Comments for Jason Alba (al - buh)

Comment on Gmail Brilliance by Kate

Kate — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:57:37 +0000

This has saved me more than once, I’ll tell you! It will also pop up if you type “included.”

Comment on Gmail Brilliance by Darlene

Darlene — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:08:17 +0000

I noticed that little popup the other day, too. Now I always try to put the word “attach” in the email so I’m warned if I’m a little trigger happy.
Cool beans!

Comment on Getting Product Testimonials by Paul Merrill

Paul Merrill — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:43:27 +0000

Jason,

I recently did a review of a number of job search organizational tools here: http://tinyurl.com/y9mywuz. Jibberjobber was one of the tools I reviewed. I was wondering if you’d be interested in talking a little more about your product sometime?

I wasn’t able to give jibberjobber the amount of time I would have liked, so the review there is a little shallow.

I spoke with Gary Zukowski of TweetMyJOBs recently and got that posted on TechJournalSouth. Happy to do the same for you.

Let me know if you’re interested.

Comment on I swear I don’t teach her this stuff – LAME by Laurie Berenson

Laurie Berenson — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:10:35 +0000

That is a very cute kid story! You can’t make these things up.

Comment on I swear I don’t teach her this stuff – LAME by Darlene

Darlene — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:43:04 +0000

6-year olds have the most delightful perspective!

Comment on Choose the Right by Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:47:42 +0000

Hi, Jason,

I agree with the concept, but in reality, BOTH parents must be on the same page when it comes to teaching the kids about what’s right and what’s wrong (the left) in helping them develop the ability to choose right from wrong. When parents are not together on this issue, as I have experienced, the disagreeing parent can undermine the other, causing pain for the other parent and confusion for the child/children. (Not all matches “are made in heaven”.)

~Kathy

Comment on Choose the Right by Darlene

Darlene — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:43:49 +0000

Jason, as someone who has made a LOT of “left” decisions, I applaud your daughter’s wisdom and sincerity. From the mouths of babes. Learning to make the right decision is a project in progress. Thanks for the good idea.

Comment on “You’ll do worse things than that, I’m sure…” by Jason Alba (al – buh)» Blog Archive » Choose the Right

Jason Alba (al – buh)» Blog Archive » Choose the Right — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:58:27 +0000

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Comment on How to write a FREAKING AWESOME blog post by Jason

Jason — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:04:52 +0000

@Julie – lol, you make sense all the time. Good point – one thing I had to do was WRITE TO MYSELF (instead of writing to a big audience). I had to be honest and true to myself, and the readers eventually came… it’s that “authenticity” thing “they” keep talking about. Eventually the comments came, but not at first… which leads me to…

@Kate – you have great stuff. Keep writing, and you will improve without comments. I think consistent, high quality posts will result in readers, and readers will eventually lead to comments.

Have you used Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and email to get people to a great post and solicit feedback/input? These are relatively new tactics I’ve employed and when I do I usually get much better results (or, more comments).

Regarding vlogs, I agree. You have to really hook me in order to have me spend the time on a vlog (not good for mobile, not good for lower speed connections, etc.)… and as a blogger I then have to set it all up, make sure my background is nice, that I’m groomed, and possibly (a) edit or (b) do many takes.

I might get into vlogging later but for now it’s not for me… :p

Comment on How to write a FREAKING AWESOME blog post by Kate

Kate — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:04:30 +0000

This is the problem I have. I started writing my blog only recently, and I don’t have many readers. I want a discussion-it’s the only way I’ll improve-but no readers equals no comments. I can tell I have few readers because of the metrics Word Press offers me.

On another note. I personally dislike vlogs. I don’t have the time to sit and watch something for 4 minutes when I could read it in 1. So I generally skip them. I know I miss a lot of good content, but I save myself some time, and that’s worth it to me.