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Happy BlogDay 2007

BlogDay is here again. BlogDay is the one day celebration of the blogosphere created by Nir Ofir also of BlogTV fame. BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On BlogDay bloggers highlight or recommend five other blogs to their blog visitors aiding the discovery of new blogs on the Web.

Somewhat Frank Turns 2; TECH cocktail Turning 1

Birthday logo thanks to Orli Yakuel.

Somewhat Frank is embarking on the terrible two's - that's right, today is Somewhat Frank's blog birthday! I have to say the last two years have flown by with thousands of article and comments being generated on Somewhat Frank. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to the feed and read or interacted with the site. Also, thank you to the special contributors and supporters. It is not easy to work full-time and keep the fresh content flowing everyday - but I my readers keep me motivated and I thank you for it. I hope to continue to bring a somewhat frank perspective in the coming years.

In addition to a blog birthday, TECH cocktail, a social mixer that I co-founded with Eric Olson, will be celebrating it's one year anniversary on July 12, 2007 at TECH cocktail 5 in Chicago. We started with just dream of uniting and amplifying the local tech scene in undeserved areas and feel we have so far exceeded expectations. We really have had a lot of fun doing it too. We have held 4 Chicago large events and 1 in DC, and we have plans to do more...look for one in Boston coming soon.

RSVP HERE for TECH cocktail 5 in Chicago today. If you are interested in sponsoring or demoing at the event please email me at: frank [at] techcocktail dot com. We hope to see you there.

Go2Web2 Blog Birthday Video

The Go2Web2 blog, written by Israel-based Orli Yakuel, is a superb blog that showcases interesting web 2.0 products a few times a week as it manually aggregates products to place in its web 2.0 directory, Go2Web20.net. The Go2Web2 blog just turned one year old yesterday (March 16, 2007) and to celebrate co-founder, Eyal Shahar decided to produce this video - it's a dandy. Happy blog birthday Go2Web2 blog!

Happy Blog Day 2006

Today is Blog Day or (3108) a yearly day of blogospheric celebration where you share some of your favorite blogs. Last year, I highlighted the following: TechCrunch, Napsterization Blog, Syntagma, Online Marketing Blog and Fighting Splog.

It is amazing that TechCrunch was only a few months old when I highlighted it last year. Look how far it has come - 100K feed subscribers and counting. If history repeats itself, one of the blogs I mention below could have 100K feed subscribers by Blog Day 2007.

In addition, Lee Odden's Online Marketing Blog or Top Rank Blog has grown its reach and made significant changes as it moved onto WordPress as the site was redesigned.

In observance of BlogDay 2006 here are my five nine recommended blogs to check out:            

CrunchNotes - Mike Arrington's inner most thoughts.

Go2Web2 - Orli Yakuel covers web 2.0 from Israel.

Hyku blog - Josh Hallett on blogging strategy and new media.

Like It Matters - Brian Oberkirch on social media.

Mashable! - Pete Cashmore covers web 2.0 in pure TechCrunch fashion.

Newsome.org - Kent Newsome on technology, music and life.

Read/Write Web - Richard MacManus focuses on Next Generation Web Technology.

VentureWeek Blog - Eric Olson talks technology, vc funding and business 2.0.

Web Strategy by Jeremiah - Jeremiah Owyang discusses how web tools interact with consumers.

Happy Blog Day 2006!

Happy BlogDay 2005

BlogDay was created by Nir Ofir in this post which had to do with how the year 3108 somewhat looks like the word blog which somehow sparked the idea. The day was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. BlogDay was declared to be celebrated on August 31st every year.

So in observance of BlogDay 2005 here are my five recommended blogs:

TechCrunch – Michael Arrington and Keith Teare do a very nice job profiling new technology companies as well as giving weekly reviews of happenings in 2.0 web business.

Napsterization Blog – Mary Hodder focuses on positive, fair-use and legal examples of peer-to-peer file sharing, digital media as well the decentralizing effects on old analog systems and institutions, and news ways digital media can bring together users and experiences.

Syntagma – John M. Evans writes on many topics of contemporary interest including technology, business, culture and life.

Online Marketing Blog – Lee Odden offers up to date news, resources and information on the search engine industry as well as tactics ranging from search engine optimization to blog marketing and online public relations.

Fighting Splog – Helps to fight against spam blogs or splogs that are clogging up the blogosphere and search engines by exploiting them on the blog.

The last blog I mentioned strikes close to home since I created a site called Splog Reporter with the help of Jeff Johns. The site idea was inspired by reading a blog post by Mark Cuban and then authoring this post on Somewhat Frank. In the spirit of BlogDay please check out Splog Reporter and help us in the blogosphere battle against splog! We even have buttons you can add to your blog to help promote the cause.

For more information on BlogDay check out creator Nir Ofir’s post today. Also check out the wiki he has set up for BlogDay. Happy BlogDay 2005!