by Minter Dial | Aug 22, 2007 | Marketing, Social Media
iblog doesn’t stand for institutional blog I have been a fan of the Freakonomics blog for quite some time — a testament to the power of a good book (now available for $17 on amazon, down from $28 list price!) going on line per se. However, the very notion...
by Minter Dial | Aug 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
About comment etiquette! I have realized that commenting is not a common practice, at least not my site. That said, on reading the Blog Herald, I thought it appropriate to add a comment policy and suggested guidelines. You will now find at the bottom of the page this...
by Minter Dial | Aug 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
On the good advice of a charming new acquaintance, Jean-Marc, I was sent to the site techdirt.com. And, I immediately found an interesting piece of advice which I thought I would share: when creating feeds, allow for full text feeds. The polemic was initiated after...
by Minter Dial | Aug 12, 2007 | Business
So, what’s the blog all about? Aside from facing the inimitable existentialist questions about oneself, I have seen a slew of posts on the “why” of blogs and what is it all for? A few observations come to the fore. As cited in Opinionated Marketers,...
by Minter Dial | Aug 7, 2007 | Politics, Web Enabled
My posting on the Tour de France was picked up by this “Bloggers looking for the straight dope” article in Slate, an online magazine, owned by The Washington Post Company. Again, this is a new form of journalism — picking up on the beat on the...