Month: July 2008

  • Declaring Social Media Independence Not Always A Great Idea

    Declaring Social Media Independence Not Always A Great Idea We make a great deal out of saying how independent media is terrific. Independent media is the future. The usual stuff – and I don’t disagree, independence is a wonderful thing, the right and privilege to do pretty much whatever you want. No gatekeepers or superiors…

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  • Twitter has Pulver-ized me. Time to move to Plurk?

    Well, Twitter has flipped me the bird. When I sent in a support request, asking what this was about, a few folks pointed me to a wiki talking about rate limiting – i.e. preventing certain actions for a period of time, like queries to the API. However, after 4 days, things didn’t get better, so…

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  • Transmitting Essence in Social Media

    Transmitting Essence in Social Media As I continue to learn more about digital photography and graduate from clueless hack with a nice camera to somewhat clueless hack with a nice camera, one of the lessons I’ve learned so far is that very often, representing the whole can be done through representing the essence. What the…

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  • The evolution of marketing after search

    Image via Wikipedia The evolution of marketing after search Search changed everything. In the world of advertising, before there was search, there was only interruption. Put as many ads as possible in as many places as possible in the hopes that when a consumer needed something, your ad would be there and they’d think of…

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  • Fireworks alternatives for the 4th of July

    A few news outlets are reporting bans on fireworks and cancelations of 4th of July exhibits – so what do you do in place of fireworks? Well, there’s always Diet Coke and Mentos. Seriously. Diet Coke and Mentos will not start wildfires. Diet Coke and Mentos will not make your clothes smell like cordite. Diet…

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  • Ultimate Search Engine Optimization

    What’s the ultimate search engine optimization? The same thing that everyone has been saying for years – content. Good content rules all. One of my Student Loan Network coworkers came back from an SES (Search Engine Strategies) conference yesterday with an interesting tidbit: Search engine algorithms are getting so sophisticated now that they’re starting to…

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