Day: July 8, 2003
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Trading on the virtual market
Yes, I’m trying the BlogShares thing. No pain… and probably no gain (in audience/attention). Very smart viral marketing plan of theirs… strong incentive for the blog to include the graphic on its home page. Sure, I buried it like everyone else, but it’s there. Maybe this market will measure time as a currency, eventually. Right…
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Why be defensive?
Over at Daring Fireball, John Gruber has a long column explaining why he’s adding advertisements to his site. He makes several interesting points along the way (jabbing at Business Week specifically, and the “corporate” media in general), and I enjoyed reading most of the essay, but I was surprised by his mild defensiveness about his…