I’m deep into my February Funk…so I don’t have much to say right now. The news isn’t great and looks like it could easily get worse. Depending who you listen to, the cost of the government bailout is as low as 900 Billion Dollars (capitalized, because such a number deserves respect) or as high as 4.7 Trillion Dollars (figuring the cost of previous efforts, and the cost of t-bills to fund it). Never empty your weapon when a battle…
We’ve reached a points where we now have both a major backlash against social media and at the same time an explosion in usage. The problem from my point of view is very, very simple. Too much discussion of what is and what isn’t Social Media, along with far too much hot air from the non-practitioners. I’ve been saying for a very long time, call it Web 2.0, Social Media or whatever else you want, its just another tool…
Bow’s playing at the Lucky Dog in Worcester, MA on Green St. tonight at 9pm – I’m fairly certain I’ll be there (wife’s birthday as well…). If you want to hear some truly original music, Bow’s the guy for you. This cut is called “In the Pines.”
As our economic downturn continues, it’s become very apparent that the buzzword for the year is going to be Monetize. That means just about anything we’re doing (as web developers, designers, community managers, etc.) is going to be expected to pick up the yoke and plow the fields from the start. That’s a lot to ask in a field like social media and social networking where the 800 lb. gorilla, Facebook, has just entered it’s 5th year, with 110 million…
A couple of weeks ago, almost to the day that my truck had its “tire nearly falls off on the Mass Pike” issue, my wifes ’05 Chevrolet Impala started to overheat. It looked like a classic thermostat problem so I was going to do it myself, until I opened the hood and found they’d buried the inlet under half of the engine plumbing. No worries, I thought, since I had to go to Harbro to rent a car for commuting…
I’m not a great photographer, but I know a few. Photo.net is an online community of professional, semi-professional and very serious amateur photographers. Today, Hannah Thiem has a great story up that she worked with Sports Illustrated’s Bill Frakes about shooting the Super Bowl. It’s absolutely tremendous – a must read. When you’re working with a team, that’s exactly what you have to do. Work as a team. The SI photographers were spread out all over the field and my…
The Unofficial Facebook Blog brings us a post that all Facebook users should read “10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know.” It’ll help you navigate the proper settings for your Facebook account and help you to find a way to show your work compatriots one level of info, while showing your personal friends another. It’ll also allow you to friend your family members without worrying they’ll be reading about all your antics with your friends (Hint, hint, hint –…
(Update: In thinking about this, I believe my fundemental problem is that while I’ve crowd sourced content generation, I am now at a point where I need to crowd source some of the content entry, formatting and editing tasks…) I’ve been editing the Fishwire Reports at Reel-Time.com since 1995. The task has generally been hugely manual, requiring tons of my time, most of which has happened over the years between the hours of 4am and 9am on Friday mornings. In…
Old Folks Boogie…in honor of my new found old friends on Facebook…from the 1977 appearance on Midnight Special, with Lowell George, of course…
If you’re a web designer or developer and you don’t know who Paul Boag is, you should. In addition to running the Boagworld website, and of course his wonderful must listen podcast, entitled “Boagworld” he is the creative director at Headscape. In an article he’s posted today, he gives us “5 Options When Website Budgets Get Slashed“; each of which we should all commit to memory here and now, as we’ll no doubt be using them a lot over the…