Ten things I learned in 2005. . .
By Tom Foremski - December 28, 2005
. . .in no particular order of importance.
Tom Foremski, Silicon Valley Watcher
1-Blogging is the most honest form of self-promotion bar none because if you can't walk the talk you won't get the clicks.
2-Content will be king because all those links have to point to something of value--otherwise they are pointless.
3-Every company is part media company--it is both publisher and publication and tells stories all the time.
4-Every startup company should be able to say what it does in 20 seconds--not 20 minutes.
5-The old media is dying much faster than I expected.
6-Attention deficit disorder is affecting all age groups--especially those that spend more time online.
7-The more that I write the more authentic I become online and offline.
8-Blogging represents the next big thing: the two-way communications media technologies that characterize Internet 2.0.
9-I can communicate more with fewer words.
10-I learned a heck of a lot more than ten things...more to come in 2006 :-)
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Comments (4)
Nice blog. I have no idea who you are or what you do but this BLOG rocks. Both fun to read AND informative. Wow. What a concept.
Posted: December 29, 2005 11:30 AM
Thanks :-) I sincerely hope you are not my mother, masquerading...(!)
Posted: December 29, 2005 10:30 PM
I'd add one more item - there's a lot more resistance to this medium (in the UK at least) than I thought there might be.
But that's great because it means the opportunity is much bigger than I thought. I for one am looking forward to 2006.
Posted: December 31, 2005 7:43 AM
In Short,
Practice makes a man perfect.
Posted: January 13, 2006 6:06 AM