Archive for October, 2005
What is Tagging?
You’ve likely been hearing quite a bit about tagging lately. If you’re not sure what that actually is, here’s a great article that gives a wonderful overview.
Tagging is a non-hierarchal (for hierarchies think of the old Yahoo! directories) means of organizing information or objects on the web. Information is found through associative correlations or [...]
Online dating - you know ya wanna….
Remember when online dating seemed so… pathetic? Not anymore…
Online dating has been around for about a decade, and it’s undeniably popular: Some 21 million Americans subscribe to online dating services and 1 in every 100 Internet visitors posts a personal ad.
But that doesn’t mean the dating actually yields a decent date.
But high use doesn’t necessarily [...]
Friday funny
Q: How many Internetters does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 435,235
1 - to change the bulb
4 - to tell him he should have done it differently
365 - to point out spelling/grammar errors in first 5 posts
1,834 - to flame the spell checkers
4,598 - to correct spelling in spelling flames
6,785 - to say please [...]
Community Speech
Last week, I was in Albany, NY speaking to a group of marketing people about why they need to start thinking differently - namly how to think as community members, and not marketers. The group was about 150 strong, and I nailed the speech. You know those times where you just know you nailed it? [...]
Corporate Blogging Examples
I’m doing some spring…er… fall cleaning, and noticed I’d been collecting links to corporate blogs but never posted them. Here you go!
Monster.com (recruiting) - http://monster.typepad.com/monsterblog/
Stonyfield Farms - http://www.stonyfield.com/weblog/
GM - http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/
Ford - http://blog.ford.com/BLOG.CFM
Xbox (unofficial, but from one of the team members) - http://www.majornelson.com/blog/blog.html
My LEGO Corporate blog - http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/blog
Maytag Skybox - [...]
Cool new tools
Been surfing around a bit this weekend and found some cool new tools. Each is worth a look:
Meebo
CustomScoop
JetEye
MyBlogLog (an oldie, but a goodie - they keep adding features)
Rollyo
Sun’s posting policy
One of the Sun employees posted a great article called "Sun Policy on Public Discourse". The article is worth a read, but here’s the key points:
Advice
It’s a Two-Way Street
Don’t Tell Secrets
Be Interesting
Write What You Know
Financial Rules
Quality Matters
Think About Consequences
Disclaimers
Tools
Community Documentation
I came across a very interesting PDF: Online Community Members are Real People Too; Focus on Users
Introduction: In our busy roles as community managers, we often forget that all our efforts are really centred on one thing: allowing and encouraging users to have communal experiences on our sites. We spend a lot of time talking [...]
Craiglist by Craig
It seems obvious, but sometimes obvious is the most important things to ensure you don’t forget.
"Unless we listen to our community very carefully, they?ll find another site that works better for them. We have many public discussion boards on our site including a feedback forum. We really listen to suggestions and complaints on the [...]
New PodCasting Sites
Came across two great new (at least to me) podcasting subject matter sites. Well worth a look if you’re into podcasting, or would like to start.
Podcast Rigs - Getting your equipment setup to start podcasting, from basic to professional
Ultimate Podcasting - A great reference site on podcasting news and info
And speaking of podcasting, Apple finally [...]
