Category Archives: Blogs

Twitter Warning!

By Mark Evans | Published: January 6, 2009

Over the past few days, Twitter has been under attaching from phishing scams and hackers. It may explain why you see a box upon visiting AAN that asks for your Twitter user name and password. DO NOT provide any information. Instead, click “cancel”. I’m trying to figure out what’s happening. Update: I think I discovered [...]

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Buzzboard Gets Some Buzz

By Mark Evans | Published: December 15, 2008

Last week, Forrester Research issued a new report suggesting that only 16% of online consumers who read corporate blogs say that they trust them, mostly because they see them as unbalanced. Dominic Jones, who writes for IR Web Report, took a look at the corporation blogging landscape, and came up with a post highlighting two [...]

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Comment on Comments

By Mark Evans | Published: December 9, 2008

I love the fact there are lots of comments on AAN, and that people are so passionate about Nortel. That said, I’m not particularly overwhelmed with the tone, civility or insight of some commenters. To be honest, I think they take away from the conversation as opposed to adding to it. So, something has to [...]

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Is Nortel Dumping WordPress?

By Mark Evans | Published: December 1, 2008

If you swing by Nortel’s Buzzboard blog, you’ll discover that several Nortel blogs are moving to a “new blogging platform” so they won’t be publishing this week. Given Buzzboard uses WordPress, it makes you wonder if Nortel is dumping WordPress, which has become the world’s most popular blogging platform. If so, it’s an interesting move. [...]

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Seeking Alpha’s Nortel Bonanza

By Mark Evans | Published: November 27, 2008

Given it’s U.S. Thanksgiving and things are very quiet south of the border unless you’re shopping, Seeking Alpha has been filling its content holes with a series of articles/posts on Nortel. Technorati Tags: Nortel

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A Comment Conundrum

By Mark Evans | Published: November 5, 2008

So, here’s the deal: AAN has thrived and grown exponentially due, in part, to the enthusiasm, energy and insight that people bring to the “conversation”. Having blogged for nearly five years, the number of comments on AAN is truly impressive. The downside is that a growing number of comments are far from constructive, insightful, interesting [...]

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