I got my new Apple PowerBook G4 in early September. One of the first things I did was to spend some time learning about iCal, Apple’s calendar application. In an effort to work on my organizational skills, I spent some time adding in important dates and prioritizing my to-do list. One of […]

Unfortunately, we have discovered a few bugs over the weekend.
Mad props to Dave and Jared, who spent nearly a full 24 hours in the clean room, updating the racks. What had been planned as a 8-10 hour update turned into an all day ordeal. I can’t imagine the frustration, and I […]

As I sit and watch the Jets/Patriots game (yawn), I will spend the next couple of hours pouring through the Blog Directory submission queue. As there has been a growing buzz regarding the new offering, and given that submissions are currently free of charge, there have been a steady flow of blogs being submitted […]

In a recent interview (to be published later) my colleague asked me in which categories we see surprisingly few submissions. Though there are commercial categories through which I would anticipate higher volume (simply a matter of eyeballs), I am most surprised by the lack of sites that are submitted directly to the Regional branch […]

We had a short week at headquarters, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. While the main office was closed, luckily BOTW is a 21st century workplace. For our editors outside of the US, it was just another Thursday and Friday. Our new additions were a little light the last couple of days […]

What is your favorite type of food? One thing that Americans have more than enough of is food. Cooking (and eating) has long been a favorite past time of many an American. Be it food from anywhere on earth, there is an audience willing to consume.
We have recently filled out […]

As announced at PubCon, on November 15 Best of the Web launched the BOTW Blog Directory. We view this as an opportunity to use our knowledge and experience in the directory space in a nascent industry. Our commitment to quality, coupled with our technological maturation should enable us to provide the user with […]

As a not-too-religious person, I don’t spend much time online looking for religious sites. However, I am not in the majority when it comes to religion online. There is a tremendous amount of information relating to religion, whatever your flavor may be.
A few editors have recently taken a shine to the Religion area […]

Since the launch of the directory in its current form, we have maintained a pretty simple look and feel. In the interests of providing our users the information in a timely fashion, and in an un-cluttered layout, we strive to offer the directory in a clean and intuitive manner. This minimalist development style […]

We have decided to switch from a MovableType interface over to a Wordpress platform. Wordpress has proven to be a superior product, and we are proud to use Wordpress as our blogging platform.
We are in the process of putting together some development for blog, but for the immediate future, we will be sticking […]