Technology Mashup

I was reading through a list of Drupal modules and spotted one that supported tipjoy integration. This brought me back to thinking about tipjoy and its potential.

The service launched in Feb 2008, so is a relatively new venture. The simple idea is that a virtual tip jar is added to your site / blog to help monetise the content. A tip is added by a happy consumer that wants to reward the author with 10 cents (for example) made as a micro-payment.

I was thinking a while back (before I started the site upgrade) about why the Social Media love-in on Problogger had been so successful. In time honoured tradition I thought I would list the 5 key reasons as I see them.

1. Topical - Social Media is certainly on the hype wave, and timing is everything
2. Centralised credibility - By this I mean Problogger was an established hub for those with an active interest
3. Success breeds success - As the popularity grew and the word went out on other platforms this pulled more contributers into the 'perfect storm'
4. People followed through - contributors actually hooked up with others and the Problogger folks produced consolidated lists of people on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc. for simple reference
5. The activity was 'time boxed' which created a sense of urgency

If you love Firefox and blogging, you need to check out ScribeFire. In a nutshell this little beauty is an add-on that allows you to blog content without ever leaving Firefox.

I'm addicted, it's very light weight, and adds some neat little tools so you can quickly and easily blog snippets and pages. The editor does all the usual text based editing as well as Flickr pics and YouTube vids.

Here's the link...

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