Developing Online Platforms, Building Community
I deleted fifteen drafts from my blog this morning. Some of them, I’ve been keeping around for nearly six months. Clearly, I would never write them. It’s liberating, every now and then, to ditch the expectational debt of having too many unfinished drafts and move on. I don’t think we give ourselves enough chances to [...]
One of the debates bloggers suffer under is the debate over Voice. If you work for a company, do you act the company puppet, and portray yourself as all business, all the time? Do you go rogue and make yourself heard as a source on the inside lines? What we forget is that each blog [...]
We love to complicate things – we use services like Flickr’s Creative Commons search to fill our sites with awesome pictures, like laughing mantises or rock platforms. Sometimes, it’s awesome to find the simple things; like Placekitten. Drop by and check them out – it’s handy to have tricks like this up your sleeve when [...]
Some people know what’s going on. Everywhere. All the time. We call these people journalists. They’re the gatherers, the curators. Journalists present the facts, add value and perspective, conduct analysis. Some people are what’s going on. We see them everywhere. All the time. Most of the time, when considering these people, we call them celebrities. [...]
You’re a blogger! Hooray! You found some good hosting, came up with a catchy title for your blog, and set up a site using WordPress, Blogger, or one of the other major blogging softwares. Perhaps you even made the investment in a killed theme for your site, to make the biggest bang you can right [...]
Your Klout Score Means Nothing
It’s not that it doesn’t mean anything – it’s that it actively means “nothing”. For something to have meaning, you’ve got to be able to use it. Meaning, strictly speaking, applies to what’s done with a thing, or a piece of knowledge. Anything with ‘meaning’ must directly apply to something else. So; a score, made [...]