Technorati

Librarians are Hiding Something!

In TV, Technorati on 26 March 2007 with 1 comment

Because Stephen Colbert told me so.
Also interesting fact: As of this moment, a couple hours after the show, Google has zero results for this phrase. Technorati? 16 results. Go real time web.

Design for Selfishness

In Design, Folksonomy, Geek, Internet, Tags, Technorati on 11 April 2006 with Comments Off

In 1996, Paulina Borsook wrote a story that, frankly, really pissed me off. In “Cyberselfish,” published in Mother Jones and eventually turned into a book, she wrote about how new have-it-your-way technology was creating a generation of spoiled brats with computers.
I took umbrage. Not only was I a proud member of the generation she [...]

I Live in the Future

In Design, ETech, Geek, Internet, Powazek, Technorati on 23 March 2006 with Comments Off

So today I found myself at home, sitting on the couch, plugged into my laptop. I was talking to a gentleman in Australia, where it was already the next day, over the internet with Skype. We talked about the web, blogging, and community, while his daughter squealed in the background. He recorded the conversation and [...]

Technorati, Favorites, and Moving Forward

In Life, Technorati on 22 February 2006 with Comments Off

As a designer, I like big challenges. Sure, you can pay the bills endlessly tweaking a pixel here and there, but it’s much more fun to be on the bleeding edge. In my career thus far, I’ve been lucky to have had a hand in some pretty major web happenings: HotWired, Electric Minds, Blogger. Some [...]

Bring on the Ego Charting!

In Blogging, Fun, Internet, Technorati on 17 January 2006 with Comments Off

We released some cool new stuff over at Technorati last night. We now have interactive charty goodness for any keyword search, and we’re handing out the code to blog the graphs. For example, here’s the last three months of the word, oh, I dunno, how about … “Powazek”.

And with that, Technorati ushers in the age [...]

How Tags Happened at Technorati

In Blogging, Folksonomy, Internet, Powazek, Technorati, Weblogs on 25 July 2005 with Comments Off

It’s been six months since we added Tags to Technorati (where I’m Senior Designer), and as it turns out, it was a pretty big deal. So before we get too far away from it, here’s the story of how it came about. From my perspective, anyway.
Firstly and most importantly, Technorati did not invent tagging. We [...]

It’s Alive!

In Technorati on 20 June 2005 with Comments Off

After months of work and weeks of beta testing, The new Technorati is alive! Among the notable improvements are:

Totally revised design, identity, and user experience.
Powerful new search options!
Goodies for member profiles: Bios, blog descriptions, and people can search your blog right from your profile page! (Here’s mine.)
Duplicate removal and sidebar links in URL searching!
Top Searches [...]

The New New Thing

In Blogging, Design, Powazek, Technorati, Weblogs on 9 June 2005 with Comments Off

Seven months ago, when I told my friends and family that I’d taken a job at Technorati, they all had one thing to say to me.
Cool! But, um, what do they do?
These people weren’t rubes. My tribe are some geeky folks. Bigtime bloggers, hardcore nerds, and computer-enabled professionals all asked me this. And translated through [...]

Web Developer Gig

In Technorati on 23 April 2005 with Comments Off

Sorry for the business intrusion, but we’ve got a contract position to fill at Technorati. So if you’re a hardcore xhtml/css wonk in San Francisco and you’re interested in a 1-2 month, in-house contract, read on!
UPDATE: Position filled!

Technoratized

In Blogging, Geek, Tags, Technorati on 4 February 2005 with Comments Off

Now that I’ve been working at Technorati long enough for the Kool-Aid to kick in, I decided to trick out my blog a bit with some nifty Technoratiness. Here are the highlights:
1. Search! Google may have this site indexed back to 1997, but it can take weeks for new entries to show up there. If [...]