Category: General

For years, book authors have used the Internet to publicize their work and to keep in touch with readers. Several, like Mr. Battelle, are now experimenting with maintaining blogs while still in the act of writing their books.

A discussion group I’m on exploded lately when the legacy of Corey Rudl, internet marketing pioneer, was discussed – quotes from posters: But I *do* have a problem with glorifying guys like Corey Rudl, when their contribution to making the world a better place is, in my opinion, not much. How many sites have you […]

Madge encapsulates the mis-steps of Apple’s new podcasting directory (Explicit language). And it is Apple’s usual half-assed release habit. All the commercial podcasts are in the directory correctly – it is the indies that aren’t entered properly.

(via Steve) Do it if: If your information has a long shelf-life If you don’t necessarily need your audience to access your news instantly If you want your listeners to have control over when they receive your information If you want to transmit information easily worldwide without the technical requirements of a live Web cast […]

Law Dork sums up what happened with a quote from Atrios: Why is somebody who prints up and mails out weekly vanity newsletter entitled to the media exemption but not me? Why is Michael Savage entitled to the media exemption but not me? Why is Salon.com entitled to the media exemption but not me?

Cultivating an online community is similar to growing a garden in real life. For example, you have to prepare the ground (choose the software), plant the seeds (start discussions) and even get rid of the weeds (trolls).

Scoble/Shel highlight Hugh MacLeod who highlights lame online design and practices: The funny thing is, lame sites aren’t made by stupid people. They’re made by extremely smart people trying to manipulate the consumer into behaving a certain way, for the selfish benefit of the former. The more selfish the blog, the more its lameness is […]

Apple details how to get started ‘casting with their GarageBand software.

Apple’s embrace of podcasts represents the biggest endorsement yet of the relatively new but fast-growing phenomenon. The premise behind podcasts is that they let consumers listen to audio programs when they want to, rather than when broadcasters schedule them. Major media companies, including such broadcasters as NBC and ABC, are doing podcasts of their news […]

Duncan takes time to wonder about the growth of WordPress in the wake of Movable Type’s licensing restructuring – and asks for pros and cons. I still point people to TypePad first because they usually don’t know exactly what they want and they will get quickly frustrated trying to navigate an MySQL database creation or […]