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Getting Personal
[Editor's Note: I try not to get too personal around here. This is an exception to that rule. This is my website and my life. This is where I think out loud and I believe it's important everyone know who I am. But more than that, I just want to
September 18, 2006 |
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SOCIAL NETWORKING | Noah Brier
Stay Out of My Business!
For all of time people have had their own definitions. The meaning of a word like friend is not universal. A friend to me might be someone I call at least five times a week, while you might call that guy you met once in third grade a friend. Befor
September 13, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 11 COMMENTS
Niche Choices are More Meaningful
Yesterday morning I realized something that had been floating around in my mind for a while: Niche choices provide a whole lot more insight than mass ones. I was playing with last.fm's similar
September 25, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 10 COMMENTS
The Real Motivation
The other night I went to see Henry Jenkins and Steven Johnson talk. At some point they started talking about Wikipedia and Jenkins said something that sparked
September 28, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
Controlled Exposure over False Privacy
So privacy's dead. What now? Control. It's time for us to take it back. Everyone is spying on us, so why shouldn't we start spying on ourselves? At least that way we can use that data to our own ends.
September 27, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
How to Make Money Off Your Blog (Part 2): Text Link Ads
[Editor's Note: This is part two in a series of posts on how to make money off your blog. Part 1 was all about The Deck. Here's the desc
September 6, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
likemind III
It's time for the third installment of
September 18, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 6 COMMENTS
It's Just Natural
Much of my life is spent saying things and making decisions that I am not completely qualified to make. And you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way. The way I see it, none of us are really ever completely qualified to make a decisio
September 15, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
The Danger of Exposing Yourself
You ever think about what's going to happen in 5-10 years when the internet generation starts looking for jobs? All these kids who are posting the intimate parts of their lives on Myspace and the such will be left completely exposed. Every potenti
September 20, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
How to Make Money Off Your Blog (Part 3): Job Boards
[Editor's Note: This is part two in a series of posts on how to make money off your blog. Part 1 was all about The Deck and <a href="htt
September 11, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
How to Make Money Off Your Blog (Part 1): The Deck
Obviously there are a million different ways to try and make money off a website, the easiest of which is slapping a couple Google ads on there and calling it a day. These three ideas interest me because they're different. They're not your regular
September 5, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Passively Active
All we hear is how small is the new big. Here's the truth: It's not. Small is still the same old small. It's just more scalable than ever. Data's cheap and so is computing power. It's easier than ever to deliver customization and personaliz
September 8, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Opening Up
[Editor's Note: This piece is a response to my entry on "The Dangers of Exposing Yourself. ] By Rob Mitchell No longe
September 21, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Convergence Culture Discussion in NYC
Thought this was too cool not to share with everyone. One Wednesday night in NYC Henry Jenkins and Steven Johnson are going to be having a conversation at the
September 26, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Noah in SF
Hi all, just a quick head's up that I will be in San Francisco next week from Wednesday to Saturday morning. If you're around the area and would like to try to meet up for a bit, drop me a line or
September 27, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Another Friday Roundup
It's been awhile since I did one of these roundups, and since I don't really have anything better to talk about at the moment . . . Gary St
September 22, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS