self-hosted easily template-able easily customizable supports email-to-post supports XML-RPC supports RSS output internal search engine an writing UI encouraging writing 200+ words at a time an reading UI encouraging reading 2+ essays at a time Update 11 Oct 2010 Add these to the list; memorable, human-readable URL constructs doesn’t bias how or what I publish
Monthly Archives: September 2010
If You’re Going To Accomplish One Thing Today
Stick your head out the window and yell. Bonus: A super fun Kleptones mashup with Howard Beale [mp3] Update 13 Oct 2010: My favorite line from the monologue: “You people are the real thing, we’re the illusion.”
“Remember that time you quit Twitter”
One of the Ebook Backers noticed that while the essays in the ebook (and on this blog) talk about how I zero’d out my Twitter account after a month long hiatus – but as of his reading – I was as active as ever. Yes – as they say on The Facebooks – It’s complicated. …
Unanimous Support for Unlicensed White Spaces
“The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 today to adopt rules for using the airwaves, known as white spaces.” Some ridiculous NPR story yesterday complained that the crowded nature of metropolitan airwaves prevent this from being useful to the vast majority of Americans. The point isn’t urban America – the benefit is to rural America. My …
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Take California
If there’s a state in the union synonymous with the modern American Dream – it’s California 1. For the past twenty years, every vocation or avocation I’ve been interested in has had a significant pull from California. There’s now some evidence California is becoming less attractive to do business in. “The top states gaining our …
iPad vs Kindle – According to Mark Jaquith
I’ve never found myself struggling which to pick, much in the same way that nobody is ever torn between having tea and going sky diving. They are different devices, for different purposes…With the Kindle, you won’t be thinking about increasing your Fruit Ninja high score, or frantically checking and re-checking your e-mail. You’ll be in …
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Sort it out
I assume that the signs are either: a) a joke commenting on the ridiculousness of sorting waste b) part of a research study Both of which, based on my experience, are highly likely in Germany. Let’s assume for a moment they’re neither. Instead, let’s assume – there’s some ongoing business value to signage – what …
Wide Open Faces: Choosing Fonts for Your Website, eBook, and Mobile App
I’ll be leading a session on font selection & usage at the 2010 MIMA Summit next Tuesday afternoon – Sept 28th. As you can see from the title – the goal is to get beyond ‘web fonts’ and talk about all the different artifacts we publish and the benefits and challenges of using custom fonts …
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Twitter Poured Cement in a Bucket of Rocks
The barrel gets filled with stones whose size represents the size of the market-opportunity. Operating systems and office-applications are boulders; there’s only room for a few of each. Here, a glance, the barrel is full. But, of course, there’s lots of space between the boulders. This space is can be filled with rocks, and the …
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RealTimeAds.com “Monetizing Social”
There certainly have been experiments, such as Minnpost.com’s “Real Time Ads,” which sells a local businesses widget space to display their Twitter feed. This way, the business directly controls what is displayed on the site and the advertising has the potential to be more effective because of it’s social nature and users can engage it. …