Given how easy it is these days to outsource Web functionality that you once had to create for yourself, Wired Compiler asks whether the standalone personal Web site is an endangered species. Back in the day you had to install your own blog software, set up your own photo gallery, and take care of everything [...]
Is the personal Web site a thing of the past?
April 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments
The LAFD on Twitter
April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Today I stumbled across the Twitter feed for the Los Angeles Fire Department. I thought it was sort of a silly novelty until I clicked on the Twitter feed for the only person LAFD is following, Brian Humphrey, a public spokesperson for the department. Humphrey’s use of social sites to create a lightweight process for [...]
Links for April 16
April 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Michael Coté: Getting “Love” (and Attention) for Your Whizbang 2.0 Application - Fast, Frequent Features. Thoughtful musings on development models, community-related features, and social marketing. O’Reilly Radar: Publishers Beware: Amazon has you in their sights. I think you have to take what you see in 10K filings with a grain of salt. Financial Times: Google faces loss [...]
Tags: · Amazon.com, Apple, blogs, books, business, cloud computing, Google, links, politics, The Media, Web 2.0
On Twitter and blogs
February 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Alex King posts about lowering the noise on Twitter. He suggests that Twitter change “What are you doing?” to “Say something interesting,” which works for me.
The truth of Twitter is that it is many things to many people and the beauty of it is that you can mold the Twitter experience to your own tastes. [...]
Tags: · social networks, Twitter, Web 2.0