I’m not one to think visually, but, like many (most?) people, I appreciate a good picture all the same. Here’s Steven Van Dyke’s take on How News Travels on the Internet. Nice picture. I’m not sure I’d call what travels on the internet ‘news’ every time, but there is an amazing meme-spread going on.
Yesterday afternoon, I met with someone I worked with back in the go-go days yesterday afternoon. He and his colleagues have started a new company, and they launched their so-called pre-alpha site a couple of weeks ago, and then sent 20 people an email. He was amazed how quickly I — and others — found out about the new site, especially when measured against how long it took their previous business to propagate back in 1998-1999. PR and marketing still matter, somewhat, but as Andrew Anker wrote two days ago “brand follows user experience.” Amen. Guess this means I’m really due for a clean-up around here…