The web circa 1996
As far back as 1992, when I was a freshman at Binghamton University (or SUNY Binghamton, if you like) in New York, I recall using the school’s “computer pod.” The pod had old school computer terminals...
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What Do RSS Subscriber Numbers Really Tell Us?
For many bloggers, RSS subscriber numbers are a fun and useful way to get an approximate read on how many “loyal customers” they have. For others, however, RSS numbers take on a greater significance,...
View ArticleOn blogging, hiatus, and next steps
I’ve been thinking about how to write this post for a while. It’s not that I’m trying to convey anything earth-shattering; it’s just that I’ve wanted to both convey that my attitude toward blogging has...
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Congrats to Darren Rowse and ProBlogger: 5,000 posts strong
Darren Rowse probably doesn’t remember this, but he and I had a lengthy IM chat circa 2005 or so. I lived outside of San Francisco at the time, and Darren lives across the date line in Australia. He...
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Jason Calacanis, Mahalo CEO: Interview
Jason Calacanis is the CEO of Mahalo.com, “a human powered search engine,” as well as the former co-founder of Weblogs, Inc. and GM of Netscape. His latest mission (quest?) is to ensure that...
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Cyberbullying PR Hacks: How Should Bloggers Respond?
Journalists often like to lecture bloggers about the need to “pick up the phone” while writing blog posts. It’s in order to do journalism-y like things, they say, like confirming facts, getting...
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New Year’s Resolution 2010 #1: Comment More
My social media consumption workflow has changed quite a bit over the last year or so. I still really love Google Reader’s share feature and use that as a bedrock of how I absorb and share information,...
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Remembering The Truth Laid Bear
Remember The Truth Laid Bear? It’s okay if you don’t. I’ve mentioned the blog directory/search engine to a few dialed in friends recently and received blank stares. At one time it was a pretty big deal...
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The Blogging Biz: Multiple Paths to Living the Life
There are plenty of blogs that focus on the “make money blogging” space. Some are better than others, and generally a good way to detect quality is to look for those that preach that it's hard work to...
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RSS: What’s the Deal in 2010?
I've long been a big fan of RSS, and Google Reader continues to dominate a good chunk of my web working day. But though RSS plays a larger role on the web than most people realize, it has not quite...
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