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[2006-03-31] Personal Blogging Clarified
Visiting the blog of Amazon.com's Chief Technology Officer, Werner Vogels, to read his account of a presentation at Amazon by Naked Conversations authors Shel Israel and Robert Scoble (some very interesting commentaries about that - link at Memeorandum), I spotted the clearest employee blog disclaimer I've yet seen.
[2006-03-31] Much Ado About Blogging...
(Scoble, you didn't answer the question)
[2006-03-31] Emerson's RSS Starter Kit
Emerson Process Management, which recently started blogging, built an RSS Starter Kit to get their customers up to speed on using feeds.
[2006-03-31] April Fool's Joke Gone Awry?
Okay, so been sitting here thinking about Strumpette (no need to link), and the call I got from Brian Connolly ... and just mulling it over to think over the whole thing.
[2006-03-30] Catch Malcolm Gladwell at PubCon Boston
If you've not ever ventured to WebmasterWorld's PubCon - especially if you've stuck to Search Engine Strategies your whole life - you should make every effort to attend April's show.
[2006-03-30] Three Audiences, Three Different Cultures
You might think that the trick to good speaking is speaking well. Being confident. Having interesting content. And all that.
[2006-03-29] Mark Cuban's Lessons for Revolutionaries
Regulars here know that I am a huge Mark Cuban fan.
[2006-03-28] Anything Goes in the Blogosphere
It's a great place, the blogosphere. Anyone with an opinion about anything can articulate it. And anyone does precisely that, including me.
[2006-03-27] How to Revamp Yahoo! Groups?
I've been thinking a lot about Yahoo! Groups recently. This is partly because I'm a member of more than 30 mailing lists hosted there.
[2006-03-27] Credibility Isn’t Equal to Authority
Who's to be believed about the 60% Windows Vista code rewrite story which has been a lively discussion topic in a number of blogs during the past few days?
[2006-03-27] Podcasting for the Masses
Pete Cashmore reviews Evoca.
[2006-03-27] Blog to Win Friends and Influence People
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Dale Carnegie classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People. In the book, Carnegie outlines a timeless approach to building people skills. It's a throwback to an era when civility ruled.
[2006-03-27] Blogging Builds Self Esteem
Blogging builds self esteem.
[2006-03-24] Mozilla Thunderbird / Lightning Project Calendar
Anyone out there using Mozilla thunderbird as an email client?
[2006-03-24] The New Way to Brothering
I have four younger sisters, who are all over the place. The youngest is seven.
[2006-03-23] Share Your Google Reader List
Google Reader has a new feature: You can share your starred items, or any label, with others, or you can show them in a widget on your blog.
[2006-03-22] Boardtracker Checks Us Into the Boards
Finally there's now a way for all of us to search message boards, not just professionals who license the high-end tools.
[2006-03-21] More Steve 2.0 Coming your Way
People really enjoyed yesterday's post on Steve 2.0. Unfortunately, in Seth's case, he picked up a very strange link to the post (that particular link was not supposed to be live yet), which caught Corante by surprise. At least they fixed it but but I digress.
[2006-03-21] Using Gmail Instead Of Adobe Reader
Lifehacker offers a good tip for those using systems where they can't install Adobe Reader (or those who just don't want the bloated piece of crap): Use Gmail.
[2006-03-20] Cybersalon Wrapup
I left last night's Berkeley Cybersalon scratching my head a bit. Is this conversation really still going on? Are we still having the "journalism vs. blogging" argument?
[2006-03-20] Empower a Steve 2.0
Two weekends ago, I went on a little trip with some of my old buddies who I rarely see any more.
[2006-03-20] Power Lunch
Damn, never had a lunch like I just had before. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch talking with Bill Gates.
[2006-03-19] PersonalDNA ... SF/SV PR MeetUp ... Blogging Right
You know, doing the PR blogger tour - or, well, just meeting other PR bloggers at a few past PR events - people ask me "why are you so hell bent on issues" or "what does it matter" when speaking about PR blogging, and the purity and honesty I demand from myself (at least try) and I demand of others.
[2006-03-17] Read the Freakin' Blogosphere
Change or die. We hear the phrase all the time. In fact we hear the expression so often that it's become a drumbeat cliche. Still the change or die mantra is the anthem of the Internet age, like it or not.
[2006-03-17] Track Your Blog Influence
Many bloggers will enjoy figuring out their influence (mine is 12664) in the blogosphere using the nifty Blog Influence.
[2006-03-17] Young PR Pros Go 'Forward'
A few weeks back, at the NewComm Forum, I had the opportunity the chance the pleasure of meeting Erin Caldwell, one of the many student PR stars at Auburn University.
[2006-03-17] 5 Lessons in Expertise - A Blogger's Evolution
I always wanted to be an expert in something. After six years of college and two degrees, I thought I was a political expert.
[2006-03-16] Conversation Killers
Like many bloggers, I have comment moderation turned on here on Micro Persuasion.
[2006-03-16] The New A List
Damn, I wish I hadn't read blogs today. I took yesterday off. I might take the rest of the week off.
[2006-03-15] Getting My Interactive Kettle Online
I had dinner last night with an old friend who's in town for a few days on a business visit.
[2006-03-14] Seth Godin on the Future of Blogs
I don't necessarily agree with Seth's premise that multiple posts per day "make it easy to lose loyal readers."
[2006-03-14] Overwhelmed with pitches, Dave, say it isn’t so!
Dave Winer says he's gonna give up his blog this year. That's caused a lot of conversations here at SXSW. I'm still processing what that will mean for Dave. For me. For everyone.
[2006-03-14] How do you take your Blog Ketchup?
When I scan thru the headlines on my RSS aggregator, I'm quickly trying to determine if the post is worth exploring further.
[2006-03-14] Performancing Blog Metrics Launches
Nick has just announced the availability of Performancing Mertrics, which he describes as "a professional grade blog statistics service aimed at professional bloggers."
[2006-03-14] Old Tools Still Matter
To hear some people, you'd think business should abandon traditional communication channels and dive into social computing to deliver its messages and address its issues.
[2006-03-13] How Do We Define 'Bloggers'?
After reading Steve Rubel's commentary on a new study that suggests less than 5% of bloggers act like real journalists, I asked myself "who's actually defining bloggers?"
[2006-03-13] SXSW Coverage
A quick directory of the flurry of SXSW posts from over the weekend.
[2006-03-13] Frameworks for panel moderation
As someone who's moderated a few conference panels in recent months, and is preparing for doing another one in June, I found Guy Kawasaki's tips on how to be a great moderator quite useful:
[2006-03-13] The Backlash has Started...
against social networking. That was fast!
[2006-03-13] The Blog [Buzz] Bump
Ross Mayfield nails one of the biggest problems of marketing to bloggers:
[2006-03-12] WordPress Upgraded
I've just upgraded WordPress on this blog to version 2.0.2 which was released last week.
[2006-03-08] Comments for Dan Gillmor - Bloggers and Disclosure
Apparently you have to be "logged in" in order to share your views with Dan Gillmor. Sorry, while I accept that's your policy, I don't have time.
[2006-03-08] Sucking up
Guy Kawasaki thinks that sucking up to bloggers is a great idea. Om Malik and Michael Arrington disagree.
[2006-03-07] Will AOL Members Leave Goodmail?
AOL will be implementing the Goodmail certified emailer system at the end of the month. This will create a new email tier guaranteeing that customers of Goodmail get their email delivered into the top of the inbox.
[2006-03-06] Breaking Down Camps
As the guy who pitched in for both BarCamp and MashupCamp, I should comment on the back and forth that happened this weekend.
[2006-03-03] Reputation Monitoring & Management
Must make mental note that getting up at 4:30am, to catch a 6:30am flight, SUCKS!
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