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1 month ago

in St. Louis As a Major Social Media Player? on Greg's Constant Chaos
St. Louis is not anywhere close to being a "Major Social Media Player." Compared to other midwest cities, sure, more social media types live in St. Louis. But after Chicago (which is definitely ahead of STL), what else is there to compare against? KC? Tulsa? Indianapolis? Little Rock? Springfield, IL?

I would say there are more social media posers or wannabe experts in St. Louis than any other city.
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tojosan I'm not sure I'd say there are any more posers or wannabe experts here than elsewhere. The problem is here that the folks that are clued in a bit aren't the ones getting the most attention.

To me, the most valuable folks in town are those working to build up St. Louis' social networking status. Not those pimping out their own stuff.

Heck, some of the local clubs and restaurants are jumping in. They may not be 'experts' but they are definitely helping put St. Louis on the map.
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Greg Bussmann Chris,
First off, thanks for coming here and I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

As for your comment, I was not trying to say St. Louis has "arrived" or is on par with Chicago, or anything like that. I was trying to say that I think the foundation is here for it to become a fairly thriving scene and that I think we are in the early stages of something good towards that end.

I don't however, pay any attention to other cities, so I would not be the right one to offer up a comparison.

And finally, the posers and wannabe experts are rampant all over the place and I am sure we have our fair share.

Thanks again,
Greg

2 months ago

in The things I’m learning from having an ugly design on Scobleizer
It's called designing for your content and users. I think your previous design was meant to make you look professional, it wasn't for your readers, it was your own (and your designer's) thought of how your site should look and what it should contain. You can still have a nice design but focus on the content. See simplebits.com for an example.

3 months ago

in Gary Vaynerchuk - Gary Vaynerchuk Will be Bigger than Oprah | JasonKeath.com on Gary Vaynerchuk
Um... Last time I checked, Oprah had more followers than you.
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garyvaynerchuk Uhhhhhhhh WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more! But I have time ;)

3 months ago

in 44 Web Designers to follow on Twitter on Think Vitamin
Not sure I would consider Eric a web designer.

3 months ago

in Ping.fm / Uploaded Image from Joe Holst on Ping.fm
That is one cute kid. How could you not buy him a sweet ride like that?

4 months ago

in 40 Web Developers to Follow on Twitter on Think Vitamin
Ryan, I think this list is the perfect size. I also think it's funny how angry people can get over a simple blog post. Calm down folks, this isn't life or death, it's just a list of cool people.
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ryancarson Thanks Chris :)

5 months ago

in My Wordpress Cheat Sheet on Graphic Rating
you also need to add get_search_form()

5 months ago

in My Wordpress Cheat Sheet on Graphic Rating
Don't forget about wp_list_comments() as well.

6 months ago

in 2009/01/05/twitter-users-get-hacked/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
Yeah, too bad. Twitter was starting to look like a real company for a while.

7 months ago

in Ping.fm / Uploaded Image from Joe Holst on Ping.fm
That's not clean. It has a dirty Rams sticker in there.

8 months ago

in Is @theRealAlGore the Real Al Gore? on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
Uh, is this blog post real? Taking a look at his twitter feed was easy enough to dismiss it as a fraud. Did you know the word gullible is spelled with a j? Yeah, it really is.

8 months ago

in Essential Drupal Plugins on PHPDevHead
That's a long list of modules to have to keep updated... I've post my thoughts here: http://www.chris-wallace.com/2008/11/04/essenti...

8 months ago

in 2008/10/30/aol-redesign/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
I didn't say there were no new features. I said it "doesn’t add enough features to be unique."

8 months ago

in 2008/10/30/aol-redesign/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
I hadn't seen AOL's website in probably 8 years until this post. I probably won't see it for another 8 years now. It's a ripoff of Yahoo! and doesn't add enough features to be unique. Sorry AOL, you still suck.

8 months ago

in 2008/10/30/aol-redesign/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
That AOL UK site looks a helluva lot like Yahoo!

9 months ago

in The Final Word on IE6 on Dan Rubin's Superfluous Banter
@Dan I do feel your IE6 pain. Ah, if only I had time to work on "personal sites and any projects that aren’t built for a client."

IE for Mac FTW

9 months ago

in The Final Word on IE6 on Dan Rubin's Superfluous Banter
Our website's users on IE6 are still in the 30-40% range. With millions of pageviews per month, we can't afford to lose any of those users because we "didn't want to deal with IE6." There are still completely workable solutions for IE6.

There's got to be a balance between not showing any styles at all and trying to maintain the exact visuals/functionality on all browsers and versions. Anyone who says different is just being lazy.

1 year ago

in Mike Arrington is Right, Facebook is Wrong on Scobleizer
Scoble, the sad thing is that 90% of Facebook users will never know anything about Facebook's stubbornness and "walled garden" mentality. Frankly, they don't really care. They just want to connect with their friends on Facebook. Even if you and your 24,000 Twitter followers boycotted Facebook, do you think Facebook would suffer? I would say it's doubtful.

1 year ago

in Why did Facebook tell Google “stay off our lawn?” on Scobleizer
This is the truth. The problem is this: how do social networks make money off of this system without losing trust with users (see Beacon)?

1 year ago

in Facebook has a point where it comes to your privacy on Scobleizer
Everybody wants to "own" the user data and nobody wants to "view" it. So what's the real problem? Making money on the internet revolves around user data and page views. That's the bottom line. Facebook knows that the "walled garden" approach is the only way they can keep those two things to themselves.

1 year ago

in Psychographics Of The Twitterati on AttentionMax
This is funny but only because I own the domain AdverTwitter.com. Big plans, friends, big plans.
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maxkalehoff Chris: You gotta let Pete Blackshaw know! @pblackshaw (on twitter)

1 year ago

in Comments in Twitter? (Scripting News) on Scripting News
Use quotably.com. That's exactly what it is made for. Or just use friendfeed.
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