There was a profound important small discussion on the latest TWIT #97. Guest twit was Kent Nichols from Ask a Ninja and they were talking about merchandise. Kent made the comment that ‘people like to own stuff’ and John C Dvorak got the point of the matter. It’s what my mate Mike terms “monetise whenContinueContinue reading “People like to own stuff – ask a ninja about monetising atoms not bits”
Category Archives: Blogging
twitter fragmentation
I like Kent Newsome. Besides the fact he has good taste in the blogs he reads (mine!), he seems to carve out his own way amongst the goat tracks on paddock blogosphere and stick to it. Recently he developed another of his own guides to direct his twitter use and is only going to followContinueContinue reading “twitter fragmentation”
Reality is sometimes…..
Yes, Stranger than Fiction. (No Signal) Photo by Whistling in the Dark I just got back from seeing the film Stranger Than Fiction. I state upfront I’m not a Will Ferrell fan and have come to expect shallow, overstated slapstick which quite frankly leaves me feeling empty. But this movie is different. It is aContinueContinue reading “Reality is sometimes…..”
Share Overlap Connect
Well it seems too much is happenning in my life at present. Which annoys me. It annoys me because I desire connection and in the world of connection sharing is key….another word I spin on that sharing meme is openness. But it takes time to share. And right now I don’t have time to share.ContinueContinue reading “Share Overlap Connect”
Beth’s Birthday Mash
Beth is a blogging contact who is turning 50. She’s running a competition where you do a mashup for her birthday and submit it to her flickr pool. The winner gets $50 donated to a charity of their choice. Here’s the details. Here’s my entry. Now the mashup might not be obvious unless you areContinueContinue reading “Beth’s Birthday Mash”
identity and sxipper
Contacted Weston from sxip re a sxore issue and when he replied found he was at the Internet Identity Workshop in Mountain View, CA. where they’re releasing sxipper. From looking at what the workshop was about at the wiki, I found out about 2idi. Now I don’t know much about what all this means, butContinueContinue reading “identity and sxipper”
LongTailJewel, SecondOpinion and NewTailBlog – Affermative Action in the Blogosphere
I see my friend, JP, over on Confused of Calcutta, has picked up on the idea of bringing some equality to the blogosphere by highlighting lesser known bloggers and tagging the post newtailblog. This is right along the lines of what Mike and I picked up on and were discussing back in February through aContinueContinue reading “LongTailJewel, SecondOpinion and NewTailBlog – Affermative Action in the Blogosphere”
88 Lines to cheer my day
Trust Kent to be the one to cheer my day. He’s written a mock opera of 88 lines about 44 bloggers….and I get a mention. Thanks Kent…..you have no idea how it helps.
Comment moderation tips
Getting people commenting on your blog is a wonderful thing. However we need to be aware of the environment in which blogs exist. Recently JP was talking about Sleeper Spam on blogs. It made me think about writing down the internal process I go through in my head when it comes to approving comments onContinueContinue reading “Comment moderation tips”
At the Mixed Reality Meetup in Second Life
I spent the morning on Second Life meeting with others from around the world involved in non profit ventures. There was a heap of people there and it got quite crowded and noisy from the typing. Unfortunately the audio wasn’t great so I had a bit of trouble hearing and staying engaged. It didn’t helpContinueContinue reading “At the Mixed Reality Meetup in Second Life”
Is Doc Searls a fashion model for Second Life?
So as readers would be aware from here, here, here and here, I’ve been dsipping my virtual feet into Second Life. A story behind the news is when first landing in SL, my repressed 70’s leanings emerged and I decked myself out with a standard issue tie dye shirt that SL has in their inventory.ContinueContinue reading “Is Doc Searls a fashion model for Second Life?”
Mixed-up Reality Meet-up
Techsoup.org are having a mixed reality meetup in SecondLife on 18th. Beth has all the info. over on her blog. I’m intending to be there virtually and I knew Mike would be interested so I helped him get into SL and ramped up last night so if we get the chance we can go there.ContinueContinue reading “Mixed-up Reality Meet-up”
Ewan’s lucky dip
Ewan Spence, extreme podcaster , is moving house and instead of moving stuff he’s selling it to anyone who’ll pay 5 pounds – only you don’t know what you’ll get. It’s called… “Win Ewan’s Stuff” and you’ll find mroe details on my blog http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/2006/07/02/win-my-stuff-everyone-gets-a-prize/ Basically, anyone in the world can Paypal me £5, and I’llContinueContinue reading “Ewan’s lucky dip”
Dancing
Yep, I’ve been line dancing……in Second Life. Sad, isn’t it.
Silliman reads Confused who reads Lifekludger
Dunno who Silliman is exactly, except he has many followers and a wikipedia entry. But he lists the “Confused of Calcutta” blogroll as one he likes a lot. And I’m on that roll, well my Lifekludger blog, with lotsa other good blogs, so that makes me feel happy…..in a sort of ‘second degree of seperation’ContinueContinue reading “Silliman reads Confused who reads Lifekludger”
Point 13
Back in 2003 Scoble wrote his 20 point “Corporate Weblog Manifesto”. Point 13 says: 13) If your life is in turmoil and/or you’re unhappy, don’t write. When I was going through my divorce, it affected my writing in subtle ways. Lately I’ve been feeling a lot better, and I notice my writing and readership qualityContinueContinue reading “Point 13”
BlogFlowers
Came across this neat site that creates a graphical representation of a website. WebsitesAsGraphs is what it’s called. I pointed it at a few sites, including this one, lifekludger, TPN and our Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show site and came up with these you can see on this Flicker page. It occured to me that, asContinueContinue reading “BlogFlowers”
Re-presenting – Two presentations in three days
This week Mike (Seyfang) and I have been on the heady Adelaide talk circuit. Silicon valley’s got nothin on us! [grin] [mike and dave at adelaide uni – 7-6-06] We’ve been presenting our ‘Building communities through weBLOGS and PodCasts’ talk we first did at ConnectingUp at the beginning of May. This last Monday we presentedContinueContinue reading “Re-presenting – Two presentations in three days”
No-one likes to be used….
Okay I finally figured it out. Figured what out? Why when someone talks about how they can USE blogs why I get a strange uneasy feeling and bells faintly ringing in my head. I was approached a few times by people after our presentation at the ConnectingUp 2006 Conference saying how they’d come to findContinueContinue reading “No-one likes to be used….”
Language and Nationality
Good to see a post by Steve Gleeson and signs in it that he’s starting to get and idea of the rewards blogging offers. Steve asks “Do English Blog?” He seems to be asking about ‘English’ people (nationality) rather than English speaking. Which is strange as he lives in Australia. I’d much rather ask ‘DoContinueContinue reading “Language and Nationality”
Another friend blogs
My friend Jane has taken her first step into blogdom. Her blog is over here. Say hi and welcome another Jewel. [tags]longtailjewel[/tags]
Willing but weak
Ohhh…head hurts, feeling poorly. I’ve got a couple good things brewing but no energy to get there. I think I peaked and burnt temporarily at the Conference. Spirits willing but flesh ….. I may be temporarily resembling this remark Hugh highlighted in “the price of a cluetrain ticket” from Jeremy Ballenger: What I find interestingContinueContinue reading “Willing but weak”
Multi-lingual blogosphere
In a part 2 blog post about the state of the blogosphere, Dave Sifry outlines interesting stats about the languages of posts that are being generated.
Freinds first blog
My friend Cheryl has started blogging on enableblogs. She’s written a considered pozt about access issues in the Arts Theatre in Adelaide. Step over there and give a new blogger some support. Introduce yourself. Dave
PresentedUp
Mike and I did our presso at ConnectingUp today, all went well. I’ve given more info. on my Lifekludger post here. Mike’s got a bit on the presentation here too. Oh, and our podcast was born today.
