'Technology' Category
News Happens Slow
I can get stock information in real-time, and can monitor the scores and play-by-play of games with each passing instant. When a noteworthy person dies, the appropriate Wikipedia page is updated long before I get to it. I’ve been alerted to a number of natural disasters within moments through my growing Twitter community.
However, [...]Spam With a Human Touch
Over the last few days, I’ve noticed a sudden increase in the amount of what I call “organic spam.” These are comments that are targeted to specific subjects that I write about, and obviously written by a human being who digested and comprehended the material on my site. It has none of the hallmarks [...]
Disaster Blog Day
One year ago today, I was in Daytona, helping set up an online newsroom for the central Florida tornado response for the American Red Cross. I was supposed to be there supporting our Super Bowl-related Health and Safety programs, and got re-deployed because of the tornadoes.
So, a year later, I am in Tallahassee on [...]Social Media Power Suit
“Social Media is like a power suit: either get it tailored just for you, or look like everyone else who bought off the rack.”
- Ike Pigott
(from a post at Now Is Gone)
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Social Media Power Suit”, url: “http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/29/social-media-power-suit/” });Rush to be First
Jeremy Pepper wrote a great post about “Truth and Blog Truth“, dealing with the rush to judgment that leads to publishing before proper examination. There is a great human desire to be first with information. Those who position themselves as brokers of information are more valued - and that’s human nature. It [...]
