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I’ve often wondered about this, and now there’s a discussion going at TechDirt. I suspect the commenter who points out that suing your customers is generally a bad decision, referencing the RIAA. I think that it’s very likely that one will make money via information delivery much more than by simple generation, and if artists,…
Stats for Blogger
I had this in the back of my mind, but a user question brought it to the front. There are now stats available on the Blogger platform. If you have a Blogger/Blogspot blog, just go to your dashboard and you’ll find the link. I’m a WordPress fan myself, as you can see from this blog,…
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I’ve been missing TweetDeck on my main office system, which uses Ubuntu Linux, ever since Twitter bought it and eliminated Adobe Air. I was suspicious of the stability of Air, but I liked TweetDeck, and it worked. I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t think of the solution myself, but rather found it here–TweetDeck for…

Using Social Media Wisely
Twenty years ago, I might have told someone to refuse to listen to gossip, and to check any stories they did hear carefully. “You need to get to the source,” I would say. There’s a reason that Paul puts gossip on so many sin lists: It can tear up a church. But readers of this…
Fixing a Company Blog
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Of Algorithms and News
I intensely dislike fake news or, for that matter, slanted news. I do believe that the term “fake news” should be limited to things that are totally made up, not things in which the reporting is slanted, or in which poor conclusions are drawn. People were and are justified in mistrusting the media. Personally, I…