Percolate!
We’re being involuntarily leveraged by automatons.
ReadWriteWeb: How Pinterest Uses Your Content Without Violating Copyright Laws.
ReadWriteEnterprise: Blogging Declines Across the Inc. 500.
Not surprised. Companies selling products will have an easier time with shorter form content. Getting niche bloggers to write the long stuff, for free or for sponsorship, is the cheaper route.
Getting better. Catching up.
Being out of commission means two things ... no blog posts, of course, and most importantly, no work. Now I’ve got to catch up on all I’ve promised to do. You won’t be forgotten, just back-burner’d more than you’d like.
I’m back at about 80%. Nose is still running so fast that I can’t catch up.
Still a phlegm machine, but at least I’m upright.
You’ll see a little linkage here. My voice is still either in the depths of Hades, or missing in action.
Thanks for all the well-wishes.
Lists of Note: Who killed JFK?
Another fascinating slice of history, from a great blog.
Still under the weather.
Catch as catch can.
The 99%: Pat Kiernan On Curation Tactics, Getting Up Early & Calling It Done.
“In any story, I try to always find a stand-alone nugget to grab onto that ideally leaves you with something quotable.” Interesting thought. I suppose for a blog, you try for something tweetable.
The Professional Hobo: My Cost of Full-Time Travel in 2011.
I can dream, can’t I?
Habari Project.
Anyone used it? Opinions? The ability to use PostgreSQL, and the protection against SQL injections is quite nice.
10,000 Words: Quickly Start Your Own Dropbox-Synced Blog with Scriptogram.
Very beta, but looks quite interesting. Wonder if it could handle 80,000+ posts ... ? It’d need some major archive layout work, I think.
Sick day.
I seem to have ... er, ‘inherited’ ... someone’s illness. Sore throat, in particular. Weak. I suppose it’s flu. Links will be sporadic, but present. Good thing I don’t have to say them out loud.
Nieman Lab: Meet Deep Dive, the NY Times’ experimental context engine and story explorer.
Lists of Note: Edison’s To-Do List.
This, at first, makes me feel completely inadequate. Then I feel the burn, the challenge.
Poynter: False Paterno death reports highlight journalists’ hunger for glory.
“Readers remember the best story, not the first story.” Listening, webloggers and social media mavens?
It’s gonna be another catch-as-catch-can day.
Sorry, duty calls. Links will be spotty and unpredictable, since I’ve got multiple appointments around town.
Hey ETP’ers …
Why I Really Like This Book.
Site of interest for fellow readers.
Busy morning.
Links later on.
CSS1K.
Ah, this brings back memories of the original 5K.
Pinterest is getting some buzz.
Anyone finding it of use, more than say, Tumblrs?
The Atlantic: What’s Wrong With the Phrase ‘In Real Life’.
“When you’re online, you’re often more real, more authentic, than you would be offline.”
Klip.me - Enjoy Mobile Reading.
If you haven’t seen it already. I tend to reserve my Kindle for book-reading, my iMac for web-reading, so it’s of dubious use. Smartphone? Maybe.
NY Times: Straight Talk - A New Breed of Fashion Bloggers.
I snip a number of these guys at times. Interesting niche to follow.
Lists of Note: A Decalogue of Canons.
Thomas Jefferson, with some timeless advice:
3. Never spend your money before you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.
5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
... and more.
