Just wanted to check my email… and ended up upgrading Opera to 8.0, WordPress to 1.5.1.2, and trying out another new theme.

I’m kind of collecting advice on corporate blogging (with no particular goal in mind). A couple of background links I’ve found useful: The Corporate Weblog Manifesto by Scobleizer (update March 2018: removed link due to malware warning) Ten Tips For A Better Weblog Onlinejournalismus.de Ãœber-blogger Scoble also provides advice how to react to negative comments.… Continue reading Links on Corporate Blogging

Found this article on writing at kottke.org: Poynter Online – Writing Tool #50: The Writing Process The article describes the steps required to produce great writing: Sniff around Explore ideas Collect evidence Find a focus Select the best stuff Recognize an order Write a draft Revise and clarify

currently listening to Halley’s interview with Meg Hourihan: download the podcast here I’d forgotten about the Segway parody at 0sil8.com [update June 9] quote from her Tuft profile: Companies like Google advertise for employees with computer science degree, but as Hourihan herself points out, “On paper I don’t qualify for what their requirements are, and… Continue reading Podcast with Meg Hourihan, Blogger Co-Founder

here’s a blog documenting the different fonts being used on signs and ads in the Zurich area: TYPE AND THE CITY

What’s it like to live in Africa? here’s an interesting view from a Ghanaian living in the Netherlands: My view is that political independence is meaningless until it is linked with economic independence. I think the best place to grow up in this world is in Africa and the worse place too because of the… Continue reading The BBC Asks…

Learn Shona via the Shona Podcast source: BBC

People pay more attention to you when they think you’re up to something.

I was browsing thru the list of bloggers that attended yesterday’s meetup (me included). This entry at Starfrosch.ch had me laughing out loud: Beta forever (in German) Heh, I agree beta deserves better. And here’s my link to Nirgendwo.

Remove Forebrain and Serve: Tag Clouds II

There’s a discussion going on at CyberWriter about this Technology Review article … [mostly in German]

Tags & Folksonomies – What are they, and why should you care? Source: via Swamp Cottage

Drinking coffee, reading blogs, and browsing thru my flickr contacts on a Saturday morning. A couple of links that caught my eye: BBC Backstage – Build what you want with BBC content – via Cyberwriter ISO 800, a blog about photography – seen at Stephan Bucher’s blog

Small companies have to work hard to get visibility, especially when the market is crowded with competitors all vying for the same business. In high tech they face the added dilemma that IT departments don’t want to buy from a small unknown vendor, and the vendor can’t become large and reputable unless it has major… Continue reading On Being A Thought Leader

I attended the JAX session on using social software in companies. It was refreshing to hear a good description of what blogging is all about, other than the usual negative “Tagebücher” reports. Matthew provided a very balanced and informed presentation on weblogs and wikis and their use in a corporate context (I hope the JAX… Continue reading Jax Session on Blogging

i’ve changed ADSL providers and had to reset my old ADSL router, Cayman Netopia 3341, to the new ISP. Here’s a short description of the steps involved (for my own future reference). To reset the router: Reset the router to the default factory settings. There’s a small round opening next to the power plug. This… Continue reading Resetting Cayman Netopia 3341

i’m currently editing several Word 2000 docs, length varying between 20 to 200 pages. A couple of things are driving me crazy/mad/nuts/insane: adding 3 different types of headers and footers (title page, preface, and main) empty pages which don’t show online in the Print View, but which suddenly appear in the PDF automatic / manual… Continue reading Give Me Something For The Pain

Forbes on: Ten Laws of the Modern World Gilder’s Law: Winner’s Waste. The futurist George Gilder wrote about this a few years ago in a Forbes publication. The best business models, he said, waste the era’s cheapest resources in order to conserve the era’s most expensive resources. When steam became cheaper than horses, the smartest… Continue reading Ten Laws of the Modern World

Over 6 months after my first feeble design attempts with WordPress 1.2, I’m having a closer look at the theme functionality WordPress 1.5 offers. If you have any issues regarding usability, fonts, colors, etc – please feel free to leave a comment. [update April 25] checked the new design on sm windows and it looks…… Continue reading Experimenting with WP Themes

Business Week has launched a blog at blogspotting.net and explains why business cannot afford to ignore the blogosphere: Blogs Will Change Your Business [update April 26] excerpts from Om Malik’s comments on Business Week cover: sell when Business Week’s cover says buy Now that blogs are in the cover of Business Week, you can safely… Continue reading Blogs Will Change Your Business