Bokardo Social Web Design

Are You Fun to Follow on Twitter?Over at Harvard Business Review, Tammy Erickson observes most tweets are not very interesting: Frankly, most people’s tweets are neither interesting nor fun to read — certainly not on a daily or hourly basis. Many, not at all. I say this with no condemnation, since I admit mine are pretty lousy, too. And I have [...]
» 14 Feb 2010, 3:36 am

Five User Experience TrendsSince my blog has been broken a lot recently I missed this excellent overview of Five User Experience trends by Gene Smith. I can’t help but agree with all of them: Services as Software – Gene is one of the first people in the UX industry to admit that good enough, fast and cheap tools [...]
» 9 Feb 2010, 5:22 am

Google: Forms & Landing Pages are KeyA fascinating post by Googler Gavin Doolan: If you are considering making changes to your website design, take a moment to consider the potential revenue impact of your redesign. (This graph) shows a theoretical overview of the ROI impact of various parts of your website. I love that: “theoretical overview”. In other words, they really have no [...]
» 8 Feb 2010, 10:01 am

Dreamers of DayI recently posted this quote on the 52weeksofUX site, but I like it so much I’m going to post it here as well: “All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they [...]
» 7 Feb 2010, 8:25 am

On the Origins of AvatarsAs I sit looking at Tweetdeck this morning, scanning over 40 avatars of people I know and don't know, I wonder how much of my interaction is influenced by what a particular avatar looks like. Am I more willing to converse with someone who has a realistic avatar? A smiling avatar? Does the offbeat, non-human, text-based avatar inspire better communication or worse?
» 8 Dec 2009, 4:47 am

The Most Important Feature of a Multi-Device Web: SyncingIf you sync seamlessly across devices, people will love you for it.
» 19 Nov 2009, 6:24 am

Looking for examples of microcopyI've set up a new Flickr group with the express intent of aggregating examples of microcopy, that tiny copy (often shorter than a sentence) that helps clarify, explain, reduce commitment, or otherwise assuage someone performing (or considering) a task. You can find the group here: Flickr: Microcopy
» 12 Nov 2009, 5:53 am

Is Twitter Successful?The big question everyone has with Twitter is, and the very first one that John Battelle asked Twitter CEO Ev Williams when he interviewed him yesterday, is "What's the revenue model?"
» 21 Oct 2009, 3:52 am

Communicating Value through Cause & Effect on FanfeedrHow Fanfeedr's intro page does well to communicate the value of the service.
» 17 Sep 2009, 5:36 am

Feature Development in Action: Broadcast Stream Messages in SocialcastOne of the guiding principles of interaction design is to support existing behavior. This means to figure out what is already happening, what activities, tasks, and interactions people are already doing, and build support for them into software.
» 21 Aug 2009, 6:20 am

Using your Sign-up form as a QualifierI recently ran across an interesting way to qualify people using sign-up forms at monotask.com.
» 19 Aug 2009, 9:26 am

CenterNetworks

SXSW Day 1 Recap and LinksDay 1 of the SXSW interactive festival is complete. Here are some of the best reads from the first full day of the conference: SXSW: Social media marketing for business – Lost Remote 12 Tips on Live Blogging & Content Marketing at SXSWi (works for any conference) – Lee Odden Tech companies try to stand out at SXSW [...]
» 13 Mar 2010, 4:08 am

Is This What It’s Going To Be Like All Weekend?I’ve heard from multiple people along with SXSW event staff that this year’s event will be the busiest ever. I’ve been coming to SXSW for 5 years and from what I can tell, it sure is more crowded than it was 5 years ago. More sessions rooms are being pushed out to the nearby hotels [...]
» 12 Mar 2010, 12:36 pm

Startup Career Fair in NYC on April 9thSince founding the Columbia Venture Community a few years back, I have watched the group continue to thrive due to the efforts of the talented leaders that have taken it upon themselves to drive the organization forward.   It has indeed come a long way.  Initially the group was focused on creating a vibrant entrepreneurship community [...]
» 12 Mar 2010, 9:36 am

SXSW: I Hope AT&T Goes Down (video)Ok, I’ve never actually wanted a service to not function and I am partially joking, but it would be great if AT&T service would go down here at SXSW 2010 in Austin. Why? Because perhaps then there would be actual talking and networking at the event. I say the same thing every year and I assume [...]
» 12 Mar 2010, 4:54 am

SXSW 2010 Schwag Bag Video and GiveawayAfter waiting on line just about 90 minutes to get my badge, I was able to pick up the exciting SXSW 2010 schwag bag. The bag always contains tons of paper and a variety of small trinkets. I actually wish the bag was full of trinkets and would have no paper. I seriously wonder how [...]
» 11 Mar 2010, 5:42 pm

It’s Not About our App, It’s About the User’s Data and ContextThe post below was authored by Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu. The title provides a short answer to the question: Why do we integrate with Google Apps? An important emerging theme in cloud applications is the one-page or to be more accurate the one-browser-tab approach to design – i.e contextual integration of information across applications, so that [...]
» 11 Mar 2010, 5:14 am

Does the iPad Replace the Need for a Smartphone?We’ve covered the Apple iPad several times on CenterNetworks. The device appears to be launching next month and I believe it will be a game changer. Andreas discussed how he sees the device being used in the home and I agree with him that a whole new set of consumers will join the Apple camp [...]
» 10 Mar 2010, 3:45 am

Chat With Skimlinks CEO Alicia Navarro on Skimkit LaunchLast week London-based Skimlinks launched the SkimKit, a tool that helps publishers find products that have affiliate opportunities attached. Martin Bryant from Next Web has a good overview from the launch of the SkimKit service. This morning I met with Skimlinks founder and CEO Alicia Navarro in NYC to learn more about her service and the [...]
» 9 Mar 2010, 3:52 pm

Gary’s Guide Adds More NYC Service DirectoriesLast weekend we showed you how you can use Gary’s Guide to navigate SXSW. This week Gary has added more service directories to his event planning guide. The directories include coworking, event venues, free event venues, and a classifieds section where you can post open desks and/or office space. The coworking directory lists 20+ locations around [...]
» 9 Mar 2010, 5:41 am

Pre-SXSW Job ListingBelow are some of the latest jobs posted on the CenterNetworks Job Board. Subscribe to the CN Jobs feed and get all of the latest Web industry jobs delivered directly to you. Featured Jobs: e-Commerce & Online Marketing Guru at Quirky Inc. Senior Designer at formspring.me More Jobs: Frontend Developer at Unit 7 Freelance Developer (ZEND PHP/WordPress) at HUGE Web Development Engineer [...]
» 8 Mar 2010, 12:41 pm

Amtrak Adds Wi-Fi On Acela TrainsIn the old days, there were two main ways to get anywhere from Boston to Washington using public transit. Those two ways were Amtrak trains and Grayhound buses. Over the past few years, new bus services that travel along the northeast corridor have popped up including Bolt Bus and Megabus. Both of these new bus [...]
» 8 Mar 2010, 4:03 am

Collective Thoughts

What the Winter Olympics Teaches on Social Engagement during EventsThe Olympic television viewing activity, recorded by Nielsen, finds people are online while global events are broadcasted. Marketers may find it lucrative to engage their user base on social media networks during event broadcasts. I engaged communities prior and during the Super Bowl with a client microsite and had fantastic results. Neal Rodriguez is Managing [...]
» 4 Mar 2010, 6:25 am

The Power of ReconnectionBuilding one's network is no easy task. I cannot stress this enough: you must love what you do in order to make that work. If you don't, you really should have someone doing it for you. There are different ways of networking: some prefer pure online interactions, others like to meet in person at events, small group/one-on-one meetings - really a mix of all of these should get you the furthest toward your goals.
» 10 Feb 2010, 12:58 pm

How to Attract Your 1,000 True FansEver since the concept of gaining your 1,000 true fans was talked about, there have been a lot of discussions on the topic. I’m personally a big fan of the idea; especially in a time where people are more focused on follower numbers and subscriber counts than how they can really help an audience. In all [...]
» 26 Jan 2010, 9:00 am

Stumbleupon? What about Spamupon?I am one of the few people who didn't throw a huge fit when the new version of Stumbleupon left beta. I admired the simplicity of the new interface and, as with most new things, decided to give the overhaul a fair shot before voicing my concerns about its limitations.
» 12 Jan 2010, 10:48 am

Social MusicInternet radio has been around for some time now--at least since the mid nineties actually (earlier, if you count it's infancy)--and it has most certainly evolved from those early days of streaming into the smooth and ubiquitous service that we take for granted today. Odds are you have used, or use, streaming audio and/or video and haven't really given it a second thought.
» 7 Jan 2010, 1:07 pm

War Rages On!Ncomment is back with his second installment of his WAR series. Reddit has invaded the world of Digg and sent Diggers into hiding to plan a revolution against the alien and robotic army of Reddit invaders. With division of Diggers at an all time high, the Reddit army was able to invade the Digg city and bring it to it's knees in a single day.
» 18 Dec 2009, 9:23 am

Do Forums Still Have a Future?A friend of mine in Social Media was checking out a site with me the other day and discovered the site had a forum. “Wow! A Forum!” he exclaimed, “That’s so 1999.” His comment made me realize that some people share his same mentality but yet, totally miss the point. In my dealings in Social Media, [...]
» 10 Dec 2009, 11:30 pm

How to Stay Social in Social MediaFor any of you that have me on a variety of IM programs, you have no doubt noticed that I typically keep it on the "do not disturb" setting. This is usually because I'm busy most of the day and really cannot stop to chat.
» 8 Dec 2009, 2:24 pm

TwitimidationIn my last post here on CT, I spoke of not being afraid to jump right into the social media pool and start paddling, not worrying about whether you really knew what was going on or what’s what. So I thought I’d continue that trend and talk (briefly) about that beacon of social media possibilities, [...]
» 1 Dec 2009, 6:59 am

Grandma got run over by a scammer….Another holiday has come and gone. The crowds gathered on Black Friday and today the techies drain bandwidth for Cyber Monday. With most readers of Collective Thoughts being tech savvy, I don’t have to break down the dangers of online shopping and scams. However, I would like to encourage everyone to pass on the knowledge.
» 30 Nov 2009, 11:49 am

Social Media Rigor Mortis: How Behavior Kills ValueWe’ve all seen it. What once worked in social media six months ago doesn’t work now. Why, for instance, does a large following on Twitter no longer indicate influence? Or why is blogging no longer as impressive as it was in 2003? Both these examples follow a predictable economic formula: As “x” social behaviour multiplies, its [...]
» 19 Nov 2009, 12:18 am

Community Guy

SXSW Survival Guide 2010It’s that time of year again! This is a rehash of last year’s version, but that’s OK. It’s the same advice I’d give this year too! So with that, here’s some SXSW tips I’ve found over the years… 1. It’s casual, baby. Austin is one of the most laid back cities on Earth, and with it being [...]
» 10 Mar 2010, 6:35 am

We The PractitionersWhen Sean and I started Ant’s Eye View almost exactly a year ago, we had a pretty clear dream. We wanted to build a company that was based on senior talent, doing in-depth work with clients who were rolling up their sleeves and diving into social media and customer engagement with force. A year in, we’ve [...]
» 9 Mar 2010, 9:02 am

Apps vs. WidgetsAre apps just the updated version of widgets? Today Peter Kim asks that very question: Remember widgets? In the early days of corporate social media (i.e. 2005 – 2006), widgets were all the rage. They were light and viral; the minimal effort to support them post-lauch made them more attractive to brands than blogs or podcasts. What [...]
» 2 Mar 2010, 6:44 am

The mind of a Community ManagerDuring a recent hotel stay at the wonderful Hotel Zaza in Dallas, I noticed two quotes written on the wall of my room. Both struck me as being particularly relevant to explaining the mindset a successful community manager has to own in order to do their job. The test of a first rate intelligence [...]
» 8 Feb 2010, 6:00 am

Friday Fun ThoughtsI got the list of random thoughts below via a forwarded email. It’s OK, it came from the one friend who actually sends over funny stuff. This is a fun read. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood. While driving yesterday I saw a [...]
» 29 Jan 2010, 6:21 am

Linchpins and Community Managers: The artists of the business worldMy colleague, Jackie Huba interviewed Seth Godin about his latest book, “Linchpin“. It’s a great interview, but in particular two things stand out to the community guy in me. Q: You talk about linchpins being artists. What’s the difference between a conventional marketer and one who thinks like an artist? Can you give an example of [...]
» 28 Jan 2010, 6:17 am

The loneliest job in businessWhile perhaps not the loneliest job in business, a Community Manager, especially the strategy building/implementing type is certainly at the top of the list of lonely career choices. Day in and day out the customers and community members you work with yell at you for being too company-focused, while your colleagues more often than not [...]
» 25 Jan 2010, 9:14 am

What’s the ROI of the phone?My genius business partner, Sean O’Driscoll talks about social, ROI, and other genius points. This one is well worth the watch.
» 13 Jan 2010, 8:53 am

Life is funny. Enjoy it.Most of the time, pain and suffering isn’t something you want to see on display. But let’s be honest: sometimes misery is funny… assuming you’re only observing someone else’s pain. The internet is a great tool for helping to remind us that we’re all going to hell for laughing at said misery. Here’s a few of [...]
» 3 Dec 2009, 6:56 am

Bonfire Builders InterviewOver at the Feeding the Puppy blog, John has baked up an interesting concept to describe the social stuff vs. traditional advertising: Bonfires & Fireworks. For whatever strange reason, John has branded me a Bonfire Builder and interviewed me for his blog. Here’s a snippet. How do you persuade others of the need to build social bonfires [...]
» 1 Dec 2009, 5:20 am

Giga Om

Android This Week: Android Passes Palm; Backflip Crippled; Sense to Nexus OnecomScore released numbers this week showing that Android's market share surge 153 percent from October to January, and surpassed that of Palm’s webOS for the first time. Meanwhile, users of the Backflip say the device is crippled compared to others built on the Google OS.
» 13 Mar 2010, 6:00 am

Geowars…Really?Over the past few days I’ve watched this meme about the so-called “geowars” ahead of SXSW gather steam, both in the blogosphere and on Twitter. And it’s giving me a headache. For some odd reason, people believe that SXSW is going to be a full-blown coming-out [...]
» 12 Mar 2010, 5:45 pm

What If Metcalfe’s Law Is Wrong?“Metcalfe’s Law” has long been accepted as characterizing the value — and value growth — of fully connected networks. But there are times when the “law” appears to overstate a network’s value. And if that’s the case, what can service providers do about it?
» 12 Mar 2010, 5:00 pm

Announcing Structure 2010, Our Internet Infrastructure & Cloud Computing ConferenceStructure, our premier conference devoted to Internet infrastructure and cloud computing, has been expanded to two days in order to fully explore both the progress the industry has made and how things are expected to evolve going forward. And discounted tickets are on sale now!
» 12 Mar 2010, 2:46 pm

More Reasons Why Chrome OS Will Be Your Extra Operating SystemGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt, speaking in Abu Dhabi this week, confirmed that the Chrome OS operating system is on track for the second half of this year. There are new reasons why its brightest future may be as an adjunct OS on netbooks and tablets.
» 12 Mar 2010, 12:25 pm

Get Ready for Pi Day 2010 (and the Big One in 5 Years)There's a big geeky holiday coming this weekend -- and no I don't mean SXSW. It's Pi Day on Sunday, aka March 14, aka 3/14. But many self-proclaimed nerds are ramping up for the longest extended Pi Day of our lives on 3/14/15.
» 12 Mar 2010, 11:00 am

3 Reasons Apple’s iPad 3G Service Is “Magical and Revolutionary”Apple touts the iPad as "magical and revolutionary" but it's not the device alone that can make that claim. The service plan and no-contract model, combined with on-device 3G metering show the real revolution is with the data plan for these three reasons.
» 12 Mar 2010, 10:18 am

Are Mobile Coupons Finally Ready for Prime Time?New figures from Compete.com indicate smartphone owners are more receptive to mobile coupons than to other types of pitches on their phones. The report comes on the heels of a new campaign from Target to deliver scannable discounts directly to consumers' phones.
» 12 Mar 2010, 9:45 am

Clearwire’s Big Bet on Our Broadband AddictionMike Sievert, chief commercial officer at Clearwire, said the company's mobile users (those on laptops and dongles outside the home) consume more than an average of 7GB per month of data. Slaking that thirst for mobile data, and doing it cheaply, is essential for Clearwire's strategy.
» 12 Mar 2010, 9:00 am

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» 12 Mar 2010, 8:59 am

Vodafone Shutters Wayfinder in a Sign of Things to ComeVodafone closed its Wayfinder business just 16 months after spending $30 million to acquire the navigational software firm. It's a clear sign that if U.S. operators want to continue to monetize navigation, they're going to have to find ways of doing with without charging customers extra.
» 12 Mar 2010, 7:58 am

Horse Cow Pig

Cogaoke Case Study: quality wins over quantityI've been looking for a good example to show in my presentations that demonstrates how little the numbers of followers/friends on social networks means when it comes to real world action. This is it.
» 1 Mar 2010, 12:44 pm

Personal RFP: attention airlines!Imagine this campaign from an airline: "We want to rectify your bad airline experiences AND entice you to see if we are true to our word by offering you equivalent miles..." I have.
» 26 Feb 2010, 10:32 am

Why I’ve Fallen in Love with the Nexus OneWhy I cheated on the iPhone with the Nexus One and ended up falling in love. Sorry iPhone!
» 20 Feb 2010, 10:50 am

Discouragement and FaithFaith. It's a tough one when discouragement is so plentiful. Some days I wonder if it's a test to see if I'm strong enough.
» 19 Feb 2010, 2:18 pm

What the World Needs is…these TED TalksSo though TED 2010 was, as one speaker said, "worth the sum of the whole rather than any individual part", these are my top 10 moments that tied the parts together for me...
» 19 Feb 2010, 11:41 am

New Logo – Thanks OBX Design Works!Thanks William of OBX Design Works (who also designed the awesome Whuffaoke site) for the new banner!
» 19 Feb 2010, 10:23 am

10 Reasons TEDActive RawksI love TED.com and the TED conference, but I loved TED Active in Palm Springs an extra special amount this year. Here is why.
» 19 Feb 2010, 9:57 am

Minding the GapThere is much more business can learn from the values driving the growth of online communities than where to target the next generation of buyers.
» 2 Feb 2010, 9:20 am

Would You Sacrifice Love for Greatness?Do you have to sacrifice love for greatness? And, if so, what would be your choice?
» 1 Feb 2010, 10:34 pm

Power to Change the Broken SystemNow is the time for us to use all of the power we have to move business in the direction of customer-centric thinking. It's good for everyone.
» 7 Jan 2010, 1:10 pm

Mashable!

Top 10 Twitter Trends for This Week [CHART]Hooray for Hollywood! — the big winner this week in our roundup of the top 10 Twitter trends. From the Oscars to Alice in Wonderland (and of course, Justin Bieber), celebrity — whether be it music or film — dominated the Twitterverse.The latest data, which comes from our friends at What the Trend, gives us a snapshot of what topics dominated Twitter. Given the topical nature of the list, hashtag memes and games have been excluded.Tween-favorite Justin Bieber lost his spot at #1 to the Big Show — AKA the Oscars. The 82nd Academy Awards dominated Twitter on Sunday night and was the most discussed topic of the week as a whole. Don’t feel bad for Bieber though: he’s still number two on the list.Now, who’s hot who not/Tell me who r
» 13 Mar 2010, 9:29 am

Chatroulette Founder Working to Preserve User PrivacyThe creator of Chatroulette has revealed that he is working on a way to preserve user’s privacy, following the launch of Chat Roulette Map, a Google Maps mashups that pinpoints the location of users of the service.Andrey Ternovskiy, speaking in an interview with the New York Times Bits blog, stated, “There is a certain level of anonymity on the Chatroulette that Chatroulette Map takes away, but I plan to add something to my site to allow them to still hide their whereabouts.”Chatroulette Map highlights a Chatroulette user’s location by looking at his or her IP addresses, which is revealed via the peer-to-peer nature of the webcam connection. As well as placing a marker on a map, users are screengrabbed, offering anyone in the world
» 13 Mar 2010, 8:46 am

Giiv Lets You Give Gifts Via Text MessageThis post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: Giiv Quick Pitch: Giiv is a mobile gifting service that delivers gifts in real time in the format of a friendly text message. Genius Idea: Gift certificates are an awesome (if occasionally generic) way to say “You rock!” Giiv.com makes this process easier by letting you give gift cards and certificates to someone you care about via text message.Giiv.com is fairly simple: you find a gift that you want to give a friend or loved one, and then you enter in his or her mobile number and a n
» 12 Mar 2010, 5:22 pm

Flickr Co-founder’s Startup Hunch Raises $10 MillionHunch, a New York City-based startup founded by Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake and SiteAdvisor founder/angel investor Chris Dixon, has raised $10 million in funding for its questions and recommendations site.Nearly a year ago, Ms. Fake revealed her new startup to the world. Her goal: to create a service that would help people make decisions via crowdsourced questions and advice from its users. Hunch launched last June and has been growing steadily ever since (it peaked at nearly half a million U.S. visitors last month).According to MediaMemo, the startup has raised $10-$12 million from Khosla Ventures and previous investors General Catalyst Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and original angel investor Ron Conway (an early investor in G
» 12 Mar 2010, 4:23 pm

Privacy Concerns Put the Kibosh on the Netflix PrizeAmid class-action lawsuits over privacy and subsequent FTC inquiries, Netflix announced today that it will not be pursuing the next Netflix Prize.For more than three years, individuals competed to win the $1 million Netflix Prize, in the process improving the company’s algorithm for recommending movies to its users.When the results were first announced last summer, Netflix followed them up with an announcement that a second contest would take place.Unfortunately, the next iteration is not to be. A class action privacy lawsuit arose when a customer claimed that the rental information that Netflix makes available for use in the contest wasn’t anonymous enough and could theoretically be linked to her and reveal her sexuality.As Ars Technic
» 12 Mar 2010, 3:32 pm

The Rise of Foursquare in Numbers [STATS]Yesterday, Foursquare turned one. You read that right: The mobile social network that made its splash at SXSW 2009 and has tremendous buzz is just 366 days old.Despite that short amount of time, Foursquare has more than half a million users, 1.4 million venues and 15.5 million checkins, and it’s still growing. Experian Hitwise decided to use this milestone to analyze Foursquare’s growth.As you might imagine, not only have Foursquare’s mobile apps seen growth, but so has Foursquare.com. What did strike us as surprising is that the site’s number-one referrer is Facebook, which accounted for a whopping 33% of upstream visits last week. That’s even bigger than Google (22%) and Twitter (8%) combined. It’s yet another indicator o
» 12 Mar 2010, 3:14 pm

Keyboard Cat: The Next Generation [VIDEO]For years now we have all found solace and joy in Charlie Schmidt’s “Keyboard Cat,” a musically inclined feline with Beethoven-sick skills and a mischievous mien. Now, a new kitty is on the scene: Bento. And believe you me, this Cat’s got synth-drenched magic coming out of his claws.By now we all know the story of Keyboard Cat — a video born 30 years ago when an unemployed performance artist named Charlie Schmidt turned camera and creative eye to his cat, Fatso.Years later, Schmidt uploaded the vid to the Internets and, lo and behold, people liked it. Because, well, people enjoy cats — especially when they’re acting like people.Now, with little fanfare, a new video has been uploaded to Schmidt’s YouTube channel, the descript
» 12 Mar 2010, 2:26 pm

Why Sex-Ed Remains a Challenge for Social MediaGeoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.Addressing the very private nature of intimacy remains the most difficult aspect of sex-ed on the social web. While “Public Health 2.0″ is a top priority for related causes and organizations, it can be difficult to approach from a social media standpoint. Because it’s the most private and sensitive of issues, many people are embarrassed or offended by conversations about sex.However, many organizations, from mass media outlets to cause-specific efforts, are still attempting to use social tools to address reproductive health issues. The difficulty in running a successful effort lies in navigating the
» 12 Mar 2010, 2:00 pm

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» 12 Mar 2010, 1:59 pm

Apple Sells 90,000 iPads in the First Day? [REPORT]The iPad officially became available for pre-order earlier today and while plenty of you are still debating about whether or not to pre-order, it appears as if the device might already sold 51,000 units in just two hours via pre-order. Wow.If you’ve ever doubted how dedicated Apple fans are, the background on how these figures were determined will assuage any doubts. A group of particularly prudent Apple fans from the APPL Sanity Board at Investor Village decided to put together a spreadsheet of order numbers, times that orders were placed and contents of those order. As someone who has been known to obsess over Apple details myself (tracking a freightliner from China to the US with 27″ iMacs on-board in order to better guestimate deliv
» 12 Mar 2010, 12:32 pm

How Musicians Are Using Social Media to Connect with FansGreg Rollett runs a music marketing company from his laptop in Orlando, FL. He is an advocate of the New Music Economy and very hopeful that artists can still live the rock star lifestyle in the digital age. Connect with Greg on Twitter, @g_ro.Today’s musicians, both mainstream and indie, are using social media to connect with fans, build anticipation, and generate revenue in new and unique ways. The products range from singles to mix tapes to digital six-packs, even oddly shaped USB sticks, vinyl, and the occasional traditional album.But how are these artists reaching their new fan bases online through social channels? Much like the business world, social media promotion for musicians is still a very new game, with no exact recipe for pl
» 12 Mar 2010, 11:54 am

Now Sourcing

Chicken Suits, Killer Dust Bunnies & Branding: Why Good Content Is CrapArianna Huffington, Jason Calacanis, and Michael Arrington (to name a few) got filthy stinking rich by using one important tool. Sadly, most website owners have it and never use it. Instead, many site owners hide their Excalibur (or light saber, if that's more your thing) in a dark corner somewhere and rarely bring it out into daylight. But, if you're brave enough to fight off the spiders, bats, and killer dust bunnies, you'll be able to expand and grow your business far beyond its current expectations.
» 1 Mar 2010, 6:33 am

Social Media From Across the PondGuest post by Justin Parks – He’s Northern Irish and a big time advocate of social media stuff and making sure its done right.  Loves a pint of the black stuff from time to time and tends to swear a lot.  You have been warned!   He hangs out on twitter and on his social [...]
» 24 Feb 2010, 8:53 pm

Bang For Your PPC BuckWe all like to save money, and even though I’ve mentioned in the past how you can lower CPCs, I thought I will share a couple quick and simple ways you can make the money you’re spending on search work a little harder. Paying By Credit Card: Most people try to get on an invoicing plan [...]
» 18 Feb 2010, 9:18 pm

10 Reasons People Aren’t Commenting on Your BlogIf you read my blog, there is a good chance that you have a blog yourself, or that you’ll have one someday soon.  As you know, blogging is a lot more work than you might initially think.  One of these factors is the amount of time spent on commenting: approving comments, responding to comments, and [...]
» 8 Feb 2010, 7:18 am

Social Media Responsa to the Great ROI DebateIf you’ve ever spoken to me personally, you probably know by now that I’m not a big fan of ROI. (My response to Samir’s post may give you a bit more insight on some of my ROI thoughts.) In general, I feel that ROI can be manipulated to include / exclude the projects that people want [...]
» 29 Jan 2010, 10:17 am

Twitter Reality Check: How Many Followers Should You Really Have by Now?When I look at some of the folks on Twitter these days, I find it incredible that some of them have 50,000, 500,000, or even over a million followers. If you aren't famous in your own right, why are all these people following you?
» 19 Jan 2010, 2:40 pm

New Media Goes Old SchoolIf you haven’t heard me say it before, let me say it now: Although PPC is cutting edge marketing that is quickly becoming more and more mainstream, its roots lie in one of the oldest forms of marketing: direct marketing.  We know this through credit card offers, infomercials, and any other piece of marketing material [...]
» 18 Jan 2010, 6:12 am

Google Sitelinks for AdsYou have probably seen them numerous times while doing searches: The little sub-links below the main link on Google SERPs.  Those are called SiteLinks, and now Google has a beta in place that lets you include SiteLinks in your ads that reach top position.  Here’s how it works: In the campaign settings you need to turn [...]
» 15 Jan 2010, 6:48 am

AppsturbationApp-stur-ba-tion (noun) - The overabundance of applications that don't fulfill any new, meaningful purpose.
» 12 Jan 2010, 1:27 pm

IRL Spam? Do Not Want.While in a bookstore with my mother, we spied the business section and decided to check out the non-virtual competition that my father faced. Although we saw no texts on social media marketing, we did see some new, crisp books on do-it-yourself accounting. Wanting to show me what it’s like in the big bad [...]
» 8 Jan 2010, 11:34 am

ProBlogger

Why Your Business Needs FriendsA Guest Post by Johnny B. Truant from The Charlie and Johnny Jam Sessions. I got an email the other day from a man who was at his wit’s end. The email explained that in this man’s business, he was doing many of the same basic things that I was doing, but with much less success. He [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Why Your Business Needs Friends
» 13 Mar 2010, 5:27 am

The First Week of Your Blog: Set Up Key PagesOne of the series of posts that we’re building here at ProBlogger is all about what to do in the first week of your new blog. We’re assuming you’ve already got your domain, chosen your blog platform and have installed a template/theme/design – but what comes next? So far we’ve covered: Writing Your First Compelling Content Planning Future [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. The First Week of Your Blog: Set Up Key Pages
» 12 Mar 2010, 6:05 am

How to Blog: How to Choose a Blog Niche [6 Tips]Earlier in the week we looked at the importance of ‘niches’ when it comes to building profitable blogs. Today I want to extend the topic and gives the process that I tend to use when working out if I want to start a new blog in a particular niche. I hope you find it helpful. Many [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. How to Blog: How to Choose a Blog Niche [6 Tips]
» 11 Mar 2010, 8:56 am

Let’s Meet at SXSWi!As this post goes live I’ll be in the process of arriving at SXSW Interactive in Austin Texas. I was fortunate enough to at SXSWi two years back and it was one of the best conference experiences that I’ve had – so I’ve made it a priority this year to return. My schedule is pretty open. The [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Let’s Meet at SXSWi!
» 11 Mar 2010, 5:56 am

Blog Security: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Scares Me Into Taking It Seriously.guest post by Kelly Diels warning: there are lessons and even actionable advice in here, but it is buried inside a story. I write stories because I love you and don’t want to bore you and because if you laugh then chances are that you’ll remember the educational bit, too. There’s actual research that this works – [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Blog Security: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Scares Me Into Taking It Seriously.
» 10 Mar 2010, 5:01 am

How to Blog: Choose a Niche for Your Blog [Why Niches are Important]While I get many questions from bloggers asking for advice on ‘how to blog‘ perhaps one of the biggest questions a new blogger needs to ask themselves before they move on to the HOW to blog question is ‘WHAT will I blog about?’ There is no real right or wrong answer to this question as blogs [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. How to Blog: Choose a Niche for Your Blog [Why Niches are Important]
» 9 Mar 2010, 5:54 am

Feeling “Blogged Out?” [10 Pro Bloggers Share Their Advice on What to Do]A Guest post by Heather Allard from The Mogul Mom. If you’re a regular ProBlogger reader, you know that Darren dishes up heaps of incredible blogging advice 7 days a week, 365 days a year. His archives positively overflow with information on how to build a blog from the ground up, how to engage readers, how [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Feeling “Blogged Out?” [10 Pro Bloggers Share Their Advice on What to Do]
» 8 Mar 2010, 6:08 am

What Do You Do With Your Blog to Make it Stand Out from the Crowd?Last week on Twitter I was asked by @southrngurl6489 the following question: If you had to pick only one thing that makes a blog stand out from its peers, what would you pick and why? I thought it’d be a good question to open up to a wider audience as its something I’ve touched on quite a [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. What Do You Do With Your Blog to Make it Stand Out from the Crowd?
» 7 Mar 2010, 5:26 am

7 Tips to Keep Your Family On-Board for Your Blogging JourneyA guest post by Dustin Riechmann of Engaged Marriage. My life is pretty typical for a 30-year old family man these days. I do my best to maintain a hectic schedule and the demands that come with balancing a wife, kids, a full-time career, a mortgage, church, community service, tee ball practice, my daughter’s [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 7 Tips to Keep Your Family On-Board for Your Blogging Journey
» 6 Mar 2010, 6:00 am

9 Tips for Creating More Small Business Blogging IdeasA Guest Post by Mark Hayward. What the hell am I supposed to write about, I own a {insert your small business here}? Really, who cares about your flower shop, bike shop, auto parts store, or coffee house? Answer: Your customers certainly care. We all know by now that consistent small business blogging can drastically improve your Search Engine [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 9 Tips for Creating More Small Business Blogging Ideas
» 5 Mar 2010, 5:33 am

How To NOT Repulse Readers And Send Them Running Scream… Um…I Mean Clicking AwayA Guest Post by Cori Padget from Write Syntax and Big Girl Branding. In a word? Engage. Engage, engage, engage, engage. Get it yet? ENGAGE! OK, I’m thinking you get it now, kinda sorta. But in case you don’t, let’s discuss it further. EN… Just kidding! If you’re a writer, or a blogger, or someone [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. How To NOT Repulse Readers And Send Them Running Scream… Um…I Mean Clicking Away
» 4 Mar 2010, 6:17 am

Publishing 2.0

High-End Brand Publishers Need to Sell Scalable Premium Ad Solutions, Not Commodity Ad SpaceNewspaper online advertising has not benefited greatly from the recent upswing in online ad spending, according to the New York Times and most of the recent newspaper company quarterly results. This is no surprise because most newspaper websites sell SPACE for commodity advertising — display ads and classifieds — and thus are hard pressed to [...]
» 26 Oct 2009, 9:26 am

Content Doesn’t Matter Without the PackageIn response to the launch of Google’s Fast Flip, I observed that Google is correctly focused on creating a new user interface for news, when most media companies are not. A lot of people responded that Fast Flip is not an innovative or effective UI for news — which may be true, but that misses [...]
» 16 Sep 2009, 8:25 pm

What Google Understands About the Future of News and Publishing That Publishers Do NotGoogle knows a lot about the future of news — more than many publishers. It’s evident in Google’s new product, Fast Flip, which allows news consumers to “flip” through news stories. What’s striking about Fast Flip is that Google is innovating precisely where publishers used to lead innovation. Fast Flip is a new package for news. The [...]
» 14 Sep 2009, 5:37 pm

The Briefing: Start at Y Combinator, finish at EveryBlockIt was a busy Monday morning in two corners of the hacker journalist community: EveryBlock is acquired by MSNBC, and Y Combinator announces a “request for startups” to address that whole “future of journalism” question hanging out there in the open air. Want to catch up? Start here: Msnbc.com acquires local news Web site MSNBC.com | August 17, 2009 Ryan [...]
» 17 Aug 2009, 1:54 pm

What I Read Today: Facebook Buys FriendFeed EditionWhy Facebook Wants FriendFeed GigaOm | August 10, 2009 Scott Karp says: Om Malik calls it “the problem of plenty.” Facebook is trying to solve it by acquiring FriendFeed. Will news orgs compete? Facebook Takes FriendFeed To Take On Twitter TechCrunch | August 10, 2009 Scott Karp says: M&A, as always, is driven by startups building what incumbents should have [...]
» 10 Aug 2009, 5:17 pm

The Briefing: Who’s going to save your URL shortener from extinction?Yesterday, URL shortener tr.im announced that they’re shutting down. Why? What do you need to know about it? What’s going to happen as bit.ly swoops in to the (attempted) rescue? Are we too dependent on services like tr.im to tie the social Web together? Ten links to answer your questions: tr.im R.I.P. tr.im | August 9, 2009 Ryan Sholin says: [...]
» 10 Aug 2009, 2:37 pm

Journalists Are News Companies’ Most Valuable AssetJournalists are news companies’ most valuable assets. That’s what Mike Arrington asserts, and I think he’s right (disregard the “failing old media” rhetoric): And earlier today I got a glimpse at what AOL is up to – they are hiring all the journalists being fired and laid off by the newspapers and magazines. And they now have [...]
» 30 Jul 2009, 9:24 am

Best Practices for Journalists Curating the Web: New York Times Bits Blog “What We’re Reading”The New York Times technology blog, Bits, which features original online reporting by all of the NYT technology journalists, has formally launched a new feature called “What We’re Reading.” This feature (powered by Publish2) illustrates a number of important best practices for how journalists and news orgs can create significant value for readers by curating [...]
» 16 Jul 2009, 12:09 pm

Wordpress & SocialVibe: Blogging Gone GoodNew York venture capitalist Fred Wilson is one of the most prolific and renown bloggers on the web.  And if you go his blog, avc.com, you’ll notice that (like most blogs) he runs advertising to generate revenues.  But what many of you may not know is that all the proceeds Fred generates through his blog [...]
» 15 Jun 2009, 11:05 am

Why we link: A brief rundown of the reasons your news organization needs to tie the Web togetherOriginally posted at BeatBlogging.org, a resource for journalists using social networks, blogs, and other Web tools to improve beat reporting. Whenever I talk with news organizations of any size about linking to sources, resources and journalism that originated outside the walls of their newsroom, two questions come up: How and Why. Well, conveniently enough, I work for [...]
» 11 Jun 2009, 10:24 am

Retraining Wire and Feature Editors to Be Web CuratorsIf the wire editor and feature editor roles are becoming obsolete for print newspapers, as Steve Yelvington persuasively argues, then those editors should be retrained — or retrain themselves — as web curators. Rather than become obsolete, these editors could become essential to their news organization’s future on the web. Steve observes: On the Internet, we have [...]
» 2 May 2009, 10:22 am

Scobleizer

Adobe smacks back Apple over iPad, againThere’s a ton of chatter on Techmeme today regarding iPad and Flash and HTML 5. Again. In particular don’t miss posts from ReadWriteWeb regarding Flash vs. HTML 5 speed and PC World’s comparison of HP’s new Slate vs. the iPad and how the focus will be on Flash. Yesterday I sat down with top execs from [...]
» 10 Mar 2010, 2:36 pm

The Revolution at Work (the industry reacts to Salesforce’s moves)Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, has been using the bully pulpit over at Techcrunch to tell everyone that how we work together is about to radically change to be more like how we are able to share photos and fun things with each other over on Facebook. He’s right, but I’m not sure yet Salesforce [...]
» 10 Mar 2010, 2:10 pm

Check in on this: can location-based services get any hotter?If you’ve been reading Techcrunch or Techmeme lately you know just how in love tech bloggers are with location-based services like Foursquare. Just yesterday Facebook announced its intention to check in on this hot market. Even the major players, like Gowalla, know that they must innovate to stay relevant. Gowalla’s CEO, Josh Williams, told me yesterday [...]
» 10 Mar 2010, 12:52 pm

Augment your SXSW reality (News: first indoor AR app released)No, no, I’m not talking about going to the Diggnation party and downing a couple of drinks. This year there’s some geekier ways to augment your reality while you walk from panel to panel or event to party. Here’s a few. 1. Win $1,000 by using SXSW version of the Junaio augmented reality app. The game is [...]
» 9 Mar 2010, 12:07 pm

Do we need a new tech literacy? (Behind the “big data” services like Twitter, Facebook use)The technology that lies underneath the services we use every day is complex and changing quickly. Technologies like Hadoop, MapReduce, are changing how developers and architects build these services. As I was talking with Mike Olson, CEO of Cloudera (a company that builds technology to help developers deal with these larger-than terabyte databases) I realized [...]
» 5 Mar 2010, 9:06 am

The new worldwide startupI’ve been traveling around the world studying how startups get formed. Yesterday I visited Bootup Labs in Vancouver. Last week I was at Startup Riot in Atlanta and while at the Olympics I’ve been hanging out with Saeed Amidi. He was recently profiled in Business Week and is CEO of Plug and Play, an incubator [...]
» 26 Feb 2010, 12:30 pm

Some What Frank

Win a *free* brunch at SXSW Saturday March 13th - sponsored by IntelSeeing a trend between multi-taskers and avid sports fans, Intel, a company that has capitalized by creating microprocessors that enable computers to multitask with ease, has decided to come up with a new concept called “man-tasking” – which is the ultimate combination of a sports fan and rockstar multi-tasker. Man-tasking = multitasking sports media + technology Intel recently launched a new 2010 Intel Core family of processors which could help make it possible to man-task and not miss a moment of the game. Man-tasking Brunch at SXSW sponsored by Intel As an Intel Insider I am hosting a Man-tasking Brunch at SXSW. For an opportunity to win free brunch, with me, Intel, some of the TECH cocktail crew, here’s what we need you to do:
» 12 Mar 2010, 10:36 am

This might have happened to me as a blogger.This might have happened to me as a blogger.
» 11 Mar 2010, 6:28 pm

Cash & Startup at TECH cocktail SXSW!Cash & Startup at TECH cocktail SXSW!
» 9 Mar 2010, 5:44 pm

Sean Greene speaks at SBA to the Startup Visa groupSean Greene speaks at SBA to the Startup Visa group
» 5 Mar 2010, 7:48 am

At SBA @DaveMcClure explains the ActAt SBA @DaveMcClure explains the Act
» 5 Mar 2010, 7:40 am

Meeting with the SBA about the Act.Meeting with the SBA about the Act.
» 5 Mar 2010, 7:32 am

NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's North Pole; Additional Evidence of Water Activity on MoonNASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's North Pole; Additional Evidence of Water Activity on Moon
» 3 Mar 2010, 3:26 pm

Digital Capital Week: It’s Coming to DC in JuneDigital Capital Week: It’s Coming to DC in June: I am pleased to announce the creation of Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK), a 10 day festival in Washington D.C. focused on technology, innovation and all things digital in our nation’s capital. It's been something that has been on my radar of things to do since 2008. Glad to see it is coming to be.
» 2 Mar 2010, 9:23 am

Finding out about DC focused blogs at the Social Media...Finding out about DC focused blogs at the Social Media Breakfast. SMCDC
» 1 Mar 2010, 5:56 am

Digital Capital Week Coming to DC In JuneI am pleased to announce the creation of Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK), a 10 day festival in Washington D.C. focused on technology, innovation and all things digital in our nation’s capital. Over the last four years, I have spent many hours working on TECH cocktail with the mission of helping to better connect and amplify the local technology signal in local under served communities. In the process, many ideas have popped up but not every idea comes to fruition. The concept of a week long tech focused set of activities came onto my radar in the fall of 2008 after meeting with Vivek Kundra who was then CTO of DC. After a few meetings, fellow DC'ers Nick O'Neill, Peter Corbett, Shana Glickfield and others began to plan a tech week to take
» 28 Feb 2010, 11:01 pm

Chicagoans seek a piece of the burgeoning mobile app businessChicagoans seek a piece of the burgeoning mobile app business
» 25 Feb 2010, 8:09 am

Sphinn

22 Linkbait Headlines Almost Every Blogger Can UseTrying to craft the perfect piece of linkbait to land you on the front page of Digg or ReddIt? Want your post to go viral on Twitter? No matter how great your content is, if the headline sucks, it stands little chance of getting the attention it deserves. That’s why I’ve come up with a list of 22 linkbait headline ideas almost every blogger can use.
» 11 Mar 2010, 10:19 am

5 Strategies to Maintain and Improve Your #1 Rankings in Google – After You’ve Reached the TopWhat do you do when you finally reach your goal of #1 rankings? Do you simply enjoy the ride and pray Google keeps you at the top spot? Or is there a way you can be more proactive with your approach so you can maintain and even add to your success? In this article, I want to answer all of those questions and outline the various strategies and steps you can take after you achieve your #1 rankings.
» 10 Mar 2010, 11:23 pm

W3C Validation for SEO? Give me a Break.Wanna-be SEO types (you know, the ones that would be better off in boiler rooms) love to pitch W3C Validation as being crucial to SEO.
» 9 Mar 2010, 1:25 pm

RipOff Report Now Selling Links, Verifying Safe Cash4GoldRipoff Report is a blight in the search results and really needs to be removed.
» 9 Mar 2010, 5:34 am

How To Name Your Website’s FilesThe tip is rather basic but I find very useful and the list is really bookmark-worthy, so I decided to share it here.
» 11 Mar 2010, 3:08 am

71 Technical Factors For Backlink Analysis (From 30 Link Building Experts) – Part 2Some good posints for examining potential linking urls.
» 10 Mar 2010, 1:37 am

How to Make a Pivot TableAn awesome step by step walkthrough from Rich Baxter showing how to use pivot tables to construct awesome pivot charts to visualise keyphrase research and ranking data.Excel ftw.
» 10 Mar 2010, 9:24 am

Why Bartz Won’t Sell Yahoo! (Just Yet)Microsoft want Yahoo! That's no secret. Whilst it has been made clear in the past that a partial sale is not an option, the recently approved search partnership seems to open the doors for a deeper understanding of the Yahoo! properties and a sale may seem to be inevitable. Or is it? In this industry analysis piece for State of Search, I take a look at the deal commercials, and why the partnership may not necesarily pave the way for sale, for some time.
» 10 Mar 2010, 3:12 am

Migrating to a New Domain and URL Structure – My LearningsI find it a very useful guide on the best practices moving your site to a new domain. As the one who has experienced various weird cases while doing it, I recommend bookmarking the post.
» 9 Mar 2010, 7:29 am

The Big SphinnCon Israel 2010 RecapThe second ever SphinnCon Israel was a huge hit.  Check out the big recap to catch up on all the highlights.
» 8 Mar 2010, 3:25 am

Social Engagement: Making Content InteractiveInteractive infographics open up a whole new level of engagement. Social media users love them because they can easily segment and dissect data that they want to see.
» 9 Mar 2010, 1:00 pm

Tom Rafterys Social Media

Funny FaceBook spam!I received this FaceBook invite to a webinar from Chris Abraham of AbrahamHarrison and Jay Jaffe of Jaffe Associates. This invite was sent to over 2,200 people on FaceBook. Seems like kind of spammy behaviour to me! Ironically the webinar is on “how to look after your online reputation and why it is important to do so”. I [...]
» 4 May 2009, 10:59 pm

Etrawler Ltd owner of Car Trawler and Argus Carhire.com could learn a lot from Easycar!The letter wants me to remove a comment by a user calling himself Timmythedog on my post about issues I had with car rental company Easycar. The comment says: You need to pick and choose – we’ve never had a problem with Easy Car but be aware of Argus Car hire and their supplier National Car Hire. [...]
» 22 Apr 2009, 4:20 am

Sony Vaio keyboard help needed!I have a Sony Vaio laptop (model VGN- SZ3VWP). Unfortunately our 2yr old decided a while back that most of the keys on the keyboard were superfluous and he pried them off (see above). He was so proud!!! There doesn’t appear to be a Sony repair center in Seville – well the only ones I could [...]
» 27 Feb 2009, 1:04 am

15 Twitter tips for beginnersA friend of mine has just set up a Twitter account so I wrote him an email with some instructions on how to get the most from it. Thinking some of the advice might prove useful to others, I genericised it and re-posted it here. Dunno how well you know Twitter – if I’m teaching Granny [...]
» 21 Feb 2009, 7:12 am

Testing QuickPressYou can now post quick blog posts from within the Dashboard of your WordPress 2.7 blog – (un)fortunately not restricted to 140 characters!
» 11 Dec 2008, 12:58 am

What is Social Media’s ‘big thing’ for 2008?Photo Credit darkmatter First off – a big apology to everyone who is subscribed to this blog for the lack of postings in the last number of months. I haven’t stopped blogging, it is just that since I started working for RedMonk, the focus of my writing has changed and it is now more appropriate that [...]
» 6 Nov 2008, 3:23 am

Windows Live Mail deleted ALL my email. Windows Live Email = EPIC FAILI logged into my Windows Live email account yesterday only to find all my email deleted. Not even a single solitary spam message left. I should be livid. Should be tearing what little hair I have left out of my head. Instead I am simply moderately furious! Why? Well this is not the first time Microsoft [...]
» 28 Jul 2008, 12:37 am

WordPress app for iPhone/iPod Touch launchedWordPress launched it’s long anticipated WordPress app for the iPhone and iPod Touch this morning. See http://iPhone.wordpress.org for more. I downloaded to my iPod and am writing this post using it. The write screen seems quite bare. I don’t yet see how to add links, emphasis or photos to posts. I am sure the functionality is [...]
» 21 Jul 2008, 11:52 pm

We are off to the beach!!!Photo Credit technokitten We have been in Spain for nearly two weeks now. Most of the boxes and bags are unpacked. We have a phone line, gas, broadband, mobile and electricity accounts in our names and we put a deposit on a car (a Prius). It has been busy. The most difficult thing to deal with [...]
» 5 Jul 2008, 2:05 am

Goodbye Cork blogger’s dinnerPhoto of a previous blogger’s dinner in Proby’s Conor O’Neill has very kindly decided to organise a goodbye Cork blogger’s dinner in honour of my imminent departure for Spain. Conor is calling it the Hasta Luego Blogger Dinner (Hasta Luego is Spanish for Goodbye, in case you didn’t know)! If you would like to join us for a [...]
» 14 Jun 2008, 3:34 am

Lisbon Treaty exit pollI voted in the Lisbon Treaty this morning. Probably my last time voting in this country (as I am moving to Spain next week!). I’m curious, if I run a poll here and enough people respond truthfully, we should get an accurate exit poll! So, if you voted in the Lisbon Treaty, how did you vote? How [...]
» 12 Jun 2008, 3:22 am