I dislike the term blogosphere. It sounds like some kind of all-encompassing entity. One made up of personal gripes, margarita recipes, and silly cat videos. It would be like grouping together grocery store flyers, credit card applications, and heartfelt letters. We would see it on the news… The anchor would say, “hey, what did the […]
12 blogging mistakes made by researchers and evaluators
Blogging is like everything else, when you first start you’re going to make a lot of mistakes. Eventually, if you want to improve, you’re going to need to stop making the same mistakes over and over. I’ve been working with fellow bloggers for years now, here are some of the mistakes I see repeated time […]
Cartooning Tom Murphy, 7 illustrations on development
Outside of my 9 to 5, the topic I get asked about the most is social media. So much so that I’ve started designing and writing a companion blog to this one just to cover the topic. If you’re interested I’ll have more info about in the next few weeks. My first piece of advice […]
The Brothers WordPress: A WordPress.org and WordPress.com fable
What is the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com? This question tops my personal FAQ list. So here is the answer, in fable form! The Brothers WordPress “How many times must I tell you, it’s not about the money!” WordPress.com was fuming, mad at his older brother WordPress.org for not understanding. .Org turned to face his […]
Ok Seth Godin, I’m going to tell a story
If you read enough Seth Godin, he starts to wear you down (or build you up?). At first you just listen and wonder how this guy became so famous. Then after he simply lays out point after point you start to figure him out. It’s not any single post, book, or talk. It’s the consistency […]
Eval Central New Additions
Thanks in part to a recent mention by Susan Kistler, Eval Central has received some renewed interest. In the past couple of weeks I’ve had three new submissions to the Eval Central Feed and I’ve been noticing a greater number of new posts network wide. Here are the three new additions: Alexey Kuzmin’s Evaluation Space […]