Monday, April 14th, 2008
"But there +is+ value in having a great group of people you’re following. Follow @craignewmark and you’ll see what Craig is seeing or thinking (he’s the founder of Craigs’ List). Follow @pierre and you’ll see what he’s thinking (he’s the founder of eBay). Follow HRBlock and you’ll see what the ...
Posted in Annoyances, Social | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 14th, 2008
I get a lot of email. I also have quite a few people who talk to me via Instant Messenger. On top of that there are the blogs I read. And then there's Twitter where you can have a conversation, albeit somewhat public for the most part (though private messages ...
Posted in Commentary, Social | 10 Comments »
Friday, April 11th, 2008
A while ago I ragged on Robert Scoble (almost silently because, let's face it, who read my tripe?) because he was talking about marketing and startups and worked at Microsoft. See the oxymoron there? Working at arguably the most powerful corporation in the world (yeah, they know the backdoor codes ...
Posted in Commentary, Startup | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
The Scobleizer says he's following 17000 people.
How on earth can anyone process the Tweets of 17000 people if any more than 10% are saying anything interesting?
The problem with systems like Twitter is that they allow you to bypass the Dunbar Number which, to all intents and purposes, tell us how ...
Posted in Commentary, Social | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
I only listen to one podcast at the moment and working through their back catalogue takes some time (I'm currently at the end of 2006 to give you an idea). Each of their episodes is around 1 hour long and the journey to work takes about 25 minutes so I ...
Posted in Commentary | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 24th, 2008
"Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
- Dylan Thomas
I'm not talking about 'death' of course, but the notion that 'going dark' is desirable. I recall someone accusing me of being addicted to the Internet which, despite being true, is also utterly ...
Posted in Commentary, Made me laugh | No Comments »
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
#21 was listed separately on Lategaming
If I were an advertiser today, I'd be nervous.
I'm talking from the point of view of being a producer or seller and that I have a product or service to advertise. There's probably more choice in the methods of advertising now than there ever has ...
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