Google Inc. will begin distributing online video ads for the first time later this week, continuing the Internet search engine leader’s effort to diversify beyond the static written messages that generate most of its profits.
A little late but heres my two cents…..
For me the great thing about Google’s adsense or any other text based advertising is that while it undoubtably generates revenue, it is un-obtrusive. Text based ads can be designed to integrate into a site, do the job they are intended for and not put people off browsing your site. For the same reason that Google’s image ads are far less frequently seen (well depending on your browsing habits) Googles’s introduction of video will not be used by the majority of sensible designers or site owners.
coComment have released an extension that automatically tracks your comments to your account, eliminating 
the need to click on the bookmarklet. Additionally it also notifies you when people have commented on the same posts as you with an icon in the status bar at the bottom of the browser.
This excellent service’s value just keeps increasing in my opinion. Typically with a real sense of community; Amit recently released a Wordpress plugin making it even easier to integrate this service into your blog. Take a look…..
Well almost, you may remember a while back I talked about a complete redesign of the Wordpress admin panel that has been codenamed ‘Shuttle‘. The team seem to have been working on this for ever and from the pictures it’s gonna be a big improvement on the standard set up at the moment. The hard work, sweat and toil appears to have paid off and the design is now (Photoshop) complete, though my understanding is that there is still some way to go implementing the code. Check out the pictures on Khaled’s Broken Kode.
A few days early but I have decided to reboot! Pain, sweat and tears but finally I am happy enough to go live with this theme for Wordpress. Welcome to ‘Satin’.
I have finally upgraded to Wordpress 2.0.2 from 1.5 which was painless and I am making use of some quality plugins available such as Brians Latest Comments, FlickrRSS and The Feature. Credit to the authors and a thank you for the hard work that went into making those available.
Microsoft yesterday announced the official Beta 2 release of Internet Explorer 7. The previous release was billed as a preview and according to IEBlog they have fixes and changes have been made based on feedback from the previous releases (including CSS). It looks like another couple of releases to come including Beta 3 before the official release which is likely to coincide with the official launch of Vista to business around November.
