Category: General
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On Corporate Blogging
Tipps für Corporate Blogging [in German]
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BILDblog > Postkarten > ernsthafte
In celebration of its first anniversary, BILDblog.de asked its readers to design an advertisement in postcard size:
Macht Reklame für BILDblog [in German]
Mlle. A. received a special mention for her entry.
Auguri from Basel!
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FAZ article on Howard Rheingold
The FAZ* recently published a page-long article on Howard Rheingold and his predictions.
Es sei eine ganz andere Welt, in der jeder die Möglichkeit habe, auf seiner Website seine Meinung zu verbreiten: “Und es wird immer schwieriger diese Welt von einer zentralen Stellen zu kontrollieren.”
In a nutshell: It’s not so much about what new technologies are evolving, but rather the ways and means social communities are using these to interact and behave…
Other remaindered links pêle-mêle:
Skype is number one in the North American VOIP business – and spending 0 $ on advertising.
On Blogosophy: Don’t mention the skiing looks back to the blog age: Is there any proven evidence that blogging existed at the start of 21st century?
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*not available online = this publication may lose significance and influence in certain social communities in the near future[update] re: FAZ-article – it seems i was a little fast in my criticism that the article is not available online. Here it is.
Thanks Mlle. A. -
A Half-Geek’s Life…
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.
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Links on Corporate Blogging
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. If you know of any other good links, please leave a comment.
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The Writing Process
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
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Podcast with Meg Hourihan, Blogger Co-Founder
currently listening to Halley’s interview with Meg Hourihan:
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 yet they bought my company. Looking at different types of experience and different types of backgrounds is important.”
Having founded two pioneering high-tech companies in the past five years, Hourihan’s English degree may seem a bit incongruous. But she doesn’t think so.
“My career path in technology is not at all an aberration,” she explains. “Many women in technology come to technology later and don’t come through traditional academic, undergraduate degrees.”
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Random Typography Blog
here’s a blog documenting the different fonts being used on signs and ads in the Zurich area:
TYPE AND THE CITY
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The BBC Asks…
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 mixture of governance. There is no stage that is so interesting and indeed makes me happier in my life other than those days I vividly remember in my childhood. Independence from colonial rule is relatively good for Ghana for it has already happened and irreversible but I think my life could have been much better if we were still under colonial rule. -
Secret Code
People pay more attention to you when they think you’re up to something.
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Beta Deserves Better
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.
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Collaborative Citizen Journalism (Version Suisse)
There’s a discussion going on at CyberWriter about this Technology Review article … [mostly in German]
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Fish Eagle, Lake Malawi
found this photo of a fish eagle at Flickr:
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Blogger’s Block
some disorganized thoughts of the top of my head:
How personal should a blog be? What is the use of keeping a blog? It’s exciting to be part of something new. Where will it all end?
One thing is sure: the blog backlash is coming. Simply cos the current hype is building up. With advertising now available in RSS feeds. And many companies considering how they can jump on the bandwagon. To be honest: I’m getting somewhat tired of meta-blogging articles (she said, while writing about blogging herself). It reminds me of some of those meta-marketing theories which were popular in the Nineties.The most exciting part of blogging is when it leads to real-life personal contacts. When online comments turn into face-to-face conversations.
Collaboration leads to innovation.
I don’t really have anything to say today. I don’t have any stunning content to offer. I’m just your average knowledge worker, huddled up in front of a laptop. I’m just blogging to overcome writer’s block.
At times I feel very empty. One big empty space. What am I living err… blogging for?
By the way, what was the first thing I asked when I arrived back in Basel? I got into the tram and asked the person sitting closest to me:
“ What was the weather like last week?”[From my accent, the lady thought I was visiting… Well, no, actually I live here. ]
That’s so me… I’m genuinely interested in talking about the weather.
Markets are conversations. Here’s mine.
Anyway, I’ve got to move on and take care of some typical weekend tasks.
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Saturday Blog Entry
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
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On Being A Thought Leader
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 customers. So, how does a company become better known with limited resources? By becoming an industry thought leader.
source: blog link sent to me by Mlle. A.
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Reflective Moment
Where do I come from?
Where am I going to?
Who am I?
Three central questions which surface every so often in literature, philosophy and personal lifestyles.
worth a reflective moment…
[update May 25] found this very interesting read via Innovation Wings on product development:
Having a cup of coffee first thing in the morning is as much of what you do as finite element analysis. I’m not trying to demean anybody’s highly valuable skills, rather, I think people don’t engage in this type of self-reflection often enough. It is healthy to question authority. It is illuminating to review not only your self-value, but your role in the cosmic scheme. The small picture is what keeps you going, the big picture is what keeps you humble. Our animal selves tell us that the ship date is coming up and our brain will be in a better position to release endorphins if it is met on time. Our spiritual selves argue that life goes on no matter what you do. Which is correct?
Thought I’d drop the above quote in here. There is something inherent in us that questions our inmost being. From the purpose of life to IT product development.
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Jax Session on Blogging
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 organisers will be providing access to the slides).
