April 2008
34 posts
“1. Do not allow myself to suffer from blogstar delusions.
2. Treat any blogger...”
– Rohit Bhargava via Marketing Usabile: Blogstar delusion
O la borsa, o la vita
paulthewineguy: Nadia Plesner, “Divest for Darfur”
Do you communicate at the speed of Google? The 15... →
tommaso: Communication is happening at a faster pace than ever before, but many companies are not adapting their communication strategies/processes to keep up. Search engines are indexing content within minutes, micromedia outlets like Twitter are delivering messages real time and blogging allows mass communication to happen with very few barriers. Rumors and leaks will never go away, but...
“Average writing abilities are more than enough to write great web content....”
– I’m not sure I completely agree, but it sounds really well! :-) Why Great Writing Doesn’t Matter Online
“The problem with making excuses is that we convince ourselves they’re true, and...”
– Do Good Ideas Always Work? (audio version at this link also) (via shawnblog)
Clinton's "New Math"
squashed: After her 9.2% win in Pennsylvania, Clinton is claiming that “more people voted for her.” I understand the need to spin results and to cast things in a positive light—but this distortion goes to far. This sort of claim is why I would have trouble voting for her if she wins the nomination. She gets those numbers by counting the people who voted for her in Michigan and Florida and...
Creative Commons
Are you using a Creative Commons Licence for your blog? What if someone copy your posts on his blog, thought he links you as the author, is it enough for you?
Stereotypical Tumblr User Checklist
use a mac: no are twenty something: no take polaroids: occasionally, but I don’t put it on tumblr live in nyc: no wish you lived in nyc: yes draw sometimes: no upload videos to vimeo to fit in: no have a muxtape: no work for collegehumor/vimeo/bustedtees: no are a vegetarian: no are a photographer by profession or hobby: no, but I wish I was like cats more than dogs: no, I like them the...
Find out who doesn't follow you on twitter
A funny experiment: twitter.com/RU4Real is adding people on twitter - about 6k by now - but he (or she) asks to don’t follow himself. Here’s his bio: Finding out the people who don’t get Twitter and who will follow you no matter what. Pls don’t be mad, this account will be deleted at the end of the experiment At the moment there are 110 people (or bot?) following this...
Italian politics | Return of the jester |... →
[via Stefano]
What are we doing tonight?
Bree: what are we doing tonight?
Bree: peter!
Peter: i.don't.know
Peter: you have all day to plan for things YOU want to do
Peter: and put this shit on me
Peter: WHILE I'M WORKING TO SUPPORT US AND OUR CHILDRENS' FUTURES!
Bree: haha
Bree: well i wanna go out
Bree: so we're goin out
Bree: got it?!
Peter: fine
Bree: hehe
Bree: ok
Bree: later!
Peter: don't have any fun until i get out
Bree: ill tryy
Bree: but angel and i are getting 80 cent manicures
Bree: which sounds fun
Peter: uh
Peter: sounds like they'll be pretty bad manicures
Bree: anyway call me when u get out of jail
Peter: most people do it
Peter: and it's called work
***
I have the same conversation really often, except for the fact that we don't speak English : )
“Comments. I got rid of them. I know this is going to be contentious. My current...”
– I completely disagree. I love comments, and I can’t see why should anyone blog if he’s not interested in hear what readers think. Steven Frank (of Panic) on his self-authored blog platform (via marco) (via phonkmeister)
“Good journalism chases honesty, not truth. Honesty is a state of mind and a...”
– Podnosh Blog » Archive » Truth in journalism. (via feelbyte)
“stupid”=sensationalism and attacking other people just to gain audience...”
– Twitter / Robert Scoble: “stupid”=sensationalism and…
“HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities appeared to have lifted a...”
– China allows access to English Wikipedia | Technology | Reuters
Spammer behaviour
I can't say why 80% of spam comments to my blog are for the same old post.
“The story we will tell in the next two days is the story of the future of the...”
– isen.blog: F2C: My Opening Remarks
“A young Saudi Arabian woman was murdered by her father for chatting on the...”
– FP Passport. (via pegobry)(via mandalay) (via peterwknox)
