Posted in blog, tools, social media on Mar 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
Bloggers post articles, and readers - more often than not also bloggers - respond. What could be simpler? Then why are things so complicated?
Commenting in the blogosphere, and managing those comments is one of the many things in life to which no perfect solution exists.
The blogger’s perspective
Most serious blogs moderate comments, and so they […]
Posted in blog, web 2.0 on Mar 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Company A needs to develop a website. As good practice prescribes, a project manager and team is established. A budget for content & website development is allocated. The team meets a few times, and develops a specification. Development is outsourced. After x weeks, the contractor comes back with a prototype of about 50-100 screens. […]
Posted in blog on Mar 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Thanks for your vote on our quick poll how you, as reader or blogger interact with the blogosphere. Tick all the options that apply to you, except for the ones where you are only marginally involved:
How do you engage in the blogosphere (tick all that apply)?
reading
commenting
bookmarking (del.icio.us, digg, etc)
blogging
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Posted in blog, laboratory on Feb 20th, 2008 No Comments »
I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. - Richard Stallman
This is a stolen article from Zenhabits. Feel free to steal it forward.
The open-source movement for software has created impressive applications, such as some of the world’s leading […]
Posted in blog, web 2.0, social media on Feb 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
Some changes in the marketing blogosphere may be a signal of things to come.
This view is necessarily colored by the sub-segment of the blogosphere I observe, i.e. blogs about business marketing, technology, knowledge management, content management and social entrepreneurship. It represent a particular view, focussing on content-rich, technology-oriented business blogs.
Posted in blog, web 2.0, tools, intelligence, social media on Feb 4th, 2008 No Comments »
When monitoring rss-feeds in a reader, here’ a take on keeping your inbox to the internet clear, while trying to keeping up to speed in your limited time.
Instantaneous abort
Sites with excessive ads (a discrete ad in the lower right column is OK though).
Anything containing the words ‘affiliate’, ‘home business’, ‘money’, ‘free’, … It’s not […]
Posted in blog, copywriting on Jan 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Another year’s gone, and the time-sheets are processed. Hereby a few benchmarks for our blogs at Leonardo ENERGY.
The length of our posts varies between 100 and 500 words, and takes us between 0.5 and 6 hours, depending on the amount of fact checking needed (as well as insight checking) and how straightforward it is […]
Posted in blog, web 2.0, social media on Nov 18th, 2007 4 Comments »
Microblogging services such as Twitter, Jaiku or Pownce allow users to post short messages (140 characters) on their message board. Regular posting allows you to acquire a list of followers, and of course you can reciprocate by following others. You can promote your microblog in your blog, or vice versa.
The typical use of a […]
Posted in blog, book review on Sep 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
Ted Demopoulos bundled 101 case studies on blogging and podcasting in 8 themes (basics, business uses, planning, making money, promoting, podcasts, other and the future). The idea is simple, but inspiring through its excellent selection of the case studies.
With 101 bloggers covered, the book gives a broad description of the blogosphere in […]
Posted in blog, web 2.0, book review on Aug 27th, 2007 No Comments »
If you’re a business marketeer, considering blogging for your organisation, or a blogging evangelist preparing to introduce blogging in your organisation, Debbie Weil’s book is for you.
Not only does it contain a 360 degree description on the blogosphere. The book also includes a selling kit for the skeptics, and prepares you for the […]
