Who would have thought that my last rant against LinkedIn would be the third most viewed post on my site. Astounding, and by the comments, it seems to have rung a bell with others. (note: this is a repost from my professional blog) LinkedIn is still crappy, for all the same reasons I wrote about here, but some new suckage has floated to the top. LinkedIn is ostensibly the “Facebook”...
I am getting social media swamped. But there is one trend that I am sure that I am not alone in is the in your face nature that LinkedIn has become since going public. I have been a member of Linkedin for a long time, and it has been a good place to collect my professional connections. But, it is not a place that I go to daily, weekly, or even once a month. The truth is that for me it is not...
The daily traffic to Tralfaz is edging upward. Not viral by any means, but the trends are clear
I have been semi-regular blogging since 2009, and in the past 9 years I have some interesting observations that I would like to share.
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There are a few things in my computing life that have been constantly chaotic. Top of the list: my contacts. Looking at how my life has bounced around like a pinball, I have 3 active Google mail accounts, I have my Mac Address book, where all my added contacts from my iPhone dribble in to, and an old application and card scanner that wasn’t really compatible. In short, it was a mess. Then I...
I have ranted often about LinkedIn, from their desire to be a destination as often and for as much time as Facebook, a tall order indeed. Many of the people I know in Marketing are hailing it as the B2B marketing platform, praising the blogs, the opinion leaders they have recruited, and the communities that can be created. I naturally have a LinkedIn profile, and I am a member to many of these...
When we first moved back to the Santa Clara area, we were put up at a newish apartment complex in Sunnyvale. When that month of free rent expired, we moved into an affordable apartment in South San Jose. This will compare and contrast these two experiences. Sunnyvale: Avalon Apartments The Avalon Apartments were built in the late 1990’s or early 2000’s. They are modern, well appointed...
So, I have a regular blog where I talk about product management and other career-like things. I get 20 or so visits a day, and I have some followers in the product management / product marketing world. I try to be a little bit of a balance against all the happy-feel-good self promoting blogs from the Product Management conslutants. Some things I have noticed: The greater the “snark”...