I really used to look forward to WordPress updates, probably because there were so many things that needed to be fixed. Now we’re at a point where it’s in very good shape, and, frankly, the interim releases are kind of boring. Still, it’s good to see that I can finally click on automatic update, for either plugins, or the main software itself, and it actually does the update. In other WordPress news, they have a new developers survey out for…
Boston.com has an interesting article today entitled “At the tone, please don’t leave a message” heralding the death of voicemail. In an age of ever-speedier communications, a growing number of people are unwilling to endure voice mail’s shortcomings. Some can’t stand the endless prompts just to hear a longwinded – and often pointless – message. (Hi, it’s me. Why aren’t you picking up? I’ll call you later.) Others dislike voice mails that can’t be searched, easily forwarded, or surreptitiously played…
It was utterly inevitable…via CruchGear and Matt Brodeur: So this seems like a good enough idea. It’s called MySecretCircle and it’s basically it’s a closed social network for girls. You and your buds buy a USB key that acts as your login. It autoruns under Windows and OS X and brings up a photo and journal sharing system that only allows certain people access to your daughter’s personal info. In theory and in practice this is great. It ensures your tween…
Not my personal choice, but more a relection on how utterly busy I have been. Some great stuff going on, some not so great, but such is the natural progression of life. I have an interesting comment from my 11 yo daughter Madison on my about page: “hi, dad! Whats up? So……can I have an account for All Things Cahill,or the family website,pretty please with 100,000,000,000,000 CHERRYS on top.” My first knee jerk reaction was pretty much what you’d expect…then…
I got in my truck to go to the office Monday morning and tthe brake pedal went to the floor. Very lucky to have had it happen there, rather than on the road. The mechanic described it as a “catastrophic rear brake failure” which required replacement of all the rear brake components. A few random observations: Rss becoming even more important to the interoperability of websites and content tools. I’ve got 5 separate projects for different sites, all…
I’ve been utterly in the weeds for the past two weeks. I should break free tomorrow and will get back to more regular posts.
(Disclaimer: I work for Namemedia, Inc. who is one of the largest owners and resellers of domains in the world. I don’t work in that end of the business, and I don’t speak for them.) I picked up an interesting article today via David Churbuck’s Delicious.com feed, from USA Today with the salacious title “‘Cybersquatting’ crooks profit on marketers’ brand names.” Now I hate cybersquatting, but I have to say this, which I said yesterday and have said ad nauseum…
<This is part 3 in my series on Social Media Community Building. You will find all of my pieces on this subject by checking out this tag: Social Media 101. Disclosure: this post is about selecting and buying domain names. I work for a company that owns the largest aftermarket domain name listing service in the world, Namemedia, although that is not what I do for them. > One of the key points you need to consider when you are…
For the past couple weeks I’ve been tweeting for the Reel-Time.com site under the Twitter handle “Reel_Time” and I’ve found some very interesting trends. Most disturbing is that Twitter doesn’t really appear to be an extension of the conversations that start on my site, it appears to be something wholly different. Similar conversations in a place where I don’t get any ad revenue. As of yet, I’m not seeing this as increasing the value of the Reel-time.com brand. Of course,…
Rules to be obeyed: Twitter Rule #1 No Hawaiian Shirt avatars until after Memorial Day. Twitter Rule #2 – Only religion, social media marketing, politics or other mundane topics allowed. Twitter Rule #3 – Mandatory lunch tweets – eating a cheese sandwich? We MUST be told. Twitter Rule #4 – When in doubt, Retweet. The truth is overrated… Twitter Rule #5 – Retweet your own blog posts at least every hour. Someone somewhere might have missed it. Twitter Rule #6 – NO…