DISQUS

Absolutely. You want to control your domain. I'll actually add those points to my post. Thanks for the reminder, Michael.

If anything, it's a great career move. Who wouldn't want to be on Facebook's board?

I have to say, my #4 rule for social media is, "Don't be that guy."

Great post, Stu. Welcome to the blogosphere!

Mike - Good to see you over here!

C.B. - Me too. I can't wait.

Thanks for commenting!

Free on weekends, my man. Free on weekends.

My current girlfriend and I started dating on 9/11. And I was born and raised in Manhattan. Go figure.

Thanks for the (digital) ink, Kurt.

You still have to call me back, by the way!

Great analogy, Jason. Would it be ironic if I say I probably don't have time to tend to a bonsai tree?

Matthew - It's really cool how we were able to use Twitter to break the story, and that people actually thought of contacting us.

On a personal note, I went to school in Buffalo, and I always looked forward to my forays over to Toronto, where I picked up the Globe and Mail!

Kieran - A Digg for video? Brilliant!

But seriously, figuring out the Digg algorithm, at least from a SMM perspective, would be like SEOers discovering the Google algorithm. I really wonder if it would be changed.

Hopefully. I'll definitely drop you a line, either way.

I disagree as well. I think that it's actually a worse user experience to take people off of your site. Say you were to scroll around a site after checking out another. You're three, four clicks into the site and probably will click "Back" three or four times. (If you watch usability tests, you'll see that most people rarely use the "Recent Pages" list.)

Why make it take multiple clicks to get back when it could only take one: The little "X" in the top right corner of the window

There's a Jared death rumor about once a year. This one was no different.

Man, I remember going to the Ned Kelly's pig roasts. Were you in the neighborhood when Nedzo's was still there?

It is, no?

Some people are just lucky, I suppose. Go figure.

Mollie - Psht.

Katie - Ouch. Let's see if Mollie comes back.

Todd - Definitely agreed. Unfortunately, with the fast-paced nature of the media, local guys like Royko and Breslin become less relevant, I believe. Mark Konkol and Mark Brown over at the Sun-Times are trying, but there's just no comparing these guys to Royko.

I'm sorry I won't be there!

Martin -

Thanks so much for your insightful (and kind) comment.

I was having a conversation earlier with a colleague of mine, and the reason marketers can't think about anything long-term is because:

1) They're trying to show quick ROI, and as a result...
2) ...are trying to keep their jobs.

Make no mistake; marketers are trying to show the financial folks that their campaigns are worth spending money on. There's always something quicker and cheaper, but in the long run, it will hurt your brand. I've learned that much so far just reporting on the marketing profession.

Anyway, I hope you come back to my page soon. Let's talk.

Just misses my old place by one block!

Hardy-har-har. It seems I have a penchant for Olympic bid cities...

Yeah. It's sad, but Lil' Wayne is one of the best rappers around these days.

He's going at it on his own. Evidently it's some promo thing. You should set it as your new homepage!

Any word on the name of the kid who videotaped the horrific beatdown?