Since starting the Net-Net Blog we’ve never had as long a break since the last post. The blog is not run by some conglomerate with an army of journalist. This is pretty well clear if you read some of the content. We nerds have been busy running the business. This time of year starts getting busy as our commercial customers prepare to wind down the year and catch up with the end-of-year IT projects. October illustrated this as it was one of the busiest months in our seven years of operation.

We, of course, make a serious effort to post worthy items to the reader. Unfortunately, one post a month isn’t quite hacking it. On the other hand, we never nor will attempt to pull this place off as a legitimate source of “serious” journalism. We are, just like the bazillions of nerds out there, keeping in touch with our readers and our St. Louis, MO based customers. You can refer to the commercial side of your venture at Net-Net Tech, LLC.

The site is not intended as a commercial revenue maker. However, we are now actively seeking ways to fund the service. Something new we are adding to the service is a very limited amount of advertising to start subsidizing some of the costs. The advertising will refrain from obnoxious full-page commercials and cleverly place links attempting to sneak in a buck. We do ask if there is something you feel is noteworthy or worth looking at to do so and check it out.

Thank you for your patience and do hope you continue to check the content out.

St. Louis Technology Computer News, a portal for technology news and issues in Missouri, is nominated as a KMOX 2011 “Most Valuable Blogger” finalist.

The blog is now in the fifth year of publishing.  The blog humbly attempts to identify noteworthy events, items of local interest, and relevant technology related information anywhere in the state of Missouri down to the St. Louis region.

A small group of nerds contribute to the blog.  Net-Net Tech, LLC of St. Louis, MO (a technology, computer and network service provider), powers the blog with the necessary hardware resources.

Go to KMOX or click the image to place your vote.  Unfortunately voting has closed

We thank you and hope you subscribe by placing us on your RSS reader.

The Columbia Journalism Review posted an article March 4, 2010 by Mr. Justin Peters called Trust Falls : CJR.  The article focuses on Mr. Greenbaum and his actions back in late 2009.

We posted about the incident back in November 2009 regarding a comment made by a reader of Mr. Greenbaum’s question.  Mr. Greenbaum is employed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  The question left some colorful comments made by Mr. Greenbaum’s viewers.  Ultimately, the person who answered Mr. Greenbaum’s question quit his job.

The Columbia Journalism Review addresses the authority, credibility and on-line communications and how it relates to “trust.”

It’s interesting what a couple of computers, social networking, and careless blog administrators can cook up.  Professionalism was out the door with this entire incident.  Someone needs to use their computer to repair their reputation.

On the social horizon of Web 2.0 Twitter is about as hot as it gets right now.  It seems all Gen X and Y are abound with Twitter.   Admittedly, this a fun ride and makes good business sense if your business maintains any form of an on-line presence.

However, are your apostles SPAMbots or qualified subscribers truly interested in your product?

There is no correct answer to this question, but is worth monitoring your Twitter account.  A good analogy I relate to Twitter are magazine subscriptions.  You subscribe because you like the magazine.

I follow numerous accounts on Twitter and view them daily on my computer.  Twitter is a network of likes and dislikes connected by the all mighty follow.  To follow or not to follow, that is the question.  Parts of Twitter, in my opinion, are broken and need repair.

The management at Twitter are certainly buried with things to do.  However, if something isn’t addressed within the near future it is almost predictable Twitter will pass as a fad just as the Pet Rock did in the 70′s.  If you have never heard of the Pet Rock, trust me, you don’t want to know.  Just move on.

Some of the followers we have attained are nothing more than SPAMbots.  This leads to yet one more thing we have to manage.  The social world comes with the “Dark Side” too.  About five percent of our follows are SPAMbots.  We are VERY selective of those who follow us on Twitter.  If it is a SPAMbot, then we block the follower.

Our Twitter account is not an Earth Moving house of media and influence. Our Twitter presence is small, humble, and meek.  However, our followers are truly interested in the material we post.  A good amount of content we post on Twitter is referral based to another provider of information.  One side note, we do shoot a small editorial from time-to-time on certain issues.

Our Twitter and BLOG presence is not a feeble attempt at journalism.  It is an avenue to put out our doings and industry happenings with a regional focus if at all possible.  We gaff  here and there, but overall the feedback is positive.  God knows there are enough BLOGs on the planet with GURUs of all sorts proclaiming the “the top 5″ of this and that.  How are we supposed to the know the top number of any specific topic?

It is our hope our small number of followers are qualified followers of sincere interest and not attempting to hock a sale or two.  Our content is both Saint Louis and St Charles based, but also topics that affect the industry of technology, network and computers.

If you feel our BLOG and Twitter accounts are broke, please tell us how to repair it.

Thanks and happy reading! 

Just a reminder the St. Louis and Saint Charles Computer Blog is also compatible with mobile devices.   This includes the more popular devices such as the Blackberry Storm and the iPhone.

The them for mobile devices is user friendly, easy to navigate, and easy on the eyes.  If you have further suggestions, please let us know at our company network and computer website.

Thanks!