For the last few months I’ve been playing with lifestreaming, using the SimpleLife plugin for WordPress as the basis for this work. Based on it and some edits and ideas from Db0 I’ve modified the plugin that I am using enough that I thought that I should make it public and therefore add these […]
I’ve fallen a bit off the blogging wagon in the last few weeks because of travel for work, a new agency of record agreement and a lot of deliverables, not to mention trying to spend some family time. As a result there is a bunch of news that I’ve thought about over the last few […]
Social Networking Wars // Current
(tags: animation facebook myspace socialnetworking video friendster funny secondlife)
Email Opt-in, Opt-out Processes Not Quite There Yet
Data behind use of best practices for email registration.
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10 Tips for Launching a Solid Podcast
10 tips for launching an engaging podcast that will help you build a loyal and responsive […]
Here is another of my old posts from a now defunct blog, originally posted 6/13/07.
Ask five different people what “Web 2.0″ is and you’ll probably get five different answers, but it all boils down to new ways of interaction and communication online.
Blogs, social networks (like MySpace, Friendster and LinkedIn) and other user-generated content (like YouTube […]
Personally I see no benefit in the lists of 500 friends that you see on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, but to each his own and if you happen to be the kind of person who is that social then more power to ya! Personally I’m not, and I think that my friend lists prove that […]
Seth Porges’ post on CrunchGear yesterday on laziness killing Web 2.o brought some thoughts that I have been having about Web 2.o into focus. First of all Web 2.0 is not only about social networks like MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn. Web 2.o’s social component encompasses sites like YouTube, Flickr, del.icio.us, Twitter and other […]
Here is another of my old posts from a now defunct blog, originally posted 6/13/07.
Here are some definitions for a variety of terms often used when discussing Web 2.0. Some are programming languages and techniques; others are concepts and types of media. These are my definitions and won’t include every last detail or facet of […]
Here is another of my old posts from a now defunct blog, originally posted 6/12/07.
You can’t convince management to let employees blog, and including user recommendations on your site is even scarier to them. A social network makes no sense for your business, and the marketing budget certainly won’t include a new site built with […]
I love this quote from Bill Tancer, general manager of global research at Hitwise.
“The online focus of the last presidential election was all about blogs and their effectiveness in communicating with potential voters, in the 2008 Presidential election, the Internet’s role is changing from a one way communication channel to a two-way conversation enabled by […]
Back on the issue of politics and Web 2.0, Global Market Insite, Inc. released a poll the other day on the impact of social networks on political campaigns. According to this poll of 2130 consumers between the ages of 14, while only 17% of people have viewed candidates profiles, 53% of visitors felt more […]
