Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

After the onrush of Tweets, some are starting to reconsider: But, the problem of course, is that these kinds of “realâ€? events that are “importantâ€? happen relatively infrequently, which leads some of us to navel gaze and discuss the relative importance of these tools. and Both of these trends make me far less productive than […]

The main nugget from the New York Times article on ‘cumulative advantage’: Introducing social influence into human decision making, in other words, didn’t just make the hits bigger; it also made them more unpredictable. The researchers were analyzing data from a music download site and some downloaders would see the popularity of certain songs, some […]

From Michael – Kill the killer copy Since the rise of the Internet the marketplace has become more and more cluttered and decent folks are desperately trying to find a way to get their message through. But, unfortunately, we are seeing an explosion of over-the-top, hyped up copy that is making consumers more wary then […]

How to make use of social media in search engine marketing The article itself needs to be focused. Hagans also recommends making it “Lifehacker goodâ€?: It is all-important to offer help, tips or advice. Make sure it’s pretty: Add photos, lists and bolded words, so they don’t have to read the entire article to get […]

I’m not sure because it hasn’t been on every frigging blog in the past 12 hours… Nutshell: Google reached an agreement today to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two private equity firms for $3.1 billion in cash, the companies announced, an amount that was almost double the $1.65 billion in stock that Google […]

VisiblePath Is A Lot Like LinkedIn, Except It’s Useful: Silicon Valley-based VisiblePath is a lot like LinkedIn, but it automatically determines who your real network is, and how strong each individual relationship is, based on your emails and calendar items that involve them. VisiblePath will officially launch next week at the Web 2.0 Expo.

What’s with the sexualized threats against women? But here’s what has been missed in the discussion of Kathy Sierra’s horrific experience, as far as I can tell: this happens in the world, not just on the web. What’s happened to Sierra is a virtual extension of the sexual harassment that hits women in any predominantly […]

I remain stunned that MySpace is still as slow as it is. Do people really have that much time to sit there and wait for this thing to load?

How to Convert a Visitor in Under 8 Seconds One of the keys to persuasibility is having a product that’s so obviously superior that if everyone knew what the CEO knew, they’d buy it. Most businesses we help have a really good product/service, but many can’t figure out the unique value or aren’t persuaded themselves. […]

(warning, annoying as hell video advert on that link – with audio – are you guys nuts?) i-Technology Viewpoint: Are We Blogging Each Other To Death? @ WEB 2.0 JOURNAL: [T]his is a prime example of what my old Cambridge friends would call self-iteration. In other words, Carr himself skims along the surface in his […]