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As online hype goes, you’re going to be hard pushed to generate the amount of buzz that Glitch has been generating of late. Whilst this looks really awesome and intriguing (and probably a bit of a “time-sink”), this just proves again that your second success is much easier to achieve than your first (Glitch was started by the team behind Flickr).
Great little snippet by GaryVee on why your content needs to be king. I especially love his comments with regards to SEO & social media strategy, which just doesn’t guarantee success irrespective of how well they are executed.
I’ve been enjoying my tumbling content on here ever since I switched to this design (which is built on a standalone install of WordPress) late last year. To be honest though, considering that I was situated alone on my own island, my tumblog content was never gonna have the same traction as it would have in a community like Tumblr.
So I’ve been considering switching this design over to Tumblr and then just keeping my longer written articles on here (eg. all of my Project 52 contributions) and in the past week I actually ported this design over to Tumblr (the design is too awesome to lose imo). But if you’re reading this, then you’re still reading it on WordPress and not Tumblr…
Before I get into the reasons for not switching to Tumblr, I’d just like to tell you why I was even considering switching:
So why didn’t I switch then? Basically I found that I was being limited in terms of porting this design over in its current state. Tumblr has some awesome template tags, but they’re not as flexible as WordPress is, which is a shame. For most people considering Tumblr though, this wouldn’t be an issue, because they could design around those apparent limitations. For me, it has meant that I will continue to tumble on my lonely island over here.
Been wondering about this in the last couple of weeks… Every blog seems to be plastered with “Tweet This” / “Share This” / “Social Media This” links, but I’m wondering how effective they really are (considering that they generally look awful and tend to screw with an otherwise beautifully designed website).
So this is my thinking… I want my articles (on here) to be tweeted out by people with influence. In my mind, people with influence don’t use Twitter’s web interface and prefer some kind of desktop application (which generally has built-in URL shortening as well). Is it thus really that much easier for them to click a silly “Tweet This” link, or should I trust that if my content is good enough, they will construct their own tweet & copy+paste the link?
Which leads me to my ultimate question: Are these social media action links worth it?
This probably makes you think twice about how you interact, with whom you intereact and how you measure those interactions. Doesn’t it?
Ditto. Great study on why we’re all actually quite stupid & childish when it comes to most petty fights online. Moral of the story: think objectively before you act impulsively.
It’s cool to be featured in unmatchedstyle’s podcast on some of the coolest & trendiest web designs going around at the moment. In this episode, the guys cover websites that uses unique effects as a marketing tool to lure traffic to the site.
Brilliant article on when you – as an outside investor – should look to invest in social media / tech companies. Based on my academic background in this regard, the author has probably gotten it spot-on and this is probably the approach that will most likely secure an acceptable ROI for the investor(s).
For what it’s worth, I think it’s great that there are ways to participate online that don’t take a ton of time. I just wish more people had more time to do more things that go deeper than “here’s what I ate today.”
Re-blogging, re-tweeting and re-hashing is all the rage these days, especially with the rise of platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr where there isn’t a massive emphasis on creating unique, thought-provoking content. Should that however deter the great minds within our industries & societies from giving us a good read from time to time?
In my opinion there are two types of content i.e. unique content & rehashed content (with or without unique commentary / thoughts added). So this obviously affects the way web publishers work, as the one requires a little more though and inspiration compared to the other. In this episode I thus talk a little about these different content types and also how this relates to what I’m doing.
This episode – and the questions therein – is also part of a slightly bigger picture. I’m working on improving my online persona / web presence and I’ve got to figure out what’s next in terms of the type of content that I’m going to produce. I thus hope that you’ll have a little discussion with me in the comments… 