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The evolving picture of public (and private) discourse
by Tony Hung on November 28, 2010
Then in the last year something new has happened, which I see as the combined rise of mobile Internet technology and Facebook. While smartphones have made us more e-mail-enabled than ever, I think people are actually sending less total e-mail as (…)
Hacked Again.
by Tony Hung on June 13, 2009
So, I was jazzed to write something new yesterday — the topic of which, I can’t even recall now — when I realize that the blog had been hacked again. Yes, I am guilty of not upgrading to the latest (…)
Is Blogging Dead? (Wait: Is It That Time Of Year Again?)
by Tony Hung on December 1, 2008
The “is blogging dead” meme (although no one has the chutzpah to call it what it is) rears its interesting head today over at the FastForward Blog — and much like other memes about blogging (there is / is not (…)
The “Real” Dan Lyons Could Never Exist At Newsweek — Or Forbes, For That Matter
by Tony Hung on November 18, 2008
You may have heard that Dan “Fake Steve Jobs” Lyon was forced to yank a couple of posts — and that he’s threatened (or may have actually) left his blogging post over the fact. Although Valleywag does a nice timeline (…)
Boomers Aren’t Using Social Networks, And Blogging’s Simply Off The Map.
by Tony Hung on July 24, 2008
Interesting study from Third Age / JWT Boom, which shows how people over the age of 40 (presumably in North America, although there’s no mention that I can find of where they’re from) are engaged with social media on the (…)
Dear PR Firms: Please Have An Angle When Pitching To Bloggers
by Tony Hung on July 22, 2008
So, if you’ve been blogging for any stretch of time, you might get contacted from time to time by public relations firms on behalf of web entities looking for a mention. I know I do. Perhaps I’m not so important (…)
Does Not Leaving Comments Matter?
by Tony Hung on November 24, 2008
Louis Gray spent a lot of time crafting a satirical post on the alleged “exchange rate” between comments and other means of interacting with a post — launched in part due to Allen Stern’s public bemoaning of a lack of (…)
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