Month: October 2015
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Jetpack Publicize
Auto-sharing via Jetpack Publicize didn’t work on my previous post on chiperoni.ch. I’ll need to investigate if there is a conflict with another plugin.
Irgendetwas ist immer.
Maybe this post will be auto-shared?
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Autumn colours
Last weekend, I went for a walk on Belchen in the southern Black Forest (1414 m). Not as high and spectacular as the Swiss alps, but still very beautiful.
I nearly forgot to take my camera.
Here are some snapshots:
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A vine a day
I’ve started using Vine on my 2nd generation Moto G. I haven’t bought a tripod or started editing vines. Some recent shots:
Everyday typography:
Everyday typography https://t.co/sCth2BNAeV
— âœ___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) October 22, 2015
Chiperoni ku Basel (drizzle rain in Basel):
Chiperoni ku Basel https://t.co/2oBqHHOMzn
— âœ___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) October 15, 2015
Velo culture:
Velo culture https://t.co/E0PWXp1o4M
— âœ___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) October 17, 2015
Whoooosh:
Whoooosh https://t.co/XzdhTgwFtP
— âœ___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) October 19, 2015
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Referral traffic from social media has dropped
I saw this Bufferapp article on declining social media traffic.
We’ve lost nearly half our social referral traffic in the last year
I say. No wonder. Everybody is online, creating tonnes of content. Most people are too busy to read, let alone follow so many data streams.
Many web pages don’t get any traffic at all. A few sites get all the traffic.
Interesting read. I recommend reading it.
My tip: don’t share or comment on articles that you haven’t read. Even bots can do that. Be human.
And. If you do like an article? Comment, share and write a blog post on it.
If you’re on Facebook and want to see better content, I recommend following Robert Scoble’s advice. The filtering is improving. And this week’s announcement on Facebook Search means we may have a viable alternative to Google Search. At some point in the future.
“It turns out a ton of things that people share socially on the Web, they don't read at all.” http://t.co/Qmbv259oex –> read b4 sharing!
— âœ___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) October 3, 2015
Lucky chiperoni.ch. It doesn’t need to grow traffic.
Have a look at my photos on Flickr.
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Blue light
I like this snapshot of blue light flooding the rest of the room:
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Handheld shapshot taken along the river banks of the Rhein
Here is a handheld shapshot taken along the river banks of the Rhein during dusk yesterday evening:
When I moved to Basel many years ago, some of my conversations went like this:
Nchenga at Chiperoni.ch: I really like Basel. It’s got a lot of cultural events, museums, cinemas for a city of this size. It’s well-connected, has a great public transport system, just the right size, etc.
Swiss counterpart: Basel doesn’t have a lake.
I heard the same comment several times. Until it occurred to me.
Many Swiss cities are located near a lake. Zürich, Geneva, Lausanne, Luzern, Lugano, Locarno. A sizeable city needs a lake. -
The future of blogging is … plogging
I found this Wired article discussing Facebook’s recent Notes update for long-form content and Medium.
Apparently, “plogging” stands for platform-based blogging.
"it’s hard being a blogger today, because to succeed you need to be able to scale" http://t.co/yiYdirocoQ pic.twitter.com/1JJlE7dyay
— âœ___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) October 3, 2015
“Blogs and the longer forms of expression they accommodate won’t die.” http://t.co/mFjGcqb4ie
— âœ___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) October 3, 2015
“You’re just likely to start finding more and more posts distributed through fewer channels. So long blogging.” http://t.co/SkkF5JMZNz
— âœ___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) October 3, 2015
Related link: What Andrew Sullivan’s exit says about the future of blogging