Historical Archive

Article Archive (2004–2016)

A collection of 270+ historical articles covering early tech, blogging, WordPress, and digital culture.

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Archive Notice: Articles in this section were published prior to 2017. Some external links, tool recommendations, and technical references may be outdated.

Ed Brill–Email vs RSS (webfeeds)

This is a very interesting commentary on the whole will webfeeds replace e-mail debate. I agree that webfeeds are maturing and have a lot of hype right now,...

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Gmail a Gentler HailStorm?

More industry talk about Gmail as a new messaging paradigm. Might be overblown, but it is great technology. Gmail a Gentler HailStorm?

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IM Use at Work Here to Stay

I know that IM has been essential for me to do my job for 4 years. I was responsible for IM being pushed as part of a large Canadian telco. I had been workin...

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Marketers Missing Measurements

The reason, I think, that marketers don't get the information they need is that many of the metrics tools (not just web metrics) haven't been easy to use and...

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Site Analysis Gets Expert Treatment

Good head to head to head reviews. But I think most of these packages are out of the league of most users to purchase and implement. Definitely stuff for the...

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The End of the Mass-Mailer Worm Era

I think Seltzer really missed the boat on this one. Yes the problem is that users don't update, but the update process is no walk in the park. Computers and...

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