For one reason or another I stopped blogging, stopped writing. Which is a shame as I really like the process and it's something I do well (haven't the time to be modest this morning). Most of the problem is simple distraction, too much going on, too many possibilities, even too much success. Sometimes you have to reduce. Simplify. Not use the, "but it has to be perfect … [Read more...] about Getting the Blogging Mojo Back
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Hosting Problems
It's always the same, on the eve of a product launch the server decides to get all emotional. The chaps at Dreamhost are working on it, although nothing is obviously wrong. It sounds like an errant script is deciding to loop and hogging the data. Server management is always one of those things that I dread, probably because I don't understand it and always think the techy … [Read more...] about Hosting Problems
SEO Blogging, or a River of Effluent?
Aaron Wall has a certain style of blogging, one that is highly readable and underpinned by a true experts eye. He also seems to not mind offending big names, my cynical nature leads me at first to think there is some business logic as to where he aims his criticism, but probably not. I think he really enjoys peeling back the skin of those big names and revealing the raw flesh … [Read more...] about SEO Blogging, or a River of Effluent?
Long Copy Short Copy
OK, I admit, my post on social bookmarking was a little tongue in cheek. Designed possibly to raise an eyebrow or two? Most likley, but I also like to play around with the medium of blogging. I was just about to call it an art form, but noooooo. Posts like that are designed to get you thinking. How long does a blog post have to be. My answer to that is "as long as it needs to … [Read more...] about Long Copy Short Copy
Why turn off comments on a blog?
For a while now I have been turning comments on and off on this blog. I feel a blog goes through stages of life and usefuleness as other projects get more attention. This is no longer the blog it used to be, no longer sucking in comments like an industrial vaccum cleaner. Most of my good stuff goes elsewhere these days, mostly on clients blogs. The manipulative art of … [Read more...] about Why turn off comments on a blog?
Barbara Holmes – my favourite furniture designer
I like hanging with furniture designers, they are cool and smell of wood shavings. My old friend Barbara Holmes is one of the best I know, but she wasn't even ranking for her name, which is freaky considering she has the .com So if you are ever in the Bay area and need a piece of furniture that deconstructs the underlying metaphor of the human condition, you know who to call. … [Read more...] about Barbara Holmes – my favourite furniture designer