A new report released from Pew Internet reveals that most people blog about personal experiences more than anything else. Based on a national phone survey that was done only a very small percentage of blogs cover politics, media and government. You can read the report at Pew Internet’s website.

I turn 35 in a couple weeks. I don’t feel that old. But I do now. E-mail losing its clout in the world of text-driven communication:
E-mail is so last millennium.
Young people see it as a good way to reach an elder – a parent, teacher or a boss – or to receive […]

The most popular screen resolutions on the web in the world, according to OneStat.com, are:

1024 x 768 (56.15%)
1280 x 1024 (15.79%)
800 x 600 (12.04%)
1280 x 800 (4.09%)
1152 x 864 (3.90%)

The report also breaks it down by a few countries like the US, Canada, UK, etc.
Since most web designs are set for 800-wide resolution, the question […]

Web Usage Climbs in Africa

Internet connectivity in Africa is growing at a faster pace than any other region worldwide according to information from AllAfrica Global Media.
Innovative technologies allow access in smaller cities and rural areas. Data from the CIA’s “World Factbook” counts 23.5 million Internet users throughout all African countries. Of just over 900 million […]

Technorati Weblog: State of the Blogosphere, April 2006 Part 1: On Blogosphere Growth
In summary:

Technorati now tracks over 35.3 Million blogs
The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months
It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago
On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day
19.4 million bloggers (55%) are […]

Inside AdWords: New demographic site selection
Looking to show your ads primarily to college age men? Or perhaps you want to focus your advertising budget on parents in their thirties who have a lot of disposable income? If so, you’ll be happy to hear that the site tool now provides demographic site selection for advertisers who […]

I ran across a very interesting post talking about technology and Africa. The author, HASH, envisions this about Africa:

I see young Africans gaining access to technology and connecting to the world at a greater pace than ever before. What happens when you get millions of children on $100 computers? How does that change their […]

Wow. This whole Google and China censorship thing isn’t as bad as I once thought. Well, at least I think so, anyway. I’m still troubled with the censorship, but Google VP Elliot Schrage gave testimony last week before the Committee on International Relations of the U.S. House of Representatives that I’ve found […]

I’ve been forgetting about the report put out by Technorati about the state of the blogosphere. So here is Part 1 and Part 2.
There’s lots of pretty graphs and charts worth looking at. Summary:

Technorati now tracks over 27.2 Million blogs
The blogosphere is doubling in size every 5 and a half months
It is now […]

The following languages make up 80% of the population of people online:

English
Chinese
Japanese
Spanish
German
French
Korean
Portugese
Italian
Russian

I’ve been told (though I can’t confirm it) that if you throw in these you’ll hit 95%:

Dutch
Arabic
Swedish
Hindi
Turkish