2006_08_01_archive

don't do consecutive series posts

Do not do a "series of posts" on a specific topic in a sequence. Say

you decide to do a series of posts on "Web 2.0 and Telepresencing".

And you will post 8 different posts on this topic. Don't do those

posts consecutively, one after the other, all 8 in a row, maybe

covering 8 days. Why? Because a lot of your readers will not care

about this specific topic, and, no matter how much they "like" you,

they will be bored by 8 posts in a row on an irrelevant or marginal

interest topic. Additionally, the posts may seem to blend in together

and not be distinct, readers may even think, "Did I read #4 already,

or is it new?" Readers are in a hurry. If you do 8 posts in a row,

with the same graphic identifier, they will blur together. Space them

out. Consecutive series posts are a good way to lose readers and ruin

loyalty.

Posted by steven edward streight at 8/01/2006 11:55:00 PM 0 comments

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big blogocombat at Chartreuse: join the fun!

Some schmuck did a horrible lousy boring inept copycat imitation of

MoBuzzTV video shows, and called it PopCruch. Chartreuse reviewed it:

it sucks. Now people are coming out of the wordwork to bash a chump

named David and a worm called Matt.

Old school blogocombat waged primarily by Loren Feldman of 1938 Media.

Of course, I had to kick the losers, David and Matt, rumored to be

proprietors of deceptive vaporware, con artists and no payers, while

they were down and wallowing in their self-inflicted misery. Seems a

blog was sold and the new owner is not happy with the deal. Can you

say "rip off"?

Chartreuse blogocombat scene.

Posted by steven edward streight at 8/01/2006 11:05:00 PM 0 comments

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Future of the Web = Telepresence

What will be the next big thing after Blogs, Podcasting, and Video

Posts?

I have declared it to be Blog Conferencing, where, via live web cams,

users will interact with you and each other in a live interplay, or

will record audio and video for later consumption. I think the text

post with text commentary is a dinosaur that is being laid to rest.

BEHOLD: personal computers and laptops are already being sold with

mandatory embedded video appliances, that are built right into the

unit, what they're calling "integrated web cameras".

For example, the new Lenovo ThinkPad Z61.

This moving beyond text blogging will be a welcome change for the vast

majority of users, who are not comfortable with their reading and

writing skills. Jakob Nielsen says reading text online is a pain,

especially lengthy dissertations. I agree. Long text is better

consumed by printing it out and reading it away from the computer.

But let's go still farther out, shall we?

Blogs may evolve into virtual worlds where visitors come and interact

with simulations of you, your company, your showroom floor, your

inventory, your services. Second Life is demonstrating strides in this

direction.

Beyond that, what?

You can probably guess it.

Telepresence: projecting a illusory but realistic 3D image, a floating

digital embodiment of your self, into the room of the user. People

don't just interact with your text, photos, audio, or video. They

interact with an electronic simulation of you. Your online surrogate,

your web representative, your cyber-clone.

I quote now PC Magazine, August 8, 2006 issue, page 68:

"...Calit2 in San Diego are using super high definition projectors,

wall size screens, and extreme Internet connections to relay images

and sounds that are barely distinguishable from reality. In the

future, this may enable full 'telepresence', the illusion that another

person is physically present when he or she is actually in another

location."

Physical screens will give way to water vapor and other types of

electro-ethereal screens, planes of near-immateriality upon which to

transfer and embody your illusory body. People will ask not only "what

did you do today?", but also "what did your illusory compu-telepathic

body do today?"

These technologies exist and are being perfected for the consumer

market now.

Just think.

No more writing our boring blog posts, or rambling on needlessly in

podcasts, or hamming it up in front of a camera for videos.

We'll be creating simulated clones who will be programmed to represent

our expertise, talents, tastes, personalities, beliefs, opinions,

criticisms, fears, quirks, and dreams. Then that will be projected out

of a portal hole in the user's computer, and a digital telepresent you

will pop out, materializing before their eyes.

A you they can see and hear, eventually even touch.

A new porn industry will arise, unfortunately, where men will be able

to electronically conjure up a hot babe, that they can either actually

have sex with physically, or at least play coy voyeur-exhibitionistic

games with as they practice self-abuse (archaic term for pleasuring

oneself).

Or you could make your product materialize in an illusory body, and

customers could examine it more closely, in the comfort of their

homes.

Then, from telepresence will flow forth actual teleportation, delivery