October 21, 2008
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On behalf of blogging,
I call Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004 a crock. Paul Boutin wrote it. He’s an old friend, and I hate to crap on anybody’s work. But he’s wrong about this one. A sample from my reply: As personal journals on the Web go, blogs have no substitute. Twitter is fine for 140-character… Continue reading
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Why online advertising sucks, and is a bubble
It isn’t adveristing itself. It’s the way it’s too often done. I almost never click on an ad, for three reasons. First is that I almost never find what I’m looking for. Second is that I don’t want to waste the advertiser’s money on a bad click-through. Third is that I’m tired of looking at… Continue reading