropped me a note asking about how to get himself noticed so he could land a job. There are tons of people out there who want to become bloggers, and just because...
You’ve hunted for the job, and you’ve applied for it, now how do you keep it once you’ve gotten it? Just like any job, you have to give blogging your best try, and make sure you live up to our duties. If you don’t, you can quickly find yourself losing the job you worked so hard to get. So, how do you go about all of this? Just like anything else to do with blogging, it isn’t quite...
Welcome to part three of a four part series for those of you interested in becoming a professional blogger. Last week I gave you a guide to where to find blogging jobs, but this week it’s time to discuss how you get through the application process. While every site has its own rules about how to apply, there are some common rules that applying to any blogging job that you should...
So, you’ve decided you want to try your hand at professional blogging, congrats! If part 1 of this series didn’t scare you off, apparently you really are serious about giving this a go. Now, how do you find the work? There are several sources for jobs out there, but the quality of listings varies wildly. The best rule when applying for any professional blogging job is to go look at...
A lot of people have asked me since I started working as a professional blogger in July of 2007 how they could also get into that line of work. There is a certain allure to the idea of sitting in front of your computer in your pajamas, hammering away on the keyboard, making money while you sip coffee with your pet curled up on your feet. I wish it was that easy, but like any other job...
You know, there may be nothing worse in the world than being a hypocrite, but apparently when you’re an internationally recognized news agency not only is it ok, but you can try to make everyone else look like the idiots. Cue Pee Wee Herman saying, “I know you are, but what am I?” When covering the story of Amazon purchasing Woot, the Associated Press (better known as AP) spoke with ...