JPEG not displaying in MS Internet Explorer 7 or 8 ? I was puzzled. I checked the src link, re-uploaded the image… Well, then I learned that JPEGs saved in the CMYK color model will not display in MS IE, while they do display in Firefox 3.x. I guess saving JPEGs in CMYK is unusual,… Continue reading CMYK JPEGs
Category: tech
Rules, guidelines, research and more
hmmm… 70% of your tweets should share resources- sharing others’ voices, opinions, quotes, blog posts, articles, content and resources 20% of your tweets should engage in conversations with others, responding, connecting, collaborating and connecting with others. 10% of your tweets can be chirping, chitchat as Angela calls it, on trivial details or self-promotion. via 10… Continue reading Rules, guidelines, research and more
Spritely
For future reference Spritely
Streams of Content
QOTD: Successful businesses will not be everything to everyone; that’s the broadcast mentality. Instead, they will play a meaningful role to a cohort of committed consumers who give their attention to them because of their relevance. via Streams of Content, Limited Attention | UX Magazine.
QOTD
Like this (Too long for 140 characters): Addictive User Experience (Design) and Scalable Distribution Methods (Marketing) are the most critical components of success in consumer Internet startups, not Pure Engineering Talent.
Interested in technology
I stumbled across this quote: We assume that people are interested in technology, just because we are. Most people aren’t.
Twitter for the masses
I saw this retweet pointing to Jeremy Toeman’s article Will normal folks ever use Twitter?”. (By default that makes me un-normal….) He makes an excellent point which matches my own experience. Most people don’t see the added benefit of using Twitter. The uses are difficult to grasp. Especially since Twitter turned off the SMS service… Continue reading Twitter for the masses
Technology Leapfrogs
I like this quote from Hacktivate: We need to stop underestimating people. Don’t expect Africans to be content with boring old SMS and voice for long. Smartphones, droids and even iphones are much higher up Maslow’s hierarchy of needs than we realize, especially if nobody around owns a computers, your schools suck, and the government… Continue reading Technology Leapfrogs
Connecting to the Internet from Blantyre
Just got back from visiting family in beautiful Blantyre. It’s rainy season now and there are regular rain showers every other day. Everything is green and lush. The sun is hot. The air is moist. And the shopping centres and outdoor markets of Blantyre are busy with holiday shopping. And except for a couple of… Continue reading Connecting to the Internet from Blantyre
The web is evolving
Kevin Marks on Publics, Flow, Phatic, Tummeling and Out-groups – New Words You Need to Know to Understand the Web:
WordPress Woes
I am having some problems with the .htaccess file on the WordPress level. I tried regenerating the permalinks. Hope that will help for a while. A couple of days ago there was a lonely s at the end of the file. Amakhala scared. And: I am seeing a lot of “MySQL server has gone away”… Continue reading WordPress Woes
How to Backup your Twitter World
As many of you probably learnt by experience, Twitter Search only shows results for the last couple of days. I guess, one of the preliminary assumptions is that you consider your collection of 140-character-long phrases valuable. And would like to search thru them from time to time. Friendfeed One easy workaround is to add your… Continue reading How to Backup your Twitter World
Chiperoni goes Mobile (kind of)
As part of my ongoing research regarding internet access via low bandwidth connections, I saw App+frica displaying a mobile version at http://appfrica.net/blog/. I installed the same MobilePress plugin and activated it a few minutes ago. Based on the plugin description, it should detect if you’re accessing the website with a mobile device and display a… Continue reading Chiperoni goes Mobile (kind of)
Intro to SEO and SEM
I am faced with the challenge to explain SEO and SEM in a 1 hour presentation. The audience consists of business folks. Where to start explaining is the hard part. Also there are so many myths in this area – garnered by SEO vendors selling their services as a “Wunderwaffe” for instant web traffic success.… Continue reading Intro to SEO and SEM
UTF-8, Charsets and WordPress
It seems charset and UTF-8 issues are following me around. At the day job and here. I moved my blog from one install to the other. After importing the MySQL db, several characters were no longer displaying correctly. There are a number of plug-ins and descriptions: How to Convert Character Set and Collation of WordPress… Continue reading UTF-8, Charsets and WordPress
Return of the Blog
Gigaom recently published an article that highlights an important point. A point that has been resonating through my head since Lift 07: In this incredible sea of data that surround us, what happens to my data when a service like Twitter or Flickr or FriendFeed is sold to another company. Gigaom writes: The cynical me… Continue reading Return of the Blog
Social Media News Room
Cyberwiter posted the above tweet on using social media to enhance your company’s online news room. The article lists ways how to aggregate text, images, audio and video to make it useful for corporations and their target audience. Ein gutgemachter Social Media Newsroom ist essentiell für die Online-PR: Er … 1. eröffnet einen schnellen Zugang… Continue reading Social Media News Room
Google Mail Tips
I discovered a couple of very useful lists of Gmail tips
Mindblogging
Inspired by lots of fresh air After lots of hours cramped in front of my books, trying to catch up with my studies, I went jogging for a couple of rounds on the Finnenbahn ( a sawdust track ) in the woods. Usually I find running around in circles boring. But today I didn’t mind… Continue reading Mindblogging
Reality Mining
Just confirming what I already knew. No need to fight against machine-readable passports with RFIDs (c.f. #biometrischer pass). Your regular cell phone (that’s without any fancy GPS functions) already provides all the data needed to track you wherever you go. c.f. this Namics presentation on Internet trends. Add some pattern matching with some other online… Continue reading Reality Mining
Better Connectivity for Africa
I really wish this would become reality: “For me it is so good,” says Sondoto Kobia of Kenya. “I went to sleep yesterday barely being able to get out my emails, but this morning I uploaded a two-hour video of my sons graduation to You Tube in only 10 minutes! I’ve also heard from a… Continue reading Better Connectivity for Africa
It’s the Small Gestures
In a world full of advertising and sales pitches, it’s the little things that count. Like a handwritten note on the bottom of the fitness center’s invoice: Bisch fleissig The owner of the fitness center is a tough business woman. No discount. No rebate. No nothing. But she does build relationships. Which is the right… Continue reading It’s the Small Gestures
Hiding in Full Public View
In January my stats dropped to an all time low. There are a number of reasons, I guess. One reason is that I haven’t been writing much lately. Just an occasional link. Short cross-references to my Flickr stream. That’s it. Another reason is my retro-style homepage, which points to my other life stream options (Twitter,… Continue reading Hiding in Full Public View
Building a profitable company
I’d like to share this video on building a profitable internet business. The presenter’s voice sounds kind of high strung, but he does address a couple of good points. (via Twitter)
RSS Feeds
Here are a couple of links in preparation for a meeting tomorrow where I get to explain how I use RSS feeds. What is an RSS Feed? Definition: Wikipedia has a good overall description. There’s a video explaining RSS feeds in plain English: How do I use RSS feeds? To follow niche topics: to keep… Continue reading RSS Feeds