Pages

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Understanding the Palm OS 5 die-hard


With such a wide variety of smartphones out there, some may be puzzled as to why there remains not a few Palm OS 5 die-hards apparently so unwilling to join the rest of the world in the 21st century, yours truly among them. This article is an attempt to contribute to the discussion and help support understanding.


Sunday, March 20, 2011

New York Times paywall heralds social media tethering



Readers who land at the NYT site via social media links will still be allowed to read the full article.

Thus, it will make sense for people to search, not for a link directly to a NYT article (which will continue to be metered/monitored/limited), but for commentary in a social media site that links back to the article.

If your work regularly consults the New York Times, you can become essentially an NYT tether - your readers can continue to access New York Times articles through your references.

Friday, March 18, 2011

New York Times paywall: the dawn of social media tethering?



Readers who land at the NYT site via social media links will still be allowed to read the full article.

Thus, it will make sense for people to search, not for a link directly to a NYT article (which will continue to be metered/monitored/limited), but for commentary in a social media site that links back to the article.

If your work regularly consults the New York Times, you can become essentially an NYT tether - your readers can continue to access New York Times articles through your references.