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March 31, 2008
One of the things that separates Facebook from the zillions of other social networking sites on the web today is the honesty. Not that everyone is completely honest in their personal profiles, but at least they use their real names...
Tom Simonite at the New Scientist Technology Blog pointed to a study back in December on instant messaging behavior from Germany that discovered that 20% of IMs are drafted but deleted before they are sent: Instant message irrelevance The reason...
March 28, 2008
Michael Wurzer raises some interesting points in a post on how real estate shoppers discuss home listings today. He explains that real estate is a different animal than the latest consumer gadget, which makes commenting on individual properties more difficult...
March 26, 2008
Eric Alterman has penned an impressively thorough look at the state of the newspaper industry for the New Yorker, where he explains everything that's hurting newspapers, including the web. The following snippet illustrates one of the biggest challenges I have...
March 25, 2008
Aaron Landry put together a thorough post of everything he doesn't like about Twitter, or how Twitter is used by many people. It's worth a read if you're a Twitter user and have ever been frustrated with how some of...
March 24, 2008
Randy Salas' latest Technobabble column for the Minneapolis StarTribune called Technobabble takes a look at disconnecting while on vacation. It includes a few quotes from some guy named Ed Kohler who hops on his email from cyber cafes while in...
March 22, 2008
After reading GigaOm's announcement about PicApp's new photo service, I decide to give it a try. As Om explains, the site gives publishers access to copyrighted stock photography and news photos. Publishers, including bloggers, are free to republish the photos...
March 21, 2008
Farhad Manjoo has put together an outline of how you can access the online version of the Wall Street Journal without a paid subscription. As Manjoo explains, the WSJ allows public access to paid content when visitors arrive through Google...
March 20, 2008
Have you ever noticed that everyone looks good on Facebook? Is it just me, or do people on Facebook look better than the people on a typical dating site? My theory is that people look better on Facebook because they're...
March 19, 2008
My friend Jeremy let me try out his Keyspan Presentation Remote this past week while we were speaking together. I loved it. It's very easy to set up and use. Just plug in the USB receiver to your computer and...
March 18, 2008
What is the biggest difference between web copy and print copy? Hyperlinks: What is Web Copy and How Should I Use It? Offline copy (like a billboard) isn't interactive. Web copy (like what you read on this blog) is. Web...
March 17, 2008
Kiltak at Geeks are Sexy points to this iPhone advertisement and asks if the iPhone is the ultimate blogging tool. The girl in the video explains that the iPhone can be used to take pictures and blog them directly from...
Seth Godin posted an argument on why resumes are becoming a worthless way creative & professional people market themselves compared to other available options. How would you rather be judged: Based on what you can cram into bulleted lists on...
March 14, 2008
I just wrapped up a speaking tour where I created all of my presentations using Google's new web based presentations application. This is a look at how that worked. As a preface, the presentations I created were screen show heavy...
March 12, 2008
This is a quick list of things to avoid blogging about as a business blogger. 1. Self Promotional Posts - Nobody is interested in hearing you talk about how much experience you have in business or how incredible your customer...
March 11, 2008
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a post about the disconnect between the conversation that happens face to face at forums and the conversations taking place simultaneously online using services like Twitter. At the time, I was asked how I'd...
March 8, 2008
I've been on a speaking tour this week discussing the value of business blogging to non-bloggers. One issue that seems to stump newbies is figuring out what's worth blogging about. The first place I'd look for inspiration is your sent...
March 6, 2008
Looking back at PR companies of yesteryear, I see companies who were fantastic at creating compelling messages that consumers would identify with. That was difficult work, but the nice thing was once it was done, you could inundate people with...
Because their experience with the web to date has been horrible. Scott Karp's recent post, The Only Way For Journalists To Understand The Web Is To Use It, brings to light a problem that I hadn't thought about before: If...
March 5, 2008
IM is a powerful tool that allows you to quickly ask questions or send comments to colleagues anywhere in the world within a second. However, it can also turn into a huge time waster, as Leo Babauta mentions in a...
March 4, 2008
The first revolution in live television came in 1956 when Ampex introduced the first practical videotape system for television. The long-to-develop film was no longer required and speed to market was greatly increased. From this innovation the ENG news team...
March 3, 2008
UPDATE: Based on the excellent comments contributed to this post, it looks like this isn't an intentional case of Wal-Mart gaming the social web, but a technical issue with how their PR firm tracks feed subscribers. Check the comments for...
Steve Rubel stirred up the search engine optimization industry last week by taking issue with some of the tactics used to build links to sites, including creating content aimed primarily social sites like Digg where highly Dugg content secondarily generates...
When it comes to live streaming on sites such as UStream.tv they make it super simple. Open your browser, point to the camera you want to use and hit start. The problem is that if your browser stalls or if...
March 2, 2008
Scrabulous, as the New York Times reported this weekend, is spreading like wildfire within Facebook. People who were logging into their Facebook accounts once a week are suddenly keeping a tab open all day so they can check to see...
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