Thursday, March 07, 2002

More weblogs please! Beginning sometime tomorrow and moving through the weekend, I plan to identify some new weblogs to read along with those I read so often today. I need a little broader selection of people, topics, ideas, looks and messages. By the way, what are the top 10 sources or tools for weblogs? There's the Radio/Manilla/Frontier group. Isn't there a movabletype group? blogger.com? Are there others that have large groups using a "proprietary" tool or hosting their blogs with a particular host? How big is this whole phenomenon? 10:26:26 PM     Comments[]

I just stumbled upon this site. I like the design and I think I like the content, too! Nice job, Mike. 5:15:44 PM     Comments[]

Promoting Readership? What promotes weblog readership? Obviously, having something to say that others want to read. So far today, I'm staring at a most-read list that has a range of 1260 hits down to 100th place at 26 hits. The vast majority of these are about technology, programming, weblogs and the like. Are other communities of bloggers focused on other subject matter? Is there anything to learn from the fact that the top 100 Radio/Manilla/Frontier webloggers generate a "hit list" that totals roughly 12,000 or so since midnight last night thru 4:30p.m. CST? Is there anything to learn from the fact that this is getting hits and hasn't changed since February 22nd? To really make the impact we want to make, what should our numbers become? Does every weblog on the Top 100 for a day need to reach 5,000 people? 1,000? 50,000? When my weblog began to evolve into something other than "desperately seeking Radio help," readership dwindled quickly. In all fairness, it also didn't hurt that in those first desperate weeks of trying to learn Radio, Dave Winer linked to me a few times. Thanks again for that. VITALIS IS ON THE WAY OUT???? Who knew? 4:54:25 PM     Comments[]

Blog-gravity Out of sight out of mind. Not only was Adam Curry right about blog-gravity; I believe the force of blog-gravity gets stronger each day that you don't blog! I can't even move the needle in the meter this morning! 8:11:31 AM     Comments[]

Let's think about this! When I click on one of the links to Jenny's RSS subscriptions, I see a page full of HTML (I think). I'm trying to get my head around this notion. Do I want a public link on my home page for every news source I subscribe to? What do I want that link to do for a reader? How does this encourage or discourage the finding of "fresh" news and sources? I'm probably missing the point of this feature. But, the coffee cups are cute.   8:03:41 AM     Comments[]

Need a new laptop! I missed too much by going en communicado these past two days. I need a new laptop. Which products are candidates? IBM, Toshiba, Sony, Compaq, Dell? Does anyone have a tip? Spec's: Small & light & easy to handle at security checkpoints 1Ghz+ PIII or PIV 1GB RAM 20GB+ hard drive DVD/CD-RW 802.11b built in NIC & modem Windows XP Professional 7:47:11 AM     Comments[]

Internet Bubbles, Corporate Governance & Full Disclosure Events converge in my thinking. Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders and the Berkshire Hathaway annual report will be out Saturday morning. During airport waits and plane rides I read John Bogle's article/speech. Bogle is founder & former chairman of The Vanguard Group of mutual funds. The internet bubble, Enron, Global Crossing and a host of lesser train wrecks make it clear to me that Buffett's questions for directors and auditors are right on the money. If you have money to manage or if you're a victim of one or more of these past "investments," I encourage you to take note. 7:29:01 AM     Comments[]

Catching up! Russ has continued to add to his Radio documents. Jenny has the right documents identified as ones that many new Radio users want. I think there will be another round of discussions about themes for weblogs. And, on top of that, Dave and team are taking us into new territory. I've been gone for two days and I feel like I'm a week behind! I want to get my questions answered and pose some new ones. Should be fun the next few days. 7:08:13 AM     Comments[]

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