Thanks, Ben. Your post was thought-provoking and needs to be said by SOMEONE for goodness sake. I think my only addition to his post would be this:
A trade association, or other similar organizations, whose sole purpose is to serve their paying membership, should not focus on serving the lowest common denominator all the time. [...]
… but one of the questions I frequently get from people who want to get into technology - more specifically social media and blogging - is how they can garner a higher page ranking. So…. let me share some secrets with you. I preface this with the fact that I believe in full disclosure, and [...]
two converging factors have contributed to my decision to disable comments on my blog. first, i received over 1,200 spam comments on my blog last week alone. second, spamkarma2 is no longer in development by its creator and eventually someone will crack it. so if you want to email me directly its techchix-at-gmail-dot-com.
lastly, i [...]
So. technical issues abound which is why i have been absent so much as of late in the blogosphere. Wordpress upgrades not going well - although I’ve heard 2.6 is great. For some reason, while testing, my posts disappear from the page. (weird, right?) Then we’re trying to upgrade servers and make DNS changes… [...]
