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Top 15 Resources For Starting A WordPress Blog
There are many resources out there that offer best practices, tips, instructions and plug-in advice for WordPress. When I relaunched this blog, I had a chance to take a closer look at a lot of those resources and apply some of them to this blog. Here are the top resources I used/consulted when building this [...]
Real-Time Search
The real-time stream is consistently bringing new content onto the Web every second, like news updates, status updates, photo and video uploads et cetera. In an effort to keep up, search engines also need to step up their game and provide real-time search solutions. Google is planning in that direction by actively monitoring services like [...]
Consolidation Is The New Distribution
New social media tools seem to be launching every day. There are different tools that do different things. There are also different tools that do the same thing. It’s difficult to keep an overview of what’s new and what’s useful. The downside of spreading activities over multiple platforms is that you risk losing control of [...]
Protect The Future
Last month I had the opportunity to visit a presentation and Q&A session with Jeff Immelt. Jeff talked about numerous subjects such as the presidential elections, the economic downturn, corporate social responsibility, and—of course—life as the CEO of General Electric (GE). He also mentioned “protecting the future”. Every major business decision and business activity was [...]
Social Media Is The MMA Of Technology
I like Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). While some people see MMA bouts as glorified cock fights, I can appreciate the idea behind it. MMA is what it says it is: a blend of various martial arts. In the same way, social media can be seen as a blend of various diverse technologies, such as publishing [...]
The Evolution of Content
We’ve come a long way in how content is being presented. Whereas content used to be published by predominantly professionals, consumers are now able to publish content themselves. The form of content has also evolved from a more broadcasting-oriented form to a more dialogue-oriented form. Traditional media, such as TV stations and print publishers, are [...]
25 Things Your Future Colleagues Won’t Know About
As we approach the end of the year, I thought I’d make a post about the incredible technological progress we’ve made. Here’s my overview of things that will draw blank stares from your future colleagues. Media: Vinyl records / VHS tapes / Cassette tapes / CDs / LaserDisc / MiniDisc and their playback equipment 3.5” [...]
The Future Of Press Releases
I’ve recently been given a book which describes how to write a press release. I have to admit that—until now—I never paid much attention to press releases. Maybe ignorance was bliss, but I do feel grateful for realizing that most of them are basically full of crock. This is roughly the basic layout for a [...]
