Post by David Pierce. Find me on Twitter.
Over the last year, the community around this site (and before, when it was The 2.0 Life) has evolved. The site is now one part techie, and one part technological novice – people coming to learn about and discover new technologies. That balance has been my hope for this site all along, and I’m thrilled that people are getting value from it.
In an effort to make Digitizd an even more useful place, and to connect new people with technology and help techies get more from it, I’m launching not one, not two, but three new arms of this site. (Well, four, but we’ll get there).
You’ll be able to find all the arms of the network in the nav bar of this site, and each one has its own unique brand of awesome. Digitizd Plus, a place for tips, tricks, and other bits of cool technology, has been up for a while, and now we’re adding to the family!
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Ever since The 2.0 Life became Digitizd, I’ve been thinking out the subtle tweaks of how to make this community even awesome-r than it has already become (completely thanks to you guys). A few subtle changes have been made, and there are some bigger ones coming down the road. To keep you up to date:
The logo
Isn’t the new logo awesome? I’m a huge, huge fan of it, and now have infinitely more appreciation for people with design skills, because I have, well, none. Luckily for me, Bronson Dunbar has those skills in spades. He’s a great designer, great to work with, and a really good guy. And, by the way, he’s for hire!
He’s also got this cool, new program called Project Assistant that makes tracking your time (critical for a freelancer, useful for anyone) immeasurably easier. He’s offering it for $5.99 (a great deal) until Jan. 31 – so get it before the price goes up! Definitely worth checking out – and if you need a designer, hit him up. Tell him I sent you.
Offshoots
It’s just occurring to me now that I started two small companion sites to Digitizd without telling any of you! Let’s remedy. First, there’s Digitizd+ – it’s full of tips, links, tricks, and tools I come across that are too small for a full post, but are still brimming with awesome.
Then, there’s Digitizd Required Reading, a running feed of articles, videos, and stories anyone who wants to live digitally ought to know about. Please feel free to send me tips or ideas for either one!
Sponsor Digitizd
Instead of running ads, as I’ve always done on my sites, I want to do something different. I hate ads that I don’t control, don’t care about, and can’t recommend personally. So here’s what I’m doing: I’m starting a sponsorship program! Instead of just letting someone sell ads for me, I’m going to be selling them personally, one week at a time.
Companies (vetted by me, and I won’t choose a single one I wouldn’t recommend to you all anyway) will be able to buy ad space, a “Thanks for sponsoring Digitizd” post, and the eyeballs of some smart, interested, curious readers. It’ll let me promote products I really like, and the money will let me start to devote more and more time to this site (and a few other projects in the pipeline…).
If you’re interested in sponsoring Digitizd, head on over to the Sponsorships page.
And, by the way, I’ll never be able to say this enough, but THANK YOU ALL for being part of this community, sticking around through the mess that was moving domain names, and making Digitizd such a fun and useful place! This site would’ve been long dead if it weren’t for you.
There’s more coming soon, and I’ll make sure you’re in the loop about it all! A lot of cool stuff is happening, I can’t wait to share it with you!
And now, we return to our regularly scheduled content.
Post by David Pierce. Find me on Twitter.
The 2.0 Life was my baby, my project, and the greatest resume tool I could have ever imagined. It was also hard to spell, a difficult domain name to explain to people, and a phrase that not enough people fully understood.
Plus, let’s be honest—I get bored easily, and like breaking things so I can figure out how to rebuild them. And this process, full of 301 redirects and .htaccess files, certainly fit that bill. But I digress.
The result of all this is that The 2.0 Life has changed—Welcome to Digitizd!
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Merry Christmas, folks! I hope everyone is having a good, work-free holiday.
This is but a quick note to tell you that, for the next day or so, everything imaginable will probably go wrong with this site. That’s because we’re re-launching!
The 2.0 Life is becoming Digitizd, and is re-launching with a new name, a new focus, and a new look!
More on that later – for now, if you want to see the work in progress, head on over to http://www.digitizd.com and check it out! I’ll keep this up for a while, and keep you all posted on what’s going on – thanks in advance for your patience as we move.
Happy Holidays to all!
- David
I really need to get over this whole “I have to constantly be tweaking something, all the time, always” thing. But sometimes, it comes out pretty well.
If you haven’t noticed, there’s a brand-new look at The 2.0 Life. I’ve been redesigning and tweaking for a while now, trying to figure out how to get the best of the blogging-style designs, along with a more attractive and easier way to find better content. And I think I’ve found some good stuff. (If you’re reading in RSS, here’s the link to the new design)
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Of course you do.
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! The 2.0 Life is giving away two (count ‘em: two) computers, an awesome bag, and some great software to boot. All in all, it’s worth well over $1,000.
This bundle makes for a powerful, portable, always-in-sync system for anyone who ever needs a computer when they’re not at their desk. It’s the ideal situation for students, professionals, soccer moms, lacrosse dads, and, well, people in general.
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The contest, running over the past few weeks, for the Peek Pronto complete with service, is finally over. Our winner? Tenness! Here was the winning comment (picked randomly; I won’t bore you with the details, but I promise it was totally random):
Peek a boo. I’m sure you have not seen this one before.
I know. Clever. But the contest is over – sorry to all those who didn’t win. Thanks for entering!
And to make you feel a bit better, we’re getting ready to launch, along with 24 other great sites, a fantastic contest called the “Back To School: Better Together Giveaway.”
Basically, Ivy Worldwide, HP, Microsoft, and bag-maker Timbuk2 are teaming up to provide us with a set of Windows computers (a notebook and a netbook, complete with special syncing software to keep them playing nicely together), and a fantastic bag to store them both in – as well as a whole lot more. I get to review each piece of it over the next couple of weeks, and then get a whole other set to give away to my readers – that’s you people!
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The last couple of weeks have been just ridiculously full of posts about how media and technology affect our lives, and particularly how new media and old media mesh. Paper, notebooks, computers, pens, and thumb drives – how do they work together? Do they even work together? What’s a pen anyway?
The newspaper is still in crisis, and more and more people are turning to the Web for significant portions of their work and personal life. But there’s something to be said for the dying breeds.
Here are some of the most interesting takes I’ve read on how the digital and analog worlds collide, and why old and new media have much to learn from each other.
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