Is Twitter going to kill Digg?

The more I use Twitter, the more it becomes my source for finding interesting things on the web to read/investigate.  I used to use Digg for that purpose but today I find myself using Digg less and less.  And that means I’m digging things less than I did, which means Digg is starting to lose…

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The Live Web

I’ve been thinking lately about what enamors me the most about Twitter.  I get the “why Twitter”, “I don’t have time for Twitter”, “I wouldn’t know a Twitter if it bit me on the eyebrow” type of comments all the time.  And I’ve struggled with explaining Twitter, enough that I recently wrote a post suggesting…

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Stop trying to advertise in social networks. Please.

Advertisers are confused.  The world used to be so much simpler.  Find where the most people are, throw ads in front of them, and throw your head back and laugh hysterically at how easy it was to get more customers.  Or increase your brand awareness.  Or whatever metric that type of advertising got you.  Personally,…

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