Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: smp
10 May 2005Skip Angel has a great post describing the concept of a Leadership Barometer.
The Low Pressure description is a very accurate portrayal of management climates I have worked in. A number of managers I have seen in action, in a somewhat misguided attempt to keep us informed, tell the team about the battles they have lost, [...]
In: smp
6 May 2005Hey PR and News Media Folks: What’s your opinion on Ballmer releasing this letter on a Friday?
Isn’t that the day when old, MSM PR firms tell you to release unfavourable news so it gets lost over the weekend?
Guess they haven’t heard about the 24/7/365 media…
In: RANTING
4 May 2005The Dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences at Indiana University, Blaise Cronin, maintains an open mind about blogging. [here]
One wonders for whom these hapless souls blog. Why do they choose to expose their unremarkable opinions, sententious drivel and unedifying private lives to the potential gaze of total strangers? What prompts this particular [...]
In: smp
26 Apr 2005I’m with Dave Winer on this concept…UGH!
Just remember: My thoughts and opinions can be bought for the low price of a 17″ Powerbook.
Roland thinks this will fade away…
Dan Gillmor points out that this IDI has been a paid shill for major telecoms in their fight against muniWiFi.
Hey! The Blog Herald points out that [...]
In: RANTING
23 Apr 2005Scoble posts Ballmer’s memo.
That Microsoft has a legislative agenda scares me. That this bill wasn’t on it, and, as such, was then disowned by the company makes the scenario worse.
Steve Ballmer: You control the world’s wealthiest corporation. You say you are hardcore for diversity. Then you say:
It’s appropriate to invoke the company’s name on issues [...]
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Primary Source Verification of Brault Testimony.
GOMERY LINK BONANZA!
Link removed from origin site due to threat of legal action [...]
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 [...]
In: RANTING
4 Mar 2005A response to the FEC chairman’s C|Net interview, which I commented on yesterday.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Mark Glaze
202-271-0982
Statement of the Campaign Legal Center
Setting the Record Straight: There is No FEC Threat to the Internet
Washington, D.C. — In a [...]
In: smp
22 Feb 2005John Robb, one of the founders of the fine company that I work for, agrees with my opinion that Auto-Link is the final crack in Google’s “Do no evil” facade. [here]
It is also an issue that could see MSFT come out and stomp Google into a googol of tiny pieces.