by Matthew Stibbe on March 2, 2011
Digg used to be the next big thing. I had a Digg button on every post and so did most other bloggers. Now, not so much. I got three or four huge spikes in traffic from it but most of my posts registered three or four Diggs at best. It felt like a clique had [...]
by Matthew Stibbe on October 4, 2010
Death is inevitable but the law decides what happens to our goods when we go. The new question is: what happens to our virtual identity and our online assets? The law says nothing about our ‘digital legacy’. What happens to our photos on Facebook? Can a literary executor get control over a writer’s Tweets? Is [...]
by Matthew Stibbe on August 7, 2007
There are many voices calling for the death of the press release (e.g. Die Press Release Die or Amy Gahran who wants to put them out of their misery). What is needed is not execution but reform. Here are my tips and suggestions for doing it: Preparation Have something interesting to say. A press release [...]
