Content is the single most important and sought-after commodity on the web. It’s the entire reason people go online and frequent news sites, blogs, chat rooms and billions of other web pages every day. But what exactly is content? On the web, we define content as the topics, ideas, facts or statements in a webpage […]
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I read a very interesting AlertBox article by Jakob Nielsen the other day entitled “Write Articles, Not Blog Postings.” While I tend to think that there is a gray area between what’s an article and what’s a blog post, Nielsen presents a valid point: there’s a limit to the value you can provide if the […]
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Like many web-based citizens, I have a certain number of sites from which I consume — as the cliche goes — content high in value. I spent so much time in the early days learning how to filter out the stuff I didn’t need that now I’m quite efficient with what I read, listen to […]
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How you talk is just as important as what you say. For example, I expect nothing less than pure relevance and usefulness in Rich Schefren’s writings. And so far he has never failed to deliver on this. I just finished “Attention Age Doctrine” and I must say he’s brought everything I’ve learned thus far into […]
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Who comes to mind when you hear the term “singer-songwriter?” Bob Dylan? Alanis Morisette? I think of Jack Johnson. He’s the kind of guy who can conceive, write and perform all of his own music without the help or accompaniment of anyone. Sure, he’s got a band now, but when he started it was just […]
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