I was on GeekBrief TV…
Posted Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 by Dave Moyer
…and all I got was this lousy embed code:
In all seriousness, it was a great time. Cali and Neal pulled me aside at WordCamp San Francisco (check out that cool background they found in the conference center!)
Thanks to them and everyone who attended for a great weekend.
Don’t spout nothingness. Nobody cares.
Posted Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 by Dave Moyer
“Blog” is a MAJOR buzz-word. So is “Twitter”. “Podcast”. As technologies begin to grow into the average users’ vocabularies, lots of people start to jump on the “Me Too!!!” bandwagon. We’ve seen it with all sorts of technologies, and it’s not going away.
I’m proud to present to you a sample “Me Too” thought train, starring Mr, Mrs, or Ms Generic User, henceforth known as MMOMGU. (Hey, I have to be politically correct, right?) This involves Twitter, the latest “me too” on the web.
MMOMGU sees Twitter on Oprah, or reads about this EXCITING NEW technology (which, by the way, came out over three years ago) in their newspaper’s oh-so-up-to-date-technology section.
MMOMGU: Ooh! Shiny.
MMOMGU sees that people use Twitter. And if people (especially Oprah) use Twitter, then MMOMGU must use it also. Now, it is important to acknowledge that MMOMGU doesn’t really understand Twitter at all, but that doesn’t really cross their mind quite yet.
MMOMGU: La la la… Twitter.com.
MMOMGU signs up for a Twitter account, failing to change their avatar from the default picture, but changing their background neon green, their sidebar dark black, and their main text yellow on a white background. Then, the fateful moment: MMOMGU posts their first tweet.
MMOMGU (in tweet form): OK I DONT REALLY GETTHIS TWITTER THING SOMEONE HELP ME?!?!??????!?!!!!1
MMOMGU has followed Ashton Kutcher, CNN Breaking News, Britney Spears, and Al Gore. However, they do not understand why nobody has replied.
MMOMGU (in tweet form): HELLOOOOOO????
MMOMGU (out loud now): OK, what’s the point of this?
MMOMGU does not realize that they currently have one follower: “MakeMoneezEZ”, who, contrary to popular belief, is a robot who is not showing much interest in helping them understand Twitter. MMOMGU has a few more tweets before going dormant:
MMOMGU (in tweet form): lol
MMOMGU (in tweet form): lolol
MMOMGU (in tweet form): @britneyspears HEY BRITNEY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH WHY ARENT U FOLLOWIN ME YOU SHOULD FOLLOW ME nOW k???
MMOMGU doesn’t login again for weeks.
And… scene.
You see, MMOMGU really has no idea what Twitter is all about. They joined for the buzz value, and absolutely nothing more. My question to the MMOMGUs of the world: Why are you joining sites that you don’t understand? Why are you becoming part of a medium to say something when you have nothing to say?
Blogging, podcasting, Twitter, radio, TV, newspapers, whatever. A friend of mine who’s a complete radio veteran puts it perfectly: “You need to have something to say and you need to know how to say it.” If you don’t, you’re wasting my time and your own.
Don’t sit there and spout nothingness because you feel that you need to spout something. If you don’t have something to say, don’t try. People know. They follow the people who say things that they will care about, and they unfollow the people who don’t.
Spout your passion. Spout what you know, spout what only you can spout in the way that only you can spout it. And if you can’t, don’t try. It’s more obvious than you might think.
BarCamp RE Denver – May 22, 2009
Posted Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 by Dave Moyer
After WordCamp Denver a few months ago, Lorelle VanFossen and I were given a ride to the after party by a wonderful lady (and excellent driver!) Kristal Kraft, who just happened to be involved in organizing the upcoming RE (Real Estate) BarCamp here in Denver on Friday, May 22nd.
A little while after, we got to talking, and it was decided that I would be speaking at the event about podcasting, using WordPress and similar systems to do so, and the many applications to the real estate industry it can have.
If you’re in the Denver area and are involved in real estate at all, or maybe you just like me (:P) then come on out! Just RSVP and find more info on the official site.
WordCast Special Edition: LIVE May 12th at 6pm Eastern
Posted Monday, May 11th, 2009 by Dave Moyer
As most of you know, I produce and cohost the web’s top WordPress and blogging podcast, WordCast. However, what many of you may not know is that WordCast will be hosting a live, call-in, discussion Tuesday, May 12th from 3pm to 4pm Pacific Time (6pm Eastern).
Make sure you tune in to bitwirelive.com then to watch the live video stream featuring Jane Wells, Kym Huynh, myself, and, of course, all of your calls and chatroom messages. The topic?
How can WordPress’s communication and participation between Automattic, the WP developers, and the WordPress community be improved? What are your thoughts?
To Participate:
Phone: 1-724-444-7444, using TalkCast ID 50127. To identify yourself with a name before we take you on the air, sign up for an account at TalkShoe.com and enter your PIN when asked when calling in. Otherwise, follow the directions to enter as a guest. You can also use TalkShoe’s VoIP solution to chime in by registering there and following their instructions.
Chat: Jane, Dave and Kym will be monitoring our two IRC chat rooms throughout the show, taking questions and comments: irc.wyldryde.org #bitwirelive and irc.freenode.com #wordpress-dev. You can login to these rooms using an IRC client such as XChat or Colloquy, or join the #bitwirelive chat using the built-in web client at bitwirelive.com.
Twitter: We’ll be taking Twitter questions throughout the hour-long show. Just begin your tweets with @wordcast and tag them by including #wclive at the end to make sure we can see them.
Email: Send emails to mail@wordcastpodcast.com during the show with the subject “LIVE Yournamehere”. We’ll take them on the air.
