And so someone tells me ... and tells me again.

[kinzel]

I'm told people won't click on ordinary links ... by someone who should know. I'm told that people *will* click and watch if they see a tube thingie in front of them. How about that?

So: here's the first of the Buzzy Multimedia interview segments that you may not have watched yet, the rest will follow over time, tubed right on your screen here:

Do feel free to pass this on to friends, neighbors,librarians, science fiction fans and convention committees, comic and game geeks; also to grant and literary award groups, bookstore owners and workers, and maybe to publishers in France, Spain, Japan, China, and India; perhaps even to high school teachers and college creative writing professors, and folks from Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, the Maine Festival of the Book, and your favorite blogger. BTW -- if you fall into one of those groups above or forward this to someone in one of those groups above, please feel free to drop a note here, just because.

It used to be said that, when it came to PR, "ink is ink" and I wonder now if that's become "links is links?" Gah, is there a good way to say "tubes is tubes"?

Comments

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

My browser often chokes on video, so I'm much more likely to click on a plain link than a video. Just to give you a data point:)

[keristor.livejournal.com]

As a data point[1], I am more likely to click on a link. And even more likely to click on a cut-tag -- I'm a cat, if it's in plain sight I'll ignore it but if someone trys to hide it I'll go out of my way to get inside *g*...

[1] Or should it be datum? A point is singular, but if it is considered as "a point out of the mass of data" then the plural for data is correct. Hmm...

Square eyes

[pakwa26.livejournal.com]

My dad always used to say I'd get square eyes from watching too much TV. The attraction of the moving box rather than the moving finger, for me, was really about seeing if you guys sounded like I thought you would. And you did. Is that creepy? And should I starting sentances with "And"?

Anyhoo, most enjoyable, thanks!

[victorthecook.livejournal.com]

Another data point -- I'm more likely to click a link than watch embedded video, though I hate clicking a link and being surprised by video.