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Re: Site should play nice on your mobile choice

tonyhung — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:09:31 -0000

Well, thanks for the kind thoughts ... hopefully it will be soon.

Board exams and all that.

Funny how things change over time ... I don't see many of the same voices around as much, or in the same places as before. Consolidation and renewal in tech blogging I suppose.

Re: Site should play nice on your mobile choice

StevenHodson — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:27:00 -0000

Thanks Tony. The reason for the pingbacks probably is because I am going through and cleaning up old posts and tags.

BTW - really missing your voice in the blogosphere. Hopefully you'll be returning to writing soon.

Re: Site should play nice on your mobile choice

tonyhung — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:55:56 -0000

Lookin' good Steve.

BTW, good luck with the domain switch.

I was wondering why I was suddenly getting a bunch of new pingbacks from this "shootingatbubbles.com" ... :)

Cheers
t @ dji

Re: Are games becoming the graphic novels of our time?

tonyhung — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:36:29 -0000

I don't think they're mutually exclusive -- but I think there's something to be said that the best games do incorporate a heavy story emphasis.

Think Bioware (mass effect, knights of the old republic, jade empire), which I liken to the Pixar of the gaming industry: almost every single game is a bona fide hit with critics and fans alike, and in spite of all the sparkle, they all have heavy duty story elements that would find no trouble translating to graphic novels, books, and movies.

Cheers (and happy holidays)
t @ dji

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

tonyhung — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:36:30 -0000

This routinely happens, actually, if the original post is popular enough. And sometimes, as the news evolves, "commenting" posts do become posts, which can, in turn, become headline posts.

Re: louisgray.com: Techmeme and TechCrunch's Detractors Prove It's Hard to be On Top

louismg — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:36:36 -0000

There are aggregators that use each of those, but none combined.

1) RSSmeme and ReadBurner aggregate Google Reader shares (as does Feedheads)
2) FriendFeedLinks aggregates FriendFeed shares.

RSSmeme is leveraging the FriendFeed API, so in theory, it captures Google Reader shares and all FriendFeed shares.

Re: louisgray.com: Techmeme and TechCrunch's Detractors Prove It's Hard to be On Top

tonyhung — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:33:28 -0000

I have been watching Techmeme for a long time (long being 2 years), and I have to believe that its much more than inbound links. It either has to be other things like Google Reader shares or Friendfeed shares -- which would be interesting, as no other aggregator (that I know of) uses these kinds of metrics.

The alternative is that Gabe is merely watching what other people are sharing, and adds them himself.

As for Mona -- I think what she wants is a bit irrelevant to the topic at hand, because there are *many* posts in the blogosphere that have intrinsic "worth".

Whether any of them get noticed -- and *how* they get noticed algorithmically -- is what is interesting. If its really an algorithm at all, that is, and not just astute bloggers sharing them or linking to them.

:)

Re: louisgray.com: Techmeme and TechCrunch's Detractors Prove It's Hard to be On Top

louismg — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:21:46 -0000

As I don't have the algorithm in front of me, I can't say whether that's unusual or not, or outside the bounds. We tend to feel that Techmeme is influenced by external linking, and therefore, the lack of links suggests a post should not be included. But Gabe has said there are other influences, which we believe to be shared items on Google Reader or Twitter. Techmeme itself is a link blog, and it appears, at times, that some posts are hand-selected rather than automated, which in my opinion is fine. Should the author, Mona in this case, wait until she has achieved some level of critical mass to be included when her content is equal to that of others?

Re: louisgray.com: Techmeme and TechCrunch's Detractors Prove It's Hard to be On Top

tonyhung — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:45:39 -0000

"Unless you're linked by one of the biggies, and continue to be linked by at least moderate or big sites, you won't show up. "

I think this is only part of the picture. There are blogs which show up -- seemingly out of the blue -- with few or no inbound links to any particular post. Or, who are large in their own right, but without any inbound links from high leaderboarders (see: Digital Inspiration over the past two days).

I would love to know exactly how Techmeme seems to pick these out of the air.

Re: louisgray.com: Techmeme and TechCrunch's Detractors Prove It's Hard to be On Top

tonyhung — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:16:41 -0000

I think there's probably not enough being asked about Techmeme's algorithm.

For a blog that's got almost zero links, and is almost 3 days old, there's almost no way an algorithm would *find* it, or attribute it as having any "importance", unless there were other factors at play -- perhaps human factors.

In fact, the only thing that "points" to it at all is Louis "sharing" it via Friendfeed. According to Google, there aren't any inbound links to it all, in fact.
http://www.google.com/search?as_lq=www.pixelshi...

hmmmm .... ;)

Re: Is Tech Blogging Getting Boring?

tonyhung — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:12:42 -0000

Tech blogging is as boring as you want to make it; I think every genre has its black hole topics that never go away. The question is whether you want to engage in it, or find something that is personally interesting -- and hopefully interesting to others as well.

Re: Affiliates Aren’t Just B2B Pimps

affiliatetip — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:49:39 -0000

Its one thing to develop a sense of trust over time, but for many of these individuals, there is absolutely no sense of integrity as to when the shameless promotion begins.

What is your basis for this generalization?

I've been an affiliate for over a decade and find your animus to be unfounded.

There are some bad eggs in any space, but I think it's silly to brand "many" in an industry as lacking integrity.

Re: Affiliates Aren’t Just B2B Pimps

tonyhung — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:01:44 -0000

Actually I wasn't commenting on all affiliate marketers, or even some -- i.e. those that practice the art and science thereof.

I was merely referring to the general practice of affiliate marketing.

It doesn't matter if you're promoting Wedding BonBons, Garden Shears, or Internet Marketing eBooks, Autoresponders, Membership Sites or what have you.

If you get a cut of the sale, its really no different than commissioned sales. Its one thing to develop a sense of trust over time, but for many of these individuals, there is absolutely no sense of integrity as to when the shameless promotion begins.

Re: Why today’s solo bloggers may not see Scoble-like fame…

StevenHodson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:46:02 -0000

Just trying to do my part for the greater good of the blogosphere :)

Re: Why today’s solo bloggers may not see Scoble-like fame…

tonyhung — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:24:52 -0000

Uh, oh.

Sounds like the "The A-List Exists" Meme is rearing its ugly head again!

(checks watch) -- its about time, actually. :)

Re: You Don’t Own ANY Conversation

Corvida — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:49:03 -0000

They didn't ask to own the conversation, but it's how it can come across to
a reader. That was my *interpretation* of the articles that I've read
concerning the situation.

You do have a point, but you're playing devil's advocate lol and it's just
another side to the conversation. Our points are both valid and invalid,
depends on who's reading it. But thank you for the food for thought! I do
appreciate it and it definitely is something to consider. Maybe I'll make a
second post later this week.

Re: You Don’t Own ANY Conversation

tonyhung — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:23:33 -0000

1. if you're going to get all hot and bothered about it let's hear some names. I was following the meme all weekend, and actually, I don't think I heard any bloggers asking out loud to "own" the conversation. What I did see was Scoble kicking off the debate by making it a "no one should own comments" vs. "don't steal my content" -- two actually very different things. Everyone came down on the "no one owns comments and conversations", including myself.

2. If you want attribution for your work -- well, that's a level of control. What Shyfter did was fairly benign in the larger scheme of things. But if you don't want your content being used by sploggers and if you don't want people remixing and repurposing yoru content and then *renaming* the author, then yes -- you're actually for some level of control by an author over where and how their content gets treated.

Do you think the answer then is by making all of your content private? If everything is for the taking, do you think that your attribution is one of those things? How about your good name -- if people decide to collect your work with someone else's you despise?

Some food for thought on an otherwise quiet Sunday night. :P

Cheers
tony @ dji.

Re: FriendFeed Comments WordPress Plugin

dalziel — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:20:19 -0000

1. Yes, this site is running 2.5
2. Yep, see this post for a post with a large number of comments: http://blog.slaven.net.au/archives/2008/03/27/f...
3. Not really. It won't interfere with it, as you can see on this site, but it doesn't integrate. I was thinking about doing that, with the disqus API, but I thought it would get really confusing because there would be 2 locations the comments would come from, and there would be con context for a comment

Re: FriendFeed Comments WordPress Plugin

tonyhung — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:06:20 -0000

1. Does it work with WP2.5?
2. Do we have any examples yet?
3. Will it work with Disqus?

Re: What is a blogger worth - what are my words worth?

buckpost — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:51:04 -0000

Perhaps the answer to controlling where the content and conversation happens is not having an RSS feed. Upside: RSS readers and social aggregators can't track/scrape you. Downside: You lose a way to spread the word and, in theory, build the brand.

It would be an interesting experiment to see what would happen to readership if a blogger stopped offering an RSS feed.

Re: What is a blogger worth - what are my words worth?

tonyhung — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:03:45 -0000

Nice rant.

There are many ways to answer that question, but I think that in the end -- providing that it is a goal that a blogger has anyway -- it is up to each blogger to build their brand as big and as bold as each one can make.

To spread their reputation far, wide, and deep, so that its impossible to *not* know -- hey, that conversation *started* with Steve Hodson. I _know_ that because only that cranky mo-fo would *say* that in *that* way.

Its like a great personal brand will transcend where conversations are taking place.

Ultimately, however, it will be up to each blogger to leverage that brand (and whatever may come with it) to each of their personal best, and as you've mentioned, perhaps measuring it with CPM advertising isn't the best for that at all.

But others? New opportunities in jobs, careers, personal growth, meeting new people, traveling, speaking ... well, those endpoints are ... well, endless.

Cheers
t @ dji

Re: Why bother saying anything

StevenHodson — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:36:02 -0000

Oh I can see why it fell under the spell of being a weekend bitchmeme as it started out innocently enough and sparked enough interest that prople could pick sides and have at it. The unfortunate part of the bitchmeme is that come Monday it is generally forgotten about. Which is usually okay given the typical nature of past bitchemes but I think the matter's raised by Shyftr is more important than being relegated to a weekend slapfest.

And thanks

Re: Why bother saying anything

tonyhung — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:07:12 -0000

Wow ... well, I will take ownership over calling this a bitchmeme (as I clearly *said* this was going to be a bitchmeme).

I totally agree that we do it a disservice by calling a genuine conversation a derogatory nickname, HOWEVER, I thought that by calling it what it was *already* going to be called --> http://twitter.com/duncanriley/statuses/787708091 ... we can take some ownership over this thing.

Since I've been following Techmeme (well over a year now) and participating as I do on it (I'm a bit of a Techmeme whore in the past, I admit it), sometimes I know where these other blogging detractors come from. Blogging bitchslaps are sometimes irrelevant -- but sometimes its not.

Anyway, cheer up mate.
Robert's not such a bad guy, and you definitely are not (or, to avoid the double negative, you do, in fact, Rock)
t @ dji

Re: Refocusing The Blog

webomatica — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:52:41 -0000

Plus I was asleep when it happened. But, I can certainly appreciate the irony!

Re: Shyftr: Feed theft or social news reader?

mathewi — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:09:02 -0000

I agree, Tony.