Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: smp
20 Sep 2005Over the next few weeks, you will begin to notice a change in GrabPERF. For those who visit us to examine the summary Search and News Index data, this data will continue to be openly published.
However, by the end of October 2005, all of the detail you have come to expect from GrabPERF will no [...]
In: smp
31 Aug 2005Why does this exchange bother me?
[ISP NAME DELETED]:
I have been seeing a VERY large number of visits from two hosts in
your IP block since August 26, 2005.
A list of all of the hits since Aug 26 is attached.
If you do not stop this/these hosts, I will be forced to drop all traffic from the [/24 [...]
In: RANTING
13 Jul 2005John Gibson has decided that treason is ok! [here]
Why? Because Valerie Plame … should have been outed by somebody. And if nobody else had the cojones to do it, I’m glad Rove did — if he did do it, and he still says he didn’t.
Hey John, I am no right-wing whacko (as a Canadian, you [...]
In: Notebook Lust| smp
25 May 2005Moleskinerie, my fave online blog of notes and paper-lust, posted a short quote from Harriet the Spy today.
This brought back a flood of memories of the sixth grade. That year, I carried around an old, reporter-style notebook and made notes very similar to those that I had seen and read about in this book. Observations. [...]
In: RANTING
25 May 2005Microsophist (He’s BACK) brings up a very interesting point on upward mobility within any large company: It’s all about the optics. [here]
What are optics? It’s a term I first heard used in reference to the political culture in British Columbia. It described the massaging news to make it look good. Effectively, it means the same [...]
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
8 Apr 2005Damien Katz says:
“Reading code is WAY harder than writing it”
I’ve heard that before, and I read that again today on a discussion board. My experience is the opposite, but then I’ve read a lot of code over the years, my brain is trained to do it. And writing good code isn’t easy, it takes planning, [...]
In: smp
6 Apr 2005Given the amount of flack that I have been giving the folks at Apple lately (great products; arrogant marketing), it was refereshing to read this by Nick Wreden over at Fusion Brand.
Which are more valuable – your brands or your customers?
The choice represents an important strategic issue. If you answered brands, then youÂ’ll no doubt [...]
In: smp
24 Mar 2005Stephen O’Grady describes “continuous partial attention” in this post. He notes Scoble’s decision to retire the link blog and try and devote more time to his life.
How much is too much? That is a question we all fight with daily. I currently have a half-finished Zen book, Beyond Bullets, and a long article out of [...]
In: RANTING
23 Mar 2005Lots of inward-looking thoughts from some of the VC blogs that I read.
Jeff Nolan flames alarm:clock for claiming that VCs are greedy, soulless vampires [my paraphrasing].
A VC and Brad Feld comment on Paul Graham’s Essay, “A Unified Theory of VC Suckage”.
I wonder why so much attention is now being focused on the VC community? I [...]