Global Rich List

By way of The View from Seymour: If you’re feeling down at heel today, drop by Global Rich List to see where your income stacks up against the rest of the world’s. It’s a clever idea from the BAFTA-winning folks at Poke. The link to make a donation...

Community is…

Lee LeFever is one of a number of folks sharpening their thinking around just what community is (and particularly in an online context). Here’s his latest post on the topic. As far as I can tell, the conversation was kickstarted by Jake McKee at Community Guy,...

Blogging disaster management

Heading off on a tangent from the pivotal issue – when does an employer get a say in an employee’s off-hours life? – let’s take a moment to consider ten pieces of sage advice from Robert Scoble on what to do when your blog goes horribly,...

Bloggers, post at your peril

Write a letter to the editor, and it’s forgotten in a day. Call a phone-in show, and you’re history in a minute and a half. But post to a blog, and – unless you delete them yourself – your words live on as long as your blog does. They can be...

The Golden Decade begins

Pay a quick visit to the BC Liberals’ web site right now, and here’s what you’ll see. I know, I know – it’s cheap to laugh at the web misfortunes of others. But weren’t these the same guys who were going to bring competence back to...

Domain doom

It could all have been worse. As a postscript to my cautionary tale, one more lesson: be sure the contact information your registrar has is up to date. Exhibit A, Bill Tieleman: A firm in Kenya poached my website – they have thousands of them now – by...
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