graham’s blog

Launch Day!

I’ve been talking about it for a few weeks now and I’ve arrived at the stage where although there is work to be done on the sites there is no point in delaying it any longer.

My business site is available for your orders, comments and encouragements!

This is all about having fun and doing a little freelancing and I’m not sure where this will take me.

I have a site in two languages, you can visit the french section here and there are links on the site itself if you are lost.

I think I can make an impact because my goal is to help people help themselves with their web identities either with micro-managed components or with a total web and real world identity package.

As we all know anyone can have a web presence but few can manage the chain from start to finish and often need a helping hand.

I therefore propose my services tending towards making my clients into fellow travelers and helping them fill the gaps and cross rivers where necessary.

I aim to build a network of established professionals and eager web-friends to enable individuals, associations, NGO’s and small to medium businesses to create elegant, affordable yet sustainable websites and business identities.

Think of it as a flying school for budding pilots or an art class for learning how to express yourself. At some point in time you graduate but you always need some help to get there.

My partners and I are here to assist you.

Now, was that marketing enough for you

Tags: Launch, milestone, presentation, social apps

Awash in the social app sea

I read an interesting post by Megan Berry this morning called “when worlds collide”.

She was musing over the fact that some Facebook users are worried over the collision between private and business profiles. She says :

“As a Facebook “expert” I get asked: “what Facebook apps do you use?” “why not just email instead of using Facebook messages?” I do my best to answer and sometimes wonder just what it is about Facebook that has so captured the minds of numerous thirty-somethings.

For this generation of thirty-something web users much of their business marketability has come from being web-literate, young, and in touch with the latest Internet trends. As a new generation joins the work force who is younger and learned to use a computer before they learned how to ride a bike the value of the thirty-somethings is slowly changing from youth and knowledge of current trends to experience. I suspect that many who try to join Facebook to prove their youth are instead finding that it makes them feel old.”

If the thirty-somethings are supposed to be feeling old where does that leave me and those in my age group? Do we fifty-somethings have somewhere nice to go on the web? Are there social apps geared toward us hidden somewhere? Is age a problem?

That got me to thinking that during the preparation of my daughter Jennifer’s wedding we spent some time with two of her friends that will be getting married in a few weeks time. They are a wonderful couple and we spent a few really nice evenings with them.

I remember saying in my wedding speech, while thanking them for their contribution, that only a few decades separated us from a great friendship.

Generations don’t mix easily in the real world and it would seem that they don’t fare much better online.

Tags: opinion, social, social apps, Web 2.0