Comment by Facebook or WordPress

March 24, 2012

When presented the choice between two different commenting systems, which do you choose? The Facebook commenting system (alternatively by Yahoo, AOL, or Hotmail login) appears first. The WordPress commenting system appears below that. Will one beat the other?

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Comment by Facebook Here

March 24, 2012

Considering the consensus that commenting by real name is wanted, what are the odds that someone wanting to read more about new and emerging media has a Facebook account? If I present you with the option to comment by Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, or Hotmail, would you do it? Or would you be sad? Call this [...]

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Your Right to Comment Here

January 10, 2012

Photograph by Matthew Hull. You have the right to say whatever you want online. You can say it in the comment section below or you can say it on your own blog. You can visit an internet newspaper and comment there too. But you do not have the right to expect a response. Do you [...]

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Musing About QR Codes

December 6, 2011

Hold your smartphone up to this image and, if you have Google Goggles or another barcode-reading application active, you can scan this and be shown information about me. I see QR codes everywhere these days, from newspaper classified advertisements to restaurant menus to retail storefront doors. With the proliferation of mobile phone sales and applications [...]

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On Moving On

November 21, 2011

Leaves by grafixar. Kirsten Wright quit her sole proprietorship and joined Social 5150 as its social marketing director. Tyson Goodridge quit his sole proprietorship and joined Acsys as its social media director. He recollects: A while ago, I starting asking myself some simple questions. Am I scalable? Is this business model sustainable? What is my [...]

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Why the Kindle Fire is Not For Me

November 17, 2011

I did not want a Kindle to replace the experience of reading tactile books when I wrote about it in February 2009. The majority of your comments agreed with me. Fast forward nearly three years and I still don’t want the thing. The Kindle Fire is not for me. Not yet. Engadget reviews the Kindle [...]

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Showers and Sex

October 14, 2011

You love reading about showers and sex. This declaration does not seek confirmation and nor is it a question. It’s fact. Photo by krystle. I’ll go on a limb and suggest the reason you love reading about people’s experiences in the shower and under the covers is because you love writing and talking and sharing [...]

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The Camel and Me

October 12, 2011

Thank clarita for the camel. Amy Mengel haunted me in February 2010 when she announced she stopped reading social media blogs. Despite an intent to focus her blog reading, she wrote on her own blog less and less — and quit this summer. Am I following in her footsteps? Kasey Skala‘s, too? I used to [...]

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