DISQUS

Kudos to Google for trying some bold and different with their SERPs, but for God's sakes what a dumb idea. Maybe they're trying to lure out all the spammers and defeat them once and for all? ha ha

I really admire how prolific you are, Chris! And what a great topic. While I'm by nature practically a hermit, I've forced myself to learn how to be a more social person and it's actually not as scary as those irrational fears make you think (hey, at least I'm not at a conference of spiders, right?)

Same rules apply to conferences as to social media -- be friendly, be authentic, and say what you gotta' but not more.

Very handy -- anyone else prefer iGoogle/NetVibes to the classic RSS reader? I like being able to see headlines and scan through sections based on groups; haven't used it for a conference yet but my local home page is a lot better than the newspaper!

Nice article, Chris. I particularly like the analogies at the end "Drive the van faster is both useless and dangerous, especially if faster means into a telephone pole."

Too often people want technology to come up with the answer to questions that can only be answered by a human.

Well, as a case in point, I was inclined to click on this article in my RSS feed this morning rather than the johnon one. I think keeping to three is a good strategy -- it's simple enough to remember and take to heart, every extra component just makes things harder to keep up on.