Had my first try at a long-form linkedin post today. we waited 13 years and blogging came right back around.
June 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
In Social Media, Size Suddenly Matters (OR: I guess it's not the motion of the ocean)
LinkedIn's opening up it's Long-Form publishing -- described as posts of "three or more paragraphs" -- while digital publishing boy genius Ev Williams goes after the "medium" market. This, after Ev got us into the babbling mode of 140-character communication in the first place, but only after he trained a dozen years ago to be wordy and prolific on his pioneering blogger.com platform.
It all leaves online publishers are wondering: what the heck do you want from us?
Short, medium, long? All of the above? And how are their best practices around length when performance is commonly measured through engagement? To engage, don't I have to connect? And if I'm all over the place spurting out 100-character tweets, medium-size mini book creations, 200-character status updates, and 5 paragraph missives, how can I actually have a conversation with you?
Answers will have to wait. Today, I have only questions. What do you think? Please respond with short, medium, and long-form tweets, posts, and updates if you feel so moved.
It all leaves online publishers are wondering: what the heck do you want from us?
Short, medium, long? All of the above? And how are their best practices around length when performance is commonly measured through engagement? To engage, don't I have to connect? And if I'm all over the place spurting out 100-character tweets, medium-size mini book creations, 200-character status updates, and 5 paragraph missives, how can I actually have a conversation with you?
Answers will have to wait. Today, I have only questions. What do you think? Please respond with short, medium, and long-form tweets, posts, and updates if you feel so moved.
February 05, 2014
Georgia Goes High Tech with Email and Text Weather Alerts...
Apparently GEMA just realized such advanced technology was possible. Help. me.
Wow. they're going to send text alerts and emails now. what did they send previously - the stinkin pony express????? telegraphs???? "Don't worry yer purdy head; i'll fax the gubner in the morn."
"Effective immediately, a storm warning will trigger a message to cell phones in targeted areas, as in the Amber Alert system, and advise against road travel," said Deal. "We will go one step further with school superintendents by emailing them weather condition updates, so that they have the most up-to-date information when determining whether to close schools."
Facebook post-mortem, from Facebook comments
Hey Mark Zuckerberg, maybe you should make it easier for relatives to have access to their fallen family members' FB accounts so they don't have to hope that their vids go viral to get your attention. People do die, you know.
December 05, 2013
Smokescreen - my journey off cigarettes
In Smokescreen, I've combined blog posts from the four years during which I quit and started STAYING OFF cigarettes into a book for the Amazon Kindle! If you've ever chewed your nails off trying to NOT smoke, wish you never started smoking, hope one day you'll be able to smoke a magical cigarette made of nothing addictive and have a happily ever after, or know someone who needs to understand these things, GET the book!
May 23, 2013
My time
Air thick with algae and driftwood decaying, breeze light but crisp, the lapping of lake waves kept us company.
The leather reins braided, playing loosely between my thumb and index finger.
Into the water, hocks pumping, somehow we float, swim, snorting, then back to the beach.
Down on two knees, a roll in the sand to scratch, wet mud in crevices cooling, the power of ages paws its way to standing.
Back on, bareback gallop across familiar trails all the way home.
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