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5 months ago
in 10 Principles of Social Media | SocialComputingMagazine.com on Social Computing Magazine
Artgirl: Absolutely. It's all about feeling that the organization values your idea and won't abuse it. Hoarded ideas in a company are unrealized value. And they do die on the vine, both the ideas and the hoarder - because the hoarder knows they had something of value and some real or perceived threat caused them to kill it rather than see it grow.
Ellen: Exactly. No one wants to be. But as Artgirl points out - sometimes we make ourselves irrelevant because we're afraid to share or speak out!
Ellen: Exactly. No one wants to be. But as Artgirl points out - sometimes we make ourselves irrelevant because we're afraid to share or speak out!
1 year ago
in MUNI Rant: This Might Be The Last Straw on Webomatica
My favorite MUNI experience was around 1992.
I was riding along with a friend of mine and one of the doors kept making this popping sound.
Then it fell off.
The door fell off.
That just killed me.
I was riding along with a friend of mine and one of the doors kept making this popping sound.
Then it fell off.
The door fell off.
That just killed me.
2 years ago
in 2007/04/19/amazon-sues-alexaholic%e2%80%a6web-as-platform-is-bullsht/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
Rather than a boycott, have a "clone statsaholic" day. I say we set up hundreds of clone sites that do the same thing and spend a few hours visiting them all.
2 years ago
in Um, Dave, what Maryam really was hurt about on Scobleizer
Aww man.
This is a shame.
It's a shame that people are human and make mistakes and are insensitive. It's a shame that an act of insensitivity can be broadcast and warped and multiplied through 30+ comments in a blog post.
What's also a shame is that blog posts seem to only get 30+ comments when people are upset. Even geeky bloggers like drama more than they like technology.
Hang in the Robert.
This is a shame.
It's a shame that people are human and make mistakes and are insensitive. It's a shame that an act of insensitivity can be broadcast and warped and multiplied through 30+ comments in a blog post.
What's also a shame is that blog posts seem to only get 30+ comments when people are upset. Even geeky bloggers like drama more than they like technology.
Hang in the Robert.
2 years ago
in Interesting: Google Maps + My Maps on Webomatica
Ahh, looks like a nice trip. I miss Tokyo. When I was there, I'm afraid there were no browser based anythings. So I had to write a series of Zines about it.
2 years ago
in April Fool’s Day Round Up on Webomatica
Just turning on my computer today and starting my browser made me feel foolish.
2 years ago
in The Beatles Albums: Best to Worst on Webomatica
But did you rank my "Smack Album"?
It features both Wild Honey Pie and Revolution 9.
http://www.soundbag.com/musictest/default.asp?q...
And Revolver was always my personal fave.
It features both Wild Honey Pie and Revolution 9.
http://www.soundbag.com/musictest/default.asp?q...
And Revolver was always my personal fave.
2 years ago
in Blogs, Splogs, Flogs? on Webomatica
I too am skeptical, but will also take VC Dan's offer / challenge. However, any post that I write will be clearly labeled as such. Which I think it pretty fair.
Thanks for the heads up Webomatica!
Thanks for the heads up Webomatica!
2 years ago
in Is Microsoft really the largest blog vendor? on Scobleizer
Robert,
I agree completely with your definition of a blog.
I also completely disagree that it is THE definition of a blog. Any more than there is A definition of religion.
Part of your book's major message is that its the conversation. If you and I were in a debate, one might mistake our verbal communication as the only vehicle of the debate.
But anyone who watched Al Gore and George Bush would know that presentation is a big part of it.
Deaf people can also debate and not say a single word.
So if blogging is a naked conversation, I'd say it surely can be a stream of pictures. Neither you nor I choose to communicate that way. But others might and it weakens the blogging community to undermine those other forms of communications.
I agree completely with your definition of a blog.
I also completely disagree that it is THE definition of a blog. Any more than there is A definition of religion.
Part of your book's major message is that its the conversation. If you and I were in a debate, one might mistake our verbal communication as the only vehicle of the debate.
But anyone who watched Al Gore and George Bush would know that presentation is a big part of it.
Deaf people can also debate and not say a single word.
So if blogging is a naked conversation, I'd say it surely can be a stream of pictures. Neither you nor I choose to communicate that way. But others might and it weakens the blogging community to undermine those other forms of communications.
3 years ago
in Where the heck is Scoble? on Scobleizer
My number one rule in blogging or blog commenting is:
Never post when angry.
People still have to convince me that they have been personally harmed by the delay.
I see a lot of second guessing of internal Microsoft processes and personal attacks here. What I don't see is a firm statement that says, "You know, I've been waiting up at night wishing on my lucky star that Vista will come down and save my marriage. Now that it's late, I've got to hire a family attorney."
Please, someone, tell me the reason for the outrage here. I need some context.
Never post when angry.
People still have to convince me that they have been personally harmed by the delay.
I see a lot of second guessing of internal Microsoft processes and personal attacks here. What I don't see is a firm statement that says, "You know, I've been waiting up at night wishing on my lucky star that Vista will come down and save my marriage. Now that it's late, I've got to hire a family attorney."
Please, someone, tell me the reason for the outrage here. I need some context.
3 years ago
in Where the heck is Scoble? on Scobleizer
Wow, hard day for the Scobleizer....
We are becoming used to a rapid release world where things come out one feature at a time. We get worked up about Writely and Ajax apps with very limited functionality.
Windows Vista, on the other hand, can not be released in iterations. It has to be released all at once - or the majority of it any way.
This means that Microsoft has to make its best guess at a release date and live with the consequences. Could they develop the OS in a more agile way? Probably. But they aren't.
How many of us are really waiting on pins and needles for Vista anyway? It will be nice when it arrives, but until then how is our lives adversely impacted?
I'm seeing here a bunch of people who are anxious to rag on Microsoft and less people really hurt by a delay in shipment.
We are becoming used to a rapid release world where things come out one feature at a time. We get worked up about Writely and Ajax apps with very limited functionality.
Windows Vista, on the other hand, can not be released in iterations. It has to be released all at once - or the majority of it any way.
This means that Microsoft has to make its best guess at a release date and live with the consequences. Could they develop the OS in a more agile way? Probably. But they aren't.
How many of us are really waiting on pins and needles for Vista anyway? It will be nice when it arrives, but until then how is our lives adversely impacted?
I'm seeing here a bunch of people who are anxious to rag on Microsoft and less people really hurt by a delay in shipment.
