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Open Web Awards: Blogger’s Choice, People’s Choice….and NikNik’s Choice

By: NikNik · Posted on December 16, 2008 · 1 Comment

The winners of Mashable’s Open Web Awards were announced today! MTO did not take home an OWA….but it was fun to be nominated in the how-to category and participate as a blog partner! Thanks to those of you that took a moment to vote for us!

The Open Web Award Winners are reported in two different ways, Blogger’s Choice & People’s Choice. The Blogger’s Choice Winners are chosen by blog partners from 25 countries and were announced last week. The People’s Choice Winners were announced this morning.

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Mashable Open Web Awards – Voting Starts Today!

By: NikNik · Posted on November 19, 2008 · 11 Comments

The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards is here and voting starts today! MyTechOpinion is a blog partner this year, along with 100 other blogs from around the globe! We’ve also been nominated in the “how-to” category. So if you’ve enjoyed MyTechOpinion and want to give us your vote, just scroll down…we’ve made it easy for you!

If you’re not already familiar with Mashable’s Open Web Awards, it’s the only multilingual international online voting competition which is centered around innovative Web technologies.  The Open Web Awards gives top honors to blogs in 26 categories (ex: blog plugins, social news, photo sharing, travel, sports & fitness, mobile applications, how-to, etc). Last year’s winners included Facebook, Digg, Google, Meetup, Twitter, and others.
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New Feature from MyBlogLog Builds Your Contact Manager

By: NikNik · Posted on April 25, 2008 · 2 Comments

So, you just discovered a rockin’ new real estate blog and want to know more about the author. What about adding the author to your contact manager? If you are a MyBlogLog member, you are in luck! MyBlogLog recently added a new feature that allows you to easily add your favorite bloggers contact information to your address book via vCard and hCard.

vCards are commonly used in eSignatures or attached to business emails. They are standard electronic business card files that usually include an address, phone number, email, Website or blog URL, etc. vCards can be added to the Mac OS X Address Book, Microsoft Outlook, and other applications.

Now, I hadn’t heard of the hCard so this gave me a chance to learn more. Apparently an hCard is a microformat for publishing contact information, as well as for extracting details to be used in other applications or  [Read more...]