There’s no such thing as bad publicity, a saying goes. But it’s not really that true. If someone smarter and better at what you do says it, chances are it is true. And chances are people will remember you as a retard over the years, just because one guy said it.
Posts Tagged: dot com
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May 10
The pay wall experiment
Loren Feldman, a master of video blogging and social media, has recently put a pay wall on his site. I have bought a subscription, because the man is really pragmatic and knows what he is talking about.
The idea behind it is great: produce content people want to pay for. You don’t have to be mainstream or famous for it, you just have to write down stuff that matters to other people. I pay for Loren’s content because i believe he is right about facebook, twitter and this whole web2.0/mashup/social stuff.
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Apr 10
the adobe-apple war, the short version
Let’s perform a thought experiment. By the end of 2010, there will be more than 100 million iPhone OS devices (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad). You’re the webmeister at an important content site. The boss comes in and asks you why you’re not supporting the iPhone OS devices. ‘Our stuff is all Flash-based, chief, those guys don’t run Flash’. You’re about to become the ex-webmeister. The boss, a really patient sort, asks you to “think different” about all these “non-compliant” customers, each of whom has an iTunes account backed by a credit card, and has developed the habit (encouraged by Apple) of paying for content. So, one more time, with feeling: What’s your answer?
from mondaynote. I don’t use Apple products, but i start to understand the mentality. And maybe Microsoft should start a partnership with Intel and a few more and start delivering hardware and software products in the same case. You know, those kind of products that are design for the hardware they run on and are working so good the Blue Screen of Death will be a distant memory.
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Mar 10
real-time web
The problem is not how fast is the search, but rather how relevant is. But Google started it and everybody follows. Uuu, let’s index twitter. Why? Who cares about twitter? That is right, nobody. Is twitter relevant? No, not really.
So, Google chooses one more time the easy road. Rather than fixing his search results (don’t bother using Google spamreport or emailing Matt Cutts with some relevant problems, he has no time, he is busy twittering) and cutting into those seo practices, they choose more noise. More noise=more Google use. I can’t find what i am looking for! More Google!