Websites – form over content
BBC: Internet users make up their minds about the quality of a website in the blink of an eye, a study shows. Researchers found that the brain makes decisions in just a twentieth of a…
Technology
Whither Feedster?
I saw Scott Rafer as I was walking around the neighborhood this afternoon, which made me think about Feedster. Haven’t heard much about them since he left last year, and they seem to have been…
Get a PR internship by blogging
Congrats to Stephen Davies, who runs PR Blogger, and landed a 3-week internship with LEWIS UK in April. Stephen and I connected as a result of his blog and I’m pleased we were able to…
Overheating ego
Via Steve Rubel, weird web gizmo of the week goes to egoSurf which allows you to rate your ego based on search engine returns in Google, Yahoo, MSN, del.icio.us and Technorati. The results convert into…
Posting from Zoho Writer
Here’s another online word processing and document sharing application, Zoho Writer. Just giving the demo user version a quick spin. It’s a free, AJAX application, with full WYSIWYG controls and several MS Word-like features. The…
Why isn’t PR suffering like the MSM?
Tom Foremski, pioneering journo blogger and driving force behind Silicon Valley Watcher, has been gazing into his crystal ball, trying to work out the end game for media in the light of the disruptive force…
2005 – The year of the digital citizen
BBC: The year of the digital citizen – Here’s a great summary by Jo Twist, formerly of the BBC now at the think tank, Institute for Public Policy Research, about the impact of digital technology…
Blog posting from Writely
Hmm, I seem to be on a ‘where can I blog from’ vibe today. This time I’m at Writely.com. This free, web service provides a fairly sophisticated text editor, including a spell checker, from which…
Why Flash rocks
Yes, yes, I know Flash websites are hard to link to and for search engines to spider. They can’t compete for Google juice compared to traditional HTML sites. But Flash really rocks if you want…
Performancing for Firefox
While I’m on the topic of blogging tools, it’s worth mentioning Performancing’s new Firefox extension which enables you to draft blog posts from within your browser. Simply hit a pencil icon in the bottom of…