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Media is Dead. Long Live Media!
The opinion in this article (also see link, below) is so obvious to me as to cause me to think, "Why even write about it?!" Who uses Yellow Pages anymore? Who watches commercial-laden TV at air time anymore? Who listens to ad-supported radio instead of iTunes Radio or Spotify? Who reads direct … [Read the rest...]

Time to delete your “admin” login and beef up your passwords
Hey Everyone, If you have a WordPress installation, you've probably heard about the mega-attack some jokers (trolls) have coordinated via an army of about 90,000 bots, probably computers they've infected with undesirable code and now control. If you haven't, you should know about it. There are a … [Read the rest...]

Notes from “The Agatha Christie Code”
The Agatha Christie Code As seen on PBS, produced in 2005, saw airing in December 2012 Few facts: Burial place: St Mary's Church, Chelsea, Oxfordshire 2.3 billion books published, second only to Shakespeare Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, known as Agatha Christie Born 1890 Died … [Read the rest...]

Customers Who Stealth-Shop, and How Your Business Blog Can Reach Them
In this insightful piece, The Dumbest Excuse SMBs Use to Avoid Blogging, author Doug Rekenthaler argues that customers have turned the traditional buying process on its head, not entering the direct marketing process until the very last stages of their buying process. They avoid direct contact with … [Read the rest...]

Anonymous help from unseen strangers
After nearly twenty years online, I'm very happy to report that the early-days attitude of caring and sharing and helping complete strangers with their tech issues via online discussions and forums has not ended. Not even close. Besides an amazing weekend at WordCamp Vancouver 2012 and … [Read the rest...]