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I got a message college listserv today from a designer who is looking to score an online news job. They posed the question of what are the "essential components of a good newspaper website?" and what are your favorite online news sites.

I responded that no one newspaper website is the same, as most have different audiences, which call for different functions.

I did say that newspaper websites need to optimize their content to be found by search engines and they need to make their content share… Continue

I really like how when I comment on a blog post, thread, group or do just about anything, when someone responds to me in any way, I get an email. It's great!

I've seen this a few times on Wordpress (sign up for comment updates).

Does anyone know the comment follow-up plugin for Wordpress? Please point me in the right direction.

I think I've got a problem. I work on the web all day, and then I come home and work more on the web (on my own outside projects).

Between my two jobs, I write my blog and participate in social networks, and TWITTER. Now that I've discovered Twhirl, I've got an even bigger problem. It's hard to pull myself away.

At the same time, I've gotten burned out on some n… Continue