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Jan31	Give Us Catchy Titles AND Some Teaser Content! Diane Ensey January 31, 2007 Know More: A-List Blogs 2.0, A-List Blogs Call me a grump, but AintItCool.com post titles and RSS feeds are really irritating. First of all, the titles don't always reflect what the post is about and they are really hard to scan to find something interesting: Next, when I do find something interesting, here is what the feed looks like: Come on, guys. This isn't even enough to tease me into clicking into the site. At least give us the first paragraph or two! Note that I don't mind needing to click through to the site to read the entire article, rather having no clue whether the post is worth the click through. This whole rant occurred to me as I realized it has been months since I've clicked through to a AintItCool.com post. Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan30	ScobleShow's Real Problem - Length! Diane Ensey January 30, 2007 I haven't really been following the brouhaha between Scoble and Engadget, but I do see that Scoble is complaining about the lack of links to his videos. I have a definite opinion about that. Here is a partial screenshot of ScobleShow. ... Continue Reading Posted at 9:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan29	How Can Inventors Maintain Their Creativity? Diane Ensey January 29, 2007 If successful inventors become less creative over time, like this study claims, how can that trend be reversed?BusinessPundit points to IdeaFestival, which encourages people to explore other areas of knowledge. Since the study showed that inventors tend to invent something... Continue Reading Posted at 7:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan25	Bobby Sherman and Scott Baio Diane Ensey January 25, 2007 How could anyone make a list of songs about cities and leave out Perry Como's "Seattle"? You remember it - the theme song to the tv show "Here Comes the Brides"? With Bobby Sherman? Anyone? Anyone? Speaking of ex-teen idols,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan24	Family With Screaming 3-Year Old Gets Thrown Off Plane Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 I sympathize with the family that got thrown off the plane because their 3-year old daughter was throwing a fit, but let's give a cheer to the airline for taking a stand. Nearly every flight I've taken to Hawaii (a... Continue Reading Posted at 10:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Do Vulcans Short Circuit Magical Thinking? Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 Sometimes, one line in a blog post will spark a whole new area of thinking. Boing Boing's David Pescovitz blogs about a Princeton University study about magical thinking. The kind of thinking that you apply when you think that wearing... Continue Reading Posted at 9:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Should You Put Your Pricing On Your Website? Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 Andy Beal and Karri Flatla are having a blog discussion about whether service professionals should put their prices on their websites. Karri's reasoning centers around Jakob Nielsen's suggestion to "plainly answer your user's most burning questions". Andy is persuasive when... Continue Reading Posted at 9:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Just Throw Starbucks Your Money Through The Little Window Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 Alex Barnett talks about going through the Starbuck's drive-thru, paying for his latte, leaving a tip and then driving off, without his latte. It would seem funny, if it hadn't happened to me. I decided I was buying way too... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Thanks, Charter, For Deleting Tuesday Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 My Charter internet service was down from Monday to late Tuesday. This means, of course, I can get no work done. Hey, Charter! I'm an internet consultant and blogger! A little hard to do my work when I have no... Continue Reading Posted at 9:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan22	Monday Grumps: Ducks, Dogs and Religion Diane Ensey January 22, 2007 It's Monday, and because it is Monday, Andrew Sullivan's posts on religion are making me queasy. But then it might be the fact my dog crapped in the living room while I went and worked out this morning. Yo've heard about... Continue Reading Posted at 8:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan19	Personal Responsibility Rant Diane Ensey January 19, 2007 Blogcritics has a post by motivational speaker Craig Harper. You'll probably be inclined to dismiss it as the same hoo haw most motivational speakers tout, but his get tough attitude really resonates with me.They are forever having the same conversations... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Breaking the Law to See Laibach Diane Ensey January 19, 2007 Alex Barnett points out that the regional encoding on DVDs encourages consumers to break the law. I ran into this problem when I bought a DVD here in the US of a Laibach. The DVD was encrypted for Europe only,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan17	Barack Obama for President? Diane Ensey January 17, 2007 So Barack Obama has initiated the process of throwing his hat in the ring. We all knew it would happen, just like we know he'll probably end up being someone's running mate in the finals. Blog Business Summit liked Obama's YouTube... Continue Reading Posted at 8:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan16	Regency Sleep Aid and Exonerating British Witches Diane Ensey January 16, 2007 For those of us who are Jane Austen fans, SJ Reidhead's analysis of Regency style is fascinating. The rest of you can use it as a sleep aid. Speaking of sleep aids, did you know some guy has spent ten... Continue Reading Posted at 8:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan15	Grumpy Blogger on Digg, Apple Diane Ensey January 15, 2007 I woke on the wrong side of the bed this morning and am as grumpy as all heck. Just the attitude needed for Monday morning! I'm not the only grumpy entity - Apple may be sending cease and desist emails to... Continue Reading Posted at 7:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan12	Iraq, CES and Goals Diane Ensey January 12, 2007 Andrew Sullivan links to an article which even I agree makes sense for Iraq. The Captain questions whether the Iraqi government wants a troop surge and Fimoculous links to a NY Times blog post about what al-Jazeera sees as the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan11	Things In Bottles - Mark McGwire Not Included Diane Ensey January 11, 2007 Well there are many things that the blogosphere is buzzing about - troop escalation, the iPhone, Browster's death, and, of course, CES. I, however, am fascinated by things in bottles: Maybe it is the futility of it - why spend your... Continue Reading Posted at 8:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan10	Is Blogging Just About the Money? Diane Ensey January 10, 2007 BlogKits blogger, Jim Kukral wonders why uber-Alisters Robert Scoble, Jason Calacanis, Mark Cuban, Guy Kawasaki and Seth Godin don't do a better job of monetizing their traffic.Seth Godin gives a succinct answer (check out the comments):The moment I try to... Continue Reading Posted at 10:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 9	Windy Washington (No, not DC) Diane Ensey January 9, 2007 We are having a heck of a time here in the Pacific Northwest. Yet another storm system blew through Sunday, giving us high winds and knocking out services for most of Monday. Some areas north of us clocked gusts at... Continue Reading Posted at 8:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 5	Wall Street Journal's New Format Diane Ensey January 5, 2007 I dislike the Wall Street Journal's new format and, this being a blog, I am going to tell you why: the old WSJ usually had three interesting articles on the front page. One was usually a human-interest story, one generally... Continue Reading Posted at 7:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 4	Bloggers to Act Like Adults? Film at Eleven... Diane Ensey January 4, 2007 Here's a goal for bloggers in 2007 - stop acting like you are still in high school. Steve Rubel comments on the Wired News article Best Blog Fights of 2006. For those who need a refresher on how to act... Continue Reading Posted at 8:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 3	Cleaning the Feed List Diane Ensey January 3, 2007 I've got a sinus infection that has, somehow, caused me to lose my voice. I work alone and can go days without talking to people other than by email, but the minute I lose my voice I get ten phone... Continue Reading Posted at 11:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 2	AList Goals and Resolutions Diane Ensey January 2, 2007 I don't believe in resolutions because I believe in goals (here's what Alan De Keyrel says is the difference), but I'm interested in what our A-Listers say they are going to do this year:Fred at A VC is going to... Continue Reading Posted at 10:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Jan31	Give Us Catchy Titles AND Some Teaser Content! Diane Ensey January 31, 2007 Know More: A-List Blogs 2.0, A-List Blogs Call me a grump, but AintItCool.com post titles and RSS feeds are really irritating. First of all, the titles don't always reflect what the post is about and they are really hard to scan to find something interesting: Next, when I do find something interesting, here is what the feed looks like: Come on, guys. This isn't even enough to tease me into clicking into the site. At least give us the first paragraph or two! Note that I don't mind needing to click through to the site to read the entire article, rather having no clue whether the post is worth the click through. This whole rant occurred to me as I realized it has been months since I've clicked through to a AintItCool.com post. Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan30	ScobleShow's Real Problem - Length! Diane Ensey January 30, 2007 I haven't really been following the brouhaha between Scoble and Engadget, but I do see that Scoble is complaining about the lack of links to his videos. I have a definite opinion about that. Here is a partial screenshot of ScobleShow. ... Continue Reading Posted at 9:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan29	How Can Inventors Maintain Their Creativity? Diane Ensey January 29, 2007 If successful inventors become less creative over time, like this study claims, how can that trend be reversed?BusinessPundit points to IdeaFestival, which encourages people to explore other areas of knowledge. Since the study showed that inventors tend to invent something... Continue Reading Posted at 7:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan25	Bobby Sherman and Scott Baio Diane Ensey January 25, 2007 How could anyone make a list of songs about cities and leave out Perry Como's "Seattle"? You remember it - the theme song to the tv show "Here Comes the Brides"? With Bobby Sherman? Anyone? Anyone? Speaking of ex-teen idols,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan24	Family With Screaming 3-Year Old Gets Thrown Off Plane Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 I sympathize with the family that got thrown off the plane because their 3-year old daughter was throwing a fit, but let's give a cheer to the airline for taking a stand. Nearly every flight I've taken to Hawaii (a... Continue Reading Posted at 10:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Do Vulcans Short Circuit Magical Thinking? Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 Sometimes, one line in a blog post will spark a whole new area of thinking. Boing Boing's David Pescovitz blogs about a Princeton University study about magical thinking. The kind of thinking that you apply when you think that wearing... Continue Reading Posted at 9:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Should You Put Your Pricing On Your Website? Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 Andy Beal and Karri Flatla are having a blog discussion about whether service professionals should put their prices on their websites. Karri's reasoning centers around Jakob Nielsen's suggestion to "plainly answer your user's most burning questions". Andy is persuasive when... Continue Reading Posted at 9:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Just Throw Starbucks Your Money Through The Little Window Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 Alex Barnett talks about going through the Starbuck's drive-thru, paying for his latte, leaving a tip and then driving off, without his latte. It would seem funny, if it hadn't happened to me. I decided I was buying way too... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Thanks, Charter, For Deleting Tuesday Diane Ensey January 24, 2007 My Charter internet service was down from Monday to late Tuesday. This means, of course, I can get no work done. Hey, Charter! I'm an internet consultant and blogger! A little hard to do my work when I have no... Continue Reading Posted at 9:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan22	Monday Grumps: Ducks, Dogs and Religion Diane Ensey January 22, 2007 It's Monday, and because it is Monday, Andrew Sullivan's posts on religion are making me queasy. But then it might be the fact my dog crapped in the living room while I went and worked out this morning. Yo've heard about... Continue Reading Posted at 8:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan19	Personal Responsibility Rant Diane Ensey January 19, 2007 Blogcritics has a post by motivational speaker Craig Harper. You'll probably be inclined to dismiss it as the same hoo haw most motivational speakers tout, but his get tough attitude really resonates with me.They are forever having the same conversations... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Breaking the Law to See Laibach Diane Ensey January 19, 2007 Alex Barnett points out that the regional encoding on DVDs encourages consumers to break the law. I ran into this problem when I bought a DVD here in the US of a Laibach. The DVD was encrypted for Europe only,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan17	Barack Obama for President? Diane Ensey January 17, 2007 So Barack Obama has initiated the process of throwing his hat in the ring. We all knew it would happen, just like we know he'll probably end up being someone's running mate in the finals. Blog Business Summit liked Obama's YouTube... Continue Reading Posted at 8:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan16	Regency Sleep Aid and Exonerating British Witches Diane Ensey January 16, 2007 For those of us who are Jane Austen fans, SJ Reidhead's analysis of Regency style is fascinating. The rest of you can use it as a sleep aid. Speaking of sleep aids, did you know some guy has spent ten... Continue Reading Posted at 8:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan15	Grumpy Blogger on Digg, Apple Diane Ensey January 15, 2007 I woke on the wrong side of the bed this morning and am as grumpy as all heck. Just the attitude needed for Monday morning! I'm not the only grumpy entity - Apple may be sending cease and desist emails to... Continue Reading Posted at 7:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan12	Iraq, CES and Goals Diane Ensey January 12, 2007 Andrew Sullivan links to an article which even I agree makes sense for Iraq. The Captain questions whether the Iraqi government wants a troop surge and Fimoculous links to a NY Times blog post about what al-Jazeera sees as the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan11	Things In Bottles - Mark McGwire Not Included Diane Ensey January 11, 2007 Well there are many things that the blogosphere is buzzing about - troop escalation, the iPhone, Browster's death, and, of course, CES. I, however, am fascinated by things in bottles: Maybe it is the futility of it - why spend your... Continue Reading Posted at 8:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan10	Is Blogging Just About the Money? Diane Ensey January 10, 2007 BlogKits blogger, Jim Kukral wonders why uber-Alisters Robert Scoble, Jason Calacanis, Mark Cuban, Guy Kawasaki and Seth Godin don't do a better job of monetizing their traffic.Seth Godin gives a succinct answer (check out the comments):The moment I try to... Continue Reading Posted at 10:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 9	Windy Washington (No, not DC) Diane Ensey January 9, 2007 We are having a heck of a time here in the Pacific Northwest. Yet another storm system blew through Sunday, giving us high winds and knocking out services for most of Monday. Some areas north of us clocked gusts at... Continue Reading Posted at 8:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 5	Wall Street Journal's New Format Diane Ensey January 5, 2007 I dislike the Wall Street Journal's new format and, this being a blog, I am going to tell you why: the old WSJ usually had three interesting articles on the front page. One was usually a human-interest story, one generally... Continue Reading Posted at 7:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 4	Bloggers to Act Like Adults? Film at Eleven... Diane Ensey January 4, 2007 Here's a goal for bloggers in 2007 - stop acting like you are still in high school. Steve Rubel comments on the Wired News article Best Blog Fights of 2006. For those who need a refresher on how to act... Continue Reading Posted at 8:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 3	Cleaning the Feed List Diane Ensey January 3, 2007 I've got a sinus infection that has, somehow, caused me to lose my voice. I work alone and can go days without talking to people other than by email, but the minute I lose my voice I get ten phone... Continue Reading Posted at 11:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 2	AList Goals and Resolutions Diane Ensey January 2, 2007 I don't believe in resolutions because I believe in goals (here's what Alan De Keyrel says is the difference), but I'm interested in what our A-Listers say they are going to do this year:Fred at A VC is going to... Continue Reading Posted at 10:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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