Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: Browsers| Software| Technology| The Web| Web Performance| Work
7 Sep 2008Since the release of Google Chrome on September 2, I have been using it as my day-to-day browser. Spending up to 80% of my computer time in a browser means that this was decision which affected a huge portion of my online experience.
I can say that I put Chrome through its paces, on a wide-variety [...]
In: Blogging| The Web| Web Performance| Work
3 Sep 2008Since I downloaded and started using Chrome yesterday, I have had to rediscover the world of online advertising. Using Firefox and Adblock Plus for nearly three years has shielded from their existence for the most part.
Stephen Noble, in a post on the Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals, seems to discover that Chrome will be [...]
In: RANTING
26 May 2005There appears to be a meme beating its way around the chaos we call the blogosphere, that of culling out the partial text feeds in favour of the full text versions.
I usually check this out when I decide to subscribe. Bloglines will occasionally offer up a selection of feeds to choose from, and if given [...]
In: smp
18 May 2005Skip Angel has taken and expanded Marcus Buckingham’s 12 Questions on measuring success at work. [here]
Many of these were eye-openers for me. I have marked it as unread to re-visit again.
1. Do I know what is expected of me at work? (This will check to see if the person’s roles and [...]
In: smp
11 May 2005Now, pair this up with Adblock in Firefox and poof! Web goes bye-bye!
Via John Battelle
In: RANTING
11 Feb 2005You have noticed the donation buttons.
Some people are vehemently against doing this on their blogs. These are usually folks who have more disposable income than I do. They are able to afford fancy subscription services and new servers.
I limp along on six year-old, second-hand hardware. It needs to be retired, and sent to the happy [...]
In: smp
9 Feb 2005Yesterday, I received some major kudos on a project that I developed for my personal Web site about 2 years ago. It sucked about 3 weeks of my time during a lull at work, and I got to learn a lot of very cool things.
When I was contacted yesterday, there was also some discussion that [...]
The Loss of Blogging Voice, or Why I removed the Ads from my Blog
In: Blogging| Commentary| The Web| Web analytics| advertising| analytics| branding| reputation| social media
11 Aug 2009I have had advertising on my blog for as long as I can remember. Except for the period of time when I hosted the site at Wordpress.com, I have always had AdSense, Chitika, or some other ad services content being contextually presented to my visitors.
Frankly, I found having ads up on my site extremely hypocritical, [...]