Monthly Archives: April 2003

SALON BLOGGERS SPEAK OUT: USER SURVEY RESULTS

Posted on April 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

A couple of weeks ago, I posted, and e-mailed to about fifty Salon bloggers, a six-question survey asking Salon/Radio users for their opinions on the product, and on the business of blogging in general. I received a dozen responses. That’s … Continue reading →

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Q2 What do you like/dislike about the existing Salon/Radio features?

Posted on April 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Themes: About half of you are satisfied, half want more (or more interesting) themes to be made available. Most want Radio to make it easier and more intuitive to change themes or customize your own theme. Templates: Most of you … Continue reading →

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Q3 What additional functionality is needed in Salon/Radio?

Posted on April 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Mirroring: Few of you want this feature (ability to simultaneously post to two blogs in different domains), and some said it can be done with categories already, though the process is awkward. Search Functionality: Most of you want this added, … Continue reading →

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Q4 How do you decide what to read and what to blogroll?

Posted on April 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Most of you decide what to read by word of mouth referrals from other bloggers you read daily. Most have a fixed list of daily ‘must reads’, both blogs and news resources. Most browse their daily Referrer lists and read … Continue reading →

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Q5 What’s your advice to newbie bloggers?

Posted on April 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Ask other bloggers, not Userland, when you need technical help. Think about what your ‘niche’ is going to be before you start posting. Persevere. Be patient. Write well. Say something unique. Assess objectively, and strive to continuously improve, your blog. … Continue reading →

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Q6 How do you gauge the success of your blog?

Posted on April 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Most popular answers, in declining order of importance: personal satisfaction, compliments received from others, having fun, buzz (number of hits and ranking), opinions from people I know, number of new visitors, consistency of my writing, number of people who’ve blogrolled … Continue reading →

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CAUTION TO READERS – THIS IS NOT A REAL BLOG

Posted on April 10, 2003 by Dave Pollard

For those that may have been attracted here from the Recently Updated list, or by the disarmingly innocuous name of this blog, please note that this is just a mock-up for purposes of demonstrating how a weblog-based content architecture could … Continue reading →

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MAKING ‘COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE’ WORK

Posted on April 10, 2003 by Dave Pollard

In our company, we’ve been supporting Communities of Practice (CoPs) as a key enabler for Knowledge Management for almost a decade, and we’ve developed a model and some operating principles that seem to work well. I was honoured that my … Continue reading →

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SALON WATCH

Posted on April 9, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Our ‘parent’ magazine, Salon , continues to sustain its reputation for quality, insightful analysis and investigative journalism. Here are just four recent examples that show why Salon is the best magazine in the world right now, and why we need … Continue reading →

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CITIZENS, NOT CONSUMERS: A MANIFESTO FOR A NEW NON-COMMERCIAL ECONOMY

Posted on April 9, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Those of us in the Western world are now accustomed to what Dennis Potter called “the commercialization of everything”. We have declined in social, political and economic importance from citizens participating in the development of our world, to disenfranchised consumers … Continue reading →

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