February 2012
1 post
“10. If you want ACTION, don’t write. Go and tell the guy what you want.”
– 10 Tips on Writing from David Ogilvy | Brain Pickings
January 2012
40 posts
The Two Things →
Signez cette pétition pour sauver notre Internet à... →
Un nouveau traité mondial, l’ACTA, pourrait permettre à de grandes entreprises de surveiller notre activité sur Internet. Nous avons rejeté les projets de loi américains de censure — à présent, persuadons le Parlement de l’UE d’enterrer cette nouvelle menace. Ajoutez votre voix!
“Flawed as it is, peer review is useful. It’s a first line of defense. It...”
– Meet Science: What is “peer review”? - Boing Boing by Maggie Koerth-Baker
“The structures in Architecture Without Architects reveal a kind of purposeful,...”
– Architecture Without Architects: What Ancient Structures Reveal About Collaborative Design | Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
“But what we need right now in the ebook publishing industry is not more lock-in...”
– iBooks2: Not a silver bullet for publishers - Forbes by Suw Charman-Anderson
Bukowski's "The Blue Bird," Beautifully Animated |... →
“And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not...”
– John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter | Brain Pickings. Click through. The whole letter is A-MAZING.
“How do you find a community that’s interested in your organization, and what...”
– Content Strategy Applied: conference review — lucid plot, by Jonathan Kahn
“And the more they read, the more they shared, liked, tweeted, commented and...”
– What a Blockbuster Forbes Post Says About the Tyranny and Future of the Page View - Forbes by Lewis DVorkin
“Today, those page views are still coveted but not always as lucrative. The rise...”
– What a Blockbuster Forbes Post Says About the Tyranny and Future of the Page View - Forbes by Lewis DVorkin
nickd: 2. Editorial strategy. →
taphead:
This is the second post in a seven-part series about Distance, a quarterly journal for long essays about design. Support Distance on Kickstarter. Earlier posts:
Distance’s introduction.
1. Essays and rants.
Mandy Brown has discussed the nature of editorial strategy in many…
“Gradual discovery and engagement works wonders to encourage readers to come...”
– Let Readers Discover Your Publication’s Personality | The People Behind the Paper.lis (by Evren Kiefer also known to me as me)
Fusain forever - Le blog de steph →
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“The frequently asked questions (FAQ) pages are the unsung heroes of your company...”
– Why Content Is Still King When It Comes to Lead Generation | Entrepreneur.com (by Ann Handley)
“According to a study from Focus Research, companies use a mix of content types...”
– Why Content Is Still King When It Comes to Lead Generation | Entrepreneur.com
“On corporate blogs, summaries are usually superior to full articles because they...”
– Corporate Blogs: Front Page Structure (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Huh? That’s surprising. Summaries, mhmm…
Federal Plain Language Guidelines: Table of... →
Great resource for teaching how to write and how to fix misleading copy.
“Information discovery is a form of creative labor in and of itself”
– Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity | Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
“But curiosity without direction can be a taxing and ultimately unproductive...”
– Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity | Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
Exactly !
“And I believe the two main mechanisms of how we fill that pool are curiosity…and...”
– Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity | Brain Pickings by Maria Popova.
Yet, we should never forget the choice part unless we want to sink in information gluttony.
“Go ahead and change the colors all you want. But make sure you deliver a well...”
– What Color Should Your Links Be? | (mt) Residence | A Media Temple Production (by Jared Spool)
“It’s not about how we look in the lunchroom, Alice. Just read the comments. “Are...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Do You Like Me? Click Yes or No.
“Do you come here often? I do. I’m the Foursquare mayor, actually, which means I...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: List: Ineffective Pick-Up Lines for the Modern Internet Persona.
“Rejection hurts,” Gray says. “It stings. “The more you get rejected,...”
– CANOE - Lifewise Sex Files: Shy guys finish last
“Above all, remember that you have more power over situations you find yourself...”
– 10 New Year’s resolutions for designers | Feature | .net magazine (by Mike Monteiro)
“Let’s find problems to solve that actually improve people’s lives.”
– 10 New Year’s resolutions for designers | Feature | .net magazine (by Mike Monteiro)
“Last year, a few notable content strategy apps came to the party early: DivvyHQ...”
– Top 5 Content Strategy Trends To Watch In 2012 | Digital Word (by Kristina Mausser)
Can’t wait to see how tactical-level tasks can be assisted or automated. I am trying InBoundWriter (https://app.inboundwriter.com/) right now :)
“As a buzzword, however, curation runs the risk of becoming synonymous with...”
– Top 5 Content Strategy Trends To Watch In 2012 | Digital Word (by Kristina Mausser)
“Fear sells, even better than sex. (The study of this phenomenon is called...”
– What You Should Know About 2012: Answers to 13 Questions | Psychology Today
“It is a myth that is being promoted in part for commercial reasons. However, it...”
– What You Should Know About 2012: Answers to 13 Questions | Psychology Today
“These accounts, as well as the Popol Vuh (“Council Book”), a...”
– What You Should Know About 2012: Answers to 13 Questions | Psychology Today
“The “prophecies” about 2012 are best considered a kind of folk...”
– What You Should Know About 2012: Answers to 13 Questions | Psychology Today
December 2011
1 post
Get Mail Merge in Gmail with This Google Docs... →
November 2011
3 posts
Social Media Holiday Tradition
A friend and I launched a Facebook page on which everybody is invited to post holiday music videos in an effort to revive holiday cheer. It is a great way to slip into the spirit !
This social media holiday tradition is already four years old. The first year, we kept posting Christmas songs on each other’s walls everyday. Yet, it got mixed with all the other wall postings and our friends...
The limits of automation and the curator’s role |... →
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
2 posts
Anti-prétérition
brevesdetrain:
Dans le train Fribourg-Lausanne, une jeune homme raconte une grande histoire qui m’a l’air passionnante, avec plein de gestes très amples, de bruitages, de bipbipbip, de tutututut et de plocploc et de pssssccccht et d’éclats de rire.
Ne parlant, ni ne comprenant le schwiezerdütsch, je ne suis pas en mesure de vous la restituer.
C’est frustrant. Très frustrant.
July 2011
2 posts
