Our brains are composed of millions of individual neurons which are not connected, but do have simple input/output devices, a basic firing mechanism allowing a neuron to connect with another, or a network of neurons. With this architecture we create, grow, interact, organize and participate in the world around us. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for December, 2006
Connectivity Instigates Creativity, Creation?
On December - 30 - 2006
Are You An Angry Poster?
On December - 29 - 2006
We’ve all done it (I do it too often) but there’s a place for it. Don’t post when you’re angry.
Forums are great places for “heated exchanges” (it actually brings in traffic) but in general, an angry post is usually something the author regrets. Read the rest of this entry »
Dictating SEO Strategy To Your SEO – BAD Idea
On December - 27 - 2006
Nikola Tesla gave us AC power transmission, the coil transformer, wireless communication and hundreds of other inventions.
Tesla was not only an inventor and electrical engineer but was also a great visual thinker. He could “see” an entire system in his head and often didn’t test his ideas in a lab. If he tested them in his head he knew what the result of any physical test would be. Read the rest of this entry »
Imitation Is Flattering
On December - 22 - 2006
It amuses me whenever I run a successful SEO campaign and find others mimicking certain parts of my work.
I chuckle because they have inevitably copied some words but failed to duplicate the strategy and tactics behind the campaign.
Then while you high-five yourselves after ranking for something as amazing as your domain name, I’ll re-earn my nickname. While you consider plagiarizing me some more, realize I see you. I bet I can rank for your name in a day.
Please Say Goodbye To Corporate Hello’s
On December - 21 - 2006
The web is as necessary to business today as the telephone was a decade ago, yet so many businesses use it as nothing more than a digital business card.
Ok, your expensive “corporate hello” may be great – if it were still 1998. Read the rest of this entry »
Paperless Offices Invite Intrusion
On December - 19 - 2006
Your personal email – think about the amount of information it can reveal about you, your co-workers, your company, your family, from party plans to shopping receipts to office gossip.
Microsoft Outlook is really the American workplace standard for email and calendaring purposes. Knowing this, and say… a domain attached to your ‘interest’ can give you lots of information. Read the rest of this entry »
New Ideas Stifled In Business
On December - 18 - 2006
Most businesses love “best practices” and manuals. These written standards are orderly, rational and logical. They have been tested and proven. They’re great because they give a team the sense that everyone is “on board”.
In the end – they are “justifiers”, a book to blame when a goal isn’t realized, a safety net for the uninspired. Read the rest of this entry »
The Home Page Dilemma
On December - 17 - 2006
Ever notice that websites’ most relevant information is often times a click or two away from the home page? There’s a contact page, an about page, services or product page, etc.
After all these supporting sub-pages are written, businesses seem to be scratching their heads. Read the rest of this entry »
Your Image & Your Website
On December - 16 - 2006
Businesses, institutions and governments all use the same tools and broadcast media – the buildings, logos, websites, brochures, press releases and speeches – all to convey their “image”, their “brand”.
Individually and collectively the difficulty begins when we cross the line of believability – when that image we have for these businesses and individuals are not the image they have of themselves Read the rest of this entry »
Online Brochures Redundant Failures
On December - 15 - 2006
Try it – ask a business “why do you want a brochure?” and they will just stare at you like you just said something you weren’t supposed to bring up.
A brochure is a given – a standard procedure, a marketing cliché. This is why so many websites are failures – they are no more than the online version of what you printed out and then direct to a digital version of the same thing. Read the rest of this entry »
Logomaniacs Mess Up Your Website
On December - 13 - 2006
The 80’s are long gone – but look around and notice all the downtown buildings all topped with huge neon lit logos – electrified egos of the top floor executives inside them.
I live in Denver and the evenings here are dowsed with a glowing blue – residents greet visitors with “welcome to downtown Qwest” jokes – and groan. Read the rest of this entry »
Mobuzz Babe a Daily Stop
On December - 13 - 2006
If you are reading this, you know what a blog is. Do you know what a “vlog” is? I’ve had this on my ‘Favorites’ list but wanted to point it out to those that have passed over it.
Check out Karina at MobuzzTV – she’s a vlogger, a nerd, a babe – a nice combo for people like me. Anyway… Read the rest of this entry »
