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, 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, [...]
