Posted in Communication, Internet, Social networks, Technology, Web on April 30th, 2008 No Comments »
I just posted a notion on Twitter. I don’t know what you call that. Twitting? Doesn’t matter …
The notion was this: Twitter is a like a new form of haiku. I rarely understand what I’m reading.
Not that you necessarily need to say something that requires more than 140 characters. Or that it won’t be long […]
Posted in Communication, Technology, User experience, Web on April 29th, 2008 No Comments »
A while ago I posted about the Web getting increasingly annoying. Not surprisingly, in a brief post called Signal to noise, Seth does a much better job of articulating much the same thing. He also has the perfect metaphor: signal to noise.
Even if it was all good, there’s just too much stuff coming through. […]
Posted in Communication, Mobile, Technology on April 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Very briefly: I’m learning to dislike them. A lot.
Actually, I’ve never cared for them a great deal. But what use to be ambivalence is now increasingly weighted to the negative side of things.
More about this spine-tingling issue later, when there is more time for ranting. (Can you say Windows?)
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Posted in Blogs, Communication, Internet, Web on April 10th, 2008 No Comments »
I came across Seth’s post Drop the Dot? and mused a bit on the suggestion the post begins with which came from someone who had written to him. The suggestion was, “… that [dot] com is superfluous, just as www is.”
I agreed with Seth’s response, which was:
The suffix is useful, and we’ll have it […]
Posted in Communication, Internet, Social networks, User experience, Web on April 7th, 2008 No Comments »
I was reading a post somewhere about Twitter, followed a few links, saw articles about it being a growing social network phenomenon … the usual malarkey about “the next big thing.”
Of course, I had to check it out.
Mistake.
Having registered and so on, I foolishly said, “Yes, check my email for contacts on Twitter.” The end […]
Posted in Communication, Language, Usability, User experience, Web Writing, Writing on October 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Yes, another complaint … I’m looking at a schedule for the Edmonton Oilers to see what games are televised and what channels they are on. And I’m seeing acronyms left and right.
Fine. I understand why they are using acronyms. Full names, like Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, take up too much space. Much cleaner to simply have […]
Posted in Business, Communication, Marketing on June 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Bang on, Mr. Godin. I really can’t think of anything to add to Seth’s post Actually, it’s just a jaggy picture other than to say I completely agree. Have a look at the post.
He’s right in saying that if you’re working for someone who speaks this way, you’ve got problems.
And if you are someone who […]
Posted in Blogs, Communication, Internet, People, Web on April 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
I’ve been scooting across the Web trying to parse the recent kerfuffle regarding conduct on blogs (which, as one comment on one blog mentioned, is not restricted to blogs but the Web generally).
It has led to a proposed Blogger’s Code of Conduct, suggested by Tim O’Reilly. From what I’ve seen of comments and posts scattered […]
Posted in Blogs, Communication, Internet, People, Technology, Web, Writing on February 10th, 2007 No Comments »
A video appears to be making the rounds. If you haven’t seen it yet, believe me it’s worth a look. (I found it on Seth’s blog, and he found it … and so on.)
I guess you could say this is about how there’s more to what we’re doing here than what it initially appears we […]
Posted in Communication, Marketing, Technology, Vista on February 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Just so you know from the start – I ain’t no computer expert. Where technology is concerned I have awareness, as opposed to knowledge. But this serves me well, I think, because it allows me to perceive many of today’s technological doodads the way many, if not most, consumers will. With bafflement.
I have two computers […]
