July 2010
2 posts
3 tags
A few thoughts on the New Digg
A few days ago I received my invitation for the new Digg. The changes are great overall for the Digg community.
A few of my favorites…
No Digg Bar
Added Follow Feature
Avoid Duplicate Links with Submission by Content Creator via RSS Feed
A few things I would like to see added…
Topic Customization
Profile Customization - how do I change my avatar?
Facebook Connect...
Android Knows You by Name
My brother recently purchased the Droid by Motorola. He went to add his first contact (me) to his contact list and saw my photo before even adding the number. All he typed was my full name and instantly Google accessed my Google Profile. He’s not a techie guy so this feature made him a little uncomfortable. Here’s an instance of technology outpacing the average users comfort-zone.
June 2010
5 posts
4 tags
Search powered by People's Likes
Today, Mathew Ingram of GigaOM reported that Google is trying to build a “Facebook killer”. The rumor started when Kevin Rose tweeted (UPDATE: deleted) that he had a credible source telling him Google had plans to release a service called Google Me. The service is reported to have combined the features of many of (or all) the Google properties to build a formidable competitor to...
How to Take your Start-Up to the Next Level
2 tags
when Photographers camp
Mike McDerment - Marketing Metrics and the Systems you need to Measure Them
May 2010
13 posts
Mag+ live with Popular Science+
Tim Ferriss keynote The Next Web Conference 2010 - Love the Haters
The Transformative Power of Personal Projects by Ji Lee at The 99% Conference
Diaspora's curse by Jason Fried →
They have too much money
The spotlight is on too early
Expectations are too high
Web 3.0
Kathy Sierra Business of Software 2009
API Documentation on Huffduffer →
If you don’t append a file format to the end of a URL, pages are returned as HTML5. These pages are marked up using compound microformats so you can parse the HTML directly.
Fortunately, a recent road trip uncovered a long list of investors who believed...
– Stack Exchange 2.0 - StackExchangeBlog
April 2010
5 posts
Rights and responsibilities →
The benefit of a tax is that it affects you and your competitors at the same time, so you all benefit from doing the right thing, as opposed to having to compete against someone who doesn’t care as much as you do.
Once people realize that excessive use of your product makes them sick and then die a long and painful death, it’s probably time to stop lobbying and time to start...
USAJobs.gov Password Protection is Overdone &...
A real person, a lot like you →
So when we yell at a website or company, using our computer or phone appliance, we forget it’s not an appliance, but a person that’s affected.
by Derek Sivers
March 2010
13 posts
It turns out (according to the NAR) that 91% of all Realtors never contact the...
– Seth’s Blog: Advice for real estate agents (quit now!)
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Google's New Experiment with Interest-based... →
A friend's recommendation list for a world of...
Note to self, add the following music to Pandora.
Boubacar Traore (Best Malian Guitarist)
Buena Vista Social Club (Cuban Band)
Gipsy Kings (Spain)
Bèbè (Spain)
John Bulter Trio (Australia)
K’ naan (Somali-Canadian)
Manu Chao (French)
Paco de Lucía (Spain Classical)
Nneka (Nigeria/Germany)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Pakistani)
Outlandish (Denmark)
Rokia Traore (Mali)
Youssou...
There are many reasons why someone would want to start a company. There’s the...
– Profits = Freedom by David Heinemeier Hansson
Branding and Marketing Essentials for Your Web App by Alex Hunter
We’ve partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free...
– Search the PopSci Archives | Popular Science
THE BEAST FILE: GOOGLE
5 reasons why your company should be distributed «... →
Your employees will love it
You can hire great people wherever you find them
You will use better communication tools
You can still be social
Your offices will be more fun
February 2010
3 posts
QUOTE: All truth passes through three stages.... →
SEOmoz | Whiteboard Friday - The Renewed Value of... →
How search is changing the role of branding with new and old media.
January 2010
5 posts
Finding people who make a difference →
Brilliant cover art.
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SlideShare Drives Enormous Traffic →
In general I instinctively delete social media service newsletters. However, yesterday I received the following tidbit, which blew me away at the power of SlideShare. In full disclosure at this point in time, I only use SlideShare for educational purposes. Most of the presentations I uploaded were from my professors and not my original work. I’m using these numbers simply to illustrate the...
Square iPhone Payment System [video]
kevinrose:
Follow on Youtube - DIGG IT
Increase Traffic by Reducing Traffic →
Seth's Blog: Is there a fear shortage? →
How do we conclude that a life of fear is a path towards freedom?
June 2009
41 posts
Setting up @CushyCMS for a client.
I started to download Tweetdeck, then I realized it was Adobe AIR. Bahhhhh!!! I’ll stick with Tweetie.
Global Crisis Not Affecting Renault-Nissan Focus on EVs http://bit.ly/a8ieQ
I showed my grandma my iPhone. Her response, ‘what aren’t they going to do next’? I couldn’t answer.