Adam Green posted this article on OpenLeft criticizing a mass email he received from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
RSS feeds have been around for a long time. My experience with them was limited to adding the NY Times and the BBC as “Live Bookmarks” in Firefox. Slowly, I began to realize that there is more to it than that – a lot more. This is not an exhaustive list of uses for RSS [...]
There are a lot of different reasons why you may want to start a poll (or survey) from the trivial (who is the best James Bond?) to serious (what are your experiences with your health insurer?). Want to collect data for your research? Engage members? Read on.
I recently signed up for a Twitter account. I’m a little skeptical about allowing yet more chatter to compete for my attention. I’ve been taking a very cautious approach to it by keeping “work” and “productivity” in mind when deciding who to follow or when to “tweet.” So far, I’m following various tech nerds, such [...]
Tips for web writing “5 Writing Tips for Web Designers” has good advice for those of you who write for the web. Below is my summary and commentary. Also, see this related post. 1. Basically, it’s all about your customers’ needs for finding information, becoming a member, getting involved, donating, whatever. Everything – including links, [...]
So, uh, I’m new to this whole blogging thing. But, I recently attended a “Blogger Summit” hosted by Center for Civic Policy. Below are some of the tips (style, soliciting comments, strategy) I picked up from folks who know a lot more about this than me.
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I love comments, but spammers drive me nuts
I love getting feedback on this blog. I really appreciate those people who take the time to add their thoughts. A lot of people visit this site, but relatively few leave comments. I am grateful to those that do. At the same time, the amount of machine-generated spam comments I receive drives me up the [...]