Where to start with this one? How about the inspiration for this post? First, I sent out two apparently controversial tweets this morning: surprise, all those iPad buyers are Mac Fanboys and girls http://bit.ly/bZt9y5 gotta give it to Apple they have a loyal community and LOL and a great follow up story, the ipad doesn’t … [Read more]
Women in the Blogosphere: More Than Mommy Bloggers
By on December 15, 2009
Back in my blogging heyday, various traffic seeking bloggers inevitably rolled out lists of the “Top Bloggers” for each particular year. Thrown in at the very bottom of these lists, almost as if added in as an afterthought, was the name of a woman or two. Comments and blog posts ensued. “Where are the women?” … [Read more]
Are Keynotes and Twitter A Bad Match?
By on November 18, 2009
I have been reading about a situation at Web 2.0 Expo that has me as an organizer of speakers a bit befuddled. Danah Boyd’s presentation took a turn for the worst and it turned out to be a bad experience for her and for the attendees. For the long story short version you can see … [Read more]
Sponsored Conversations: Selling Out or Another Way to Make Money Blogging?
By on October 25, 2009
When I first began blogging five or six years ago, there were plenty of arguments over whether or not bloggers should use ads on their blogs. Those who did were considered sell outs. Then the “make money online craze” hit and everyone was posting ads on their blogs and all of a sudden they weren’t … [Read more]
Chad Vader Breaks The Internet and Turns To Blog World Expo For Help
By on September 23, 2009
If you have not seen this video of Chad Vader now is a good time to check it out. We have had quite a chuckle here watching and sending it out via Twitter. Our special thanks to Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda for their hard work in putting it together and allowing us to have … [Read more]
Ode to BlogHer ’09 – Telling Dad Style
By on August 5, 2009
Ashton Kutcher Threatens to Stop Tweeting – Do We Care?
By on May 27, 2009
Dear Ashton Kutcher, I have news for you. There was a Twittersphere long before you went on national television begging for followers, and there will be a Twitter long after. Your threatening to stop Tweeting if Twitter turns into a reality television show is akin to the many Twitterers who threatened to stop Tweeting if … [Read more]
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