Monthly Archives: March 2009

Twitter: Autofollow ’sends the wrong message’

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 31 March 2009
Just got a mass e-mail from Biz Stone explaining why Twitter accounts with autofollow enabled (this was originally an option in user settings) will no longer be grandfathered in. And in fact, there will be no more autofollow accounts. I’ve always been mixed on this, however, I now feel that it is in the service’s [...]
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LA Times Announces Brand X Link Farm

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 25 March 2009
Launch early and launch often. But don’t let the cat out of the bag before you’ve got a basic index page, 404 or… anything but the de facto Register.com-branded ztomy.com-fueled link farm. So when the LA Times announced a “new product launch” in an all-staff memo this afternoon (thx, Ed) it was disappointing to see that [...]
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Yet Another Obama Speech

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 24 March 2009
Last week, we watched Obama address the great state of California, promising “brighter days ahead.” Tonight, in his second national prime time address, the country still needs to get a grip. We’ll watch online via the ever-trusty and crisp-pictured Hulu player: For instant analysis of a rather unsubstantive speech with many weak and redundant questions, see [...]
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