Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

First there was this list: (I haven’t done any of these – and I am having some serious template lust) 5. The word “kerfuffle.â€? 4. I’m not calling it “Web 2.0″ because it’s just so over. 3. Referencing “Dentonâ€? and “Calacanisâ€? in the same overly-reverential sentence. 2. Using. Periods. After. Every. Damn. Word. 1. Blogging […]

Jeremy goes off on experts that tell companies how to approach bloggers: “Can’t we just tell people to act like themselves and not the companies they represent? It seems like the better advice to me.”

Google has opened up Google Pages, free webhosting for everybody.

From MarketingSherpa regarding Bell Canada’s 2 million subscriber email list: (drool!) Names from opt-in forms tend to have the highest response rates, which makes sense because they are Internet-savvy consumers who have proactively sought the form out and Your so-called inactives file will respond if you make an occasional effort to send them something truly […]

One thing you’ll notice the more time you spend on the blogosphere is the immense traffic-value of The Blank Statement. Folks online don’t have time for nuance – you better either want it or not! Or as one of my acting teachers used to say when trying to figure out your relationship to a character […]

Bubblegeneration piles on with the MySpace?! panic with some analysis – particularly on why VCers (and the developers) tend to not grasp the underlying trends: Why the VC disconnect? My answer: investing in enterprise software and semiconductors is distinctly not like investing in media and other culture industries. In fact, I would argue that VCs […]

Jeremy knows how to write a post! He does a great version of the ‘It’s coming right for us!’ panic post with a warning about social networking site MySpace. He contends that since MySpace has more posts than blogging and will surpass the size of the blogosphere that it is something to be scared of. […]

Jason Kottke asked folks to chip in and fund his blogging for a year – he raised nearly $40k. He’s ended the experiment and reports out: I haven’t grown traffic enough or developed a sufficient cult of personality to make the subscription model a sustainable one for kottke.org…those things just aren’t interesting to me…My (unstated) […]

The audio from tonight’s call with Rich Brooks is available here or via podcast through iTunes, Podnova, Odeo. The transcript from our previous call with Rick Bruner is available in PDF or HTML format.

I am so guilty of this. I don’t use the active voice when I blog. I don’t even know if I can recognize it. Lori at Blogcritics has a tutorial: Use the active voice. Instead of saying, “The running back was tackled by the linebacker,” say, “The linebacker tackled the running back.” The passive voice […]