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5 months ago
in 2009/01/23/adcause/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
I remember a local company here called PayPerPost that received a lot of backlash for creating a paid blogging platform. I'm not sure how they are doing now though...
I follow a number of brands and expect them to hype their own stuff. For people like me who use their Twitter account for both personal and business use, I expect tweets about their company and products/services. For those who have a record of not doing any of that, if I start seeing ads in their Twitter stream, I'll unfollow them.
I follow a number of brands and expect them to hype their own stuff. For people like me who use their Twitter account for both personal and business use, I expect tweets about their company and products/services. For those who have a record of not doing any of that, if I start seeing ads in their Twitter stream, I'll unfollow them.
8 months ago
in Upside Down Dogs - Tauntaun on Upside Down Dogs
By far the cutest upside down dog here
1 year ago
in 5 Quick Tips on Pitching Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists on Instigator Blog
Thank you again for a meaty post Ben. What you say of pitching investors and how to present can easily be extended to any presentation. It's about knowing your audience and delivering accordingly.
1 year ago
in Keeping a 20,000 Foot View One Day at a Time on Instigator Blog
Ben,
i definitely agree with what you are saying here. One of the greatest mistakes a company can make at any stage, but especially in the start up stage, is getting too far off from core. Having the vision documented and looking at it regularly can help to reaffirm where you were going in the first place. It is easy to get caught up, but you have to come back lest you stray too far off the path and sink in the muck.
i definitely agree with what you are saying here. One of the greatest mistakes a company can make at any stage, but especially in the start up stage, is getting too far off from core. Having the vision documented and looking at it regularly can help to reaffirm where you were going in the first place. It is easy to get caught up, but you have to come back lest you stray too far off the path and sink in the muck.
1 year ago
in More asshat posts in 2008 coming… on Scobleizer
I look forward to your 2008 content. We have also experimented on our blog to see the types of headlines that get more attention and negative headlines definitely get more viewing in general. Ultimately, I agree with you and believe that the "right" readers are those that tune in regardless of the tone in the headline. I have read posts from Shel, most notably "Lurkers? Nope. Just Neighbors," on participation as well and would be interested in your take on the subject as well. I will peruse your previous postings on the matter and will look forward to more.
1 year ago
in 37Signals: Patchy workarounds are not “solutions” on Community Guy
We have been avid users of BaseCamp in the past and while it doesn't work for us now, we loved it at the time. We do love Campfire however, and use it daily.
Having said that, you bring up a very good point - handling user accounts across a growing list of applications developed by a single company. The lesson here appears to be that if you start out with one application and grow to a suite of applications, you must support a single user account across the entire suite, and make it easy to jump from application to application. I doubt that anyone held back from signing up for all of the 37Signals products, however it is a good lesson for other companies growing their online application portfolio.
Having said that, you bring up a very good point - handling user accounts across a growing list of applications developed by a single company. The lesson here appears to be that if you start out with one application and grow to a suite of applications, you must support a single user account across the entire suite, and make it easy to jump from application to application. I doubt that anyone held back from signing up for all of the 37Signals products, however it is a good lesson for other companies growing their online application portfolio.
1 year ago
in The hot new development framework on Scobleizer
As a Ruby on Rails developer and the founder of a non-profit dedicated to promoting Ruby on Rails, I can say that django is a framework that I have heard many good things about. Personally I hold to the mantra, "the right tool for the right job."
In any case, review the pros/cons of each framework and language, examine how each would (or would not) work in your current environment (technological or political), find what works best for you, and dive in!
In any case, review the pros/cons of each framework and language, examine how each would (or would not) work in your current environment (technological or political), find what works best for you, and dive in!
2 years ago
in Why Ruby on Rails is the perfect framework for building next generation Enterprise Apps on Oracle AppsLab
Rich,
Thank you for a great article. I agree with a lot of what you say, and believe too that language wars are pointless. At ADS, we are looking a lot into JRuby, and I have posted a tutorial on the ADS blog as well. I look forward to deeper language integration and the spread of Rails into the enterprise.
- Robert Dempsey
Thank you for a great article. I agree with a lot of what you say, and believe too that language wars are pointless. At ADS, we are looking a lot into JRuby, and I have posted a tutorial on the ADS blog as well. I look forward to deeper language integration and the spread of Rails into the enterprise.
- Robert Dempsey
