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Discussion forums are better for publishers than social media
Social media is all the rage with publishers these days. Things like Facebook metrics, Twitter engagement, etc. are viewed as tremendously important by many publishers. This obsession with social media has caused many publishers to discontinue or not even bother setting up discussion forums on their sites. This unhealthy focus on social media is unfortunate…
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Employment fraud: Joe Pishgar and Future
There’s a fascinating thread on Reddit about how some sleazy companies are using job interviews as a way of prying knowledge and expertise from job candidates, with no intention of hiring the applicant. I recently had just such a bad experience interviewing with Future. I applied for an Online Community Manager job and had two…
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The Conclave: Superb film about the election of Pope Pius the 2nd
Every once in a while you bump into an unknown but excellent film on Amazon Prime Video. That happened to me tonight with a movie called The Conclave, here’s the official description (courtesy of IMDB): In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a…
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I hate the WordPress Gutenberg editor!
I gave it a try, I really did. But it sucks! The blocks are nothing but a pain in the ass to use, and I can’t even select the entire text of my post. Who came up with it? It’s sheer torture trying to use it on my iPad Pro, despite the fact that I’m…
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The 3DS beats the Switch Lite
Well, I didn’t expect to write another post about Nintendo video game systems so soon. But today Nintendo announced the Switch Lite, a smaller version of the Switch that will sell for $199. The cheaper system, which is “dedicated to handheld play” and is not compatible with docking to a TV set, will be available…