I’m fine with being a Z-List blogger.

Written by Vince on June 24, 2008 – 9:20 pm -

Graphic representation of less than 0.0001% of the WWW, one of the services accessible via the Internet, representing some of the hyperlinks. The use of the Internet as prior art in patent law is surrounded by concerns as to its reliability.

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More like a zzzzz… list blogger, huh?  Seriously, I’ve finally realized that I don’t need to write 300 word essays espousing my love for all things Web 2.0 with some sense of “purpose,” but just write the things I’m thinking about and just enjoy it.  I don’t have adsense, but I can certainly do nonsense.

Lately things have been interesting on the Social Media front, I must say.  I’m more involved than ever — continuing my love for FriendFeed, but also being more involved on commenting on a couple of blogs and a significant amount of tweeting.  Combining like members of FriendFeed and Twitter, I have around 150 people following me. This makes my “real friend” to “internet friend” (there really needs to be a word for that) ratio at about 1:25.  I can live with that.

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You want 30, I’ll Give you 10 | Advertising 2.0

Written by Vince on April 10, 2008 – 11:50 pm -

Entertainment is changing.  It’s all online and in bite-sized chunks of 30 second clips and videos.  Sure, there is the exception, the odd site that shows full-length programming, but much like everything, entertainment is becoming “smaller.”  The obvious example is YouTube, but extends to small snippets of stories (RSS), email and a little thing called Twitter.  Advertisers have had the luxury of a full 30 seconds to show you their product and convince you that you needed it, or a full page print ad that grabbed your attention.  This, however, is the past.  There is the obvious need for change when the entertainment ITSELF is only 30 seconds and the print is but a few lines of text, with maybe a picture.

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