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 Business, Internet, Web on April 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Seth’s post Silly Traffic is worth a read. To use a cliche, it’s a reminder to not sweat the small stuff, in this case as it relates to web sites. Your site may get a lot of traffic, and you may be working your behind off to get that traffic, but it doesn’t necessarily translate […]
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 Internet, Marketing, Social networks, User experience, Web on December 13th, 2007 3 Comments »
It seemed to take forever for the world of marketing to discover there was an Internet and that a lot of people were to be found there. But discover it they did, finally. And as anyone who has used the Internet over the last few years knows, they’re doing their best to kill this golden […]
Posted in Internet, Marketing, Social networks, User experience, Web, Web 2.0 on September 8th, 2007 No Comments »
You can only speculate: Are they criminals? Are they stupid? Are they simply business boneheads trying to reach targets and to hell with the consequences? It’s impossible to say unless you work for them but whatever the reasons behind the fiasco that is Quechup, I can say definitively that it is one social networking site […]
Posted in Blogs, Internet, People, Social networks, Technology, User experience, Web, Web 2.0 on May 15th, 2007 1 Comment »
Social networks are like lawns with dandelion problems. They’re very nice, and hopefully well-maintained - but those weeds!
I’ve joined quite a few now, primarily out of curiosity. The value is clear, at least to me, in the better ones. Being connected is a good thing, and finding new people with similar interests, hobbies, careers and […]
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, Internet, Web, Web Writing, Work on March 8th, 2007 No Comments »
The easiest thing in the world to be is a critic. Being a good critic? Now that’s hard.
As the Web has shown, especially blogs, most of us are critics. We’ve got a lot of beefs and the Web allows us to air them, though not always to a huge audience. (It is potentially huge – […]
Posted in Blogs, Internet, Marketing, Technology, Web, Web 2.0, Work, Writers, Writing on February 16th, 2007 1 Comment »
You know, much as I enjoy Seth’s blog, sometimes I hate it – especially when he ends a post by asking a question that makes me squirm.
His post Great writing, unfiltered is essentially about how technology, the Internet, Web 2.0 – whatever you want to call it – has changed marketing and, specifically, writing. Actually, […]
