There are a few interesting discussions going on regarding Twitter, FriendFeed, Seesmic, Disqus and a whole bunch of other social sites. Ironically, the discussions are not about comments, but they are about “destinations”. I find it ironic because some of these sites are meant to be the destination. However, all of the sites have one… Read More Conversations Are The Destination
I was unemployed for a short time earlier this year and I was considering freelancing, independent consulting as well as a salaried position. Given my analytical nature, I wanted to figure out how much I would need to charge in order to replace my salary. I have always been a salaried employee, so I needed… Read More The Freelancing Equivalent of a Six Figure Salary
After writing my Quick Guide to Social Media, I realized there were far too many blogs that I left out. The blogs to read should have been a separate post entirely. I was also questioned in one of the comments about my definition of social media. My definition of social media is one that I… Read More Required Reading in Social Media
There have been several recent posts where people list the blogs that they are reading. It is an interesting idea, but what about someone new to the social media scene? What sites should they visit, what blogs should they read and why is everyone complaining so much? So, I figured I should highlight what some… Read More Quick Guide To Social Media
Many of the YackTrack users have noticed that there have been some problems on the site. Typically, you may be getting some sort of “Proxy Error” or “HTTP 502” error. This is all due to performance, mainly the number of services YackTrack supports at this time. I want to continue adding services, but the performance… Read More YackTrack Performance Issues
We all know of the people complaining about Twitter’s stability. Several people have even talked about Twitter becoming a utility service that even better services are built upon. I even addressed this a few weeks ago with my Twitter At The Crossroads post. The only reason most of this is discussed is due to their… Read More The Importance of Openness
Just a quick note to all the YackTrack users. I received an email from my hosting provider that they will be performing system maintenance tonight, Tuesday June 10 between 7PM and 9PM Eastern time. During this time, there could be a brief outage of approximately 30 minutes. I apologize for the inconvenience but at least… Read More Possible YackTrack Downtime
First, I wanted to apologize for not posting much lately. Life has gotten in the way, and I have not been able to get much time to sit and write much of anything. This includes development on YackTrack, which brings me to the point of this post. YackTrack now has its own feed flare! Many… Read More YackTrack Gets a FeedFlare
I took a small break from posting and people start complaining about who owns comments on a blog or any of the other services like FriendFeed. ReadWriteWeb asked the question of who owns them. For some reason, they did not really present their opinion, but at least admitted that it is an interesting problem. Steven… Read More Who Owns Comments? Who Cares.
I know 50 posts is like about a week for some established blogs, but it has taken me a bit to get there. My last post announcing YackTrack feeds and an API was the 50th post. Given that I have tried to stay to 2 in depth posts per week, this is a slightly big… Read More 50 Posts and Administrivia
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