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9 months ago
in We may die, but the Web lives on on Mathew's comments
I wrote about something similar, digital estate planning, back in the spring. I was inspired by an interview local blogger Derek K Miller did with CBC's Spark.
http://www.cyberbuzz.com/2008/05/14/digital-est...
http://www.cyberbuzz.com/2008/05/14/digital-est...
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antje wilsch
I saw that - that was a good one. It's one of the problems we're trying to provide a solution for. There was a story on MSN not too long ago about a gentleman whose father passed away suddenly; he had an online business, and the son was trying to get into his computer to access all his files to fulfill orders, get the financials in order etc. He spent six months calling various service providers to explain the situation and try to unlock passwords and let those customers know, answer emails, etc -- it was a nightmare, and this will happen more as everyone moves online.
1 year ago
in Why Valleywag doesn't work (Scripting News) on Scripting News
VW may be awful, but here you are linking to them, feeding their publicity machine and offering people a chance to "check it out for themselves"
Cliche time: There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Cliche time: There's no such thing as bad publicity.
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dave
I try not to play games like that. I don't build audiences or compare myself to others based on how famous I am (I don't really like being famous that much).
The reason I linked to them is because I respect people who read my site. I know they can type V-A-L-L-E-Y-W-A-G into their browser, so I figure I should make it easy for them to see what I mean, to judge for themselves.
I treat them the way I would want to be treated.
I find it really annoying when sites talk about something and don't link to it.
Here's an example.
http://www.calacanis.com/2008/02/01/great-momen...
Jason thought he caught me doing something bad (a lack of empathy). He quoted two sentences out of a multi-paragraph post, and didn't link to the actual post.
http://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/02/01/yah...
Disrespectful, in my humble opinion -- to me for sure (he was trying to put me down), but more important, to his readers.
The reason I linked to them is because I respect people who read my site. I know they can type V-A-L-L-E-Y-W-A-G into their browser, so I figure I should make it easy for them to see what I mean, to judge for themselves.
I treat them the way I would want to be treated.
I find it really annoying when sites talk about something and don't link to it.
Here's an example.
http://www.calacanis.com/2008/02/01/great-momen...
Jason thought he caught me doing something bad (a lack of empathy). He quoted two sentences out of a multi-paragraph post, and didn't link to the actual post.
http://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/02/01/yah...
Disrespectful, in my humble opinion -- to me for sure (he was trying to put me down), but more important, to his readers.
1 year ago
in A dangerous RSS trend on Shooting at Bubbles
Ummm ... I got this post in my Google Reader and guess what was at the bottom?
Yes, an ad.
"Hello? Kettle? This is pot. Are you black too?"
Yes, an ad.
"Hello? Kettle? This is pot. Are you black too?"
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StevenHodson
Uhmm .. perhaps you didn't read close enough:
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I am not against this happening as I do the same thing here (as you can tell when you read my feeds)
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I clearly acknowledged the fact that I run ads. Perhaps if you read closer you would have realized that what I was saying that it is the increasing size of the banner ads along with feeds that contain more than one ad that is the problem.
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I am not against this happening as I do the same thing here (as you can tell when you read my feeds)
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I clearly acknowledged the fact that I run ads. Perhaps if you read closer you would have realized that what I was saying that it is the increasing size of the banner ads along with feeds that contain more than one ad that is the problem.
