Category: Business

  • Business blogging: Hills to climb in Europe

    Over half of the business executives in The Netherlands and Germany find blogging a mystery; and, although French executives are ‘au fait,’ few of them are bloggers. These are among the findings from the latest UPS Europe Business Monitor survey…

  • WordPress acquires TextPattern?

    After publishing my previous post about blog spam, I spotted this news item in my WP Admin Dashboard: On behalf of the WordPress community, I’m proud to announce a merger we’ve had on our minds since the first time we…

  • Widgets are about competitive position

    If you have a TypePad blog, ease of use just got easier with TypePad Widgets. From Six Apart’s press release: [Six Apart has] launched a new, open widget initiative to expand choice and functionality for TypePad subscribers and readers. Thirty-three…

  • Now this is transparency

    Last week, I wrote about Plaxo. You know, the impersonal emails you get from people asking you to update your contact info. I really don’t think much of the service at all. I consider it to be equal to spam.…

  • Credibility isn’t equal to authority

    Who’s to be believed about the 60% Windows Vista code rewrite story which has been a lively discussion topic in a number of blogs during the past few days? According to Robert Scoble, it’s flat-out not true. He says his…