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Month: July 2008

  • Are People Talking About You?

    This article is modified and republished from the September 28, 2007 How Much Do People Talk About You?. In today’s day and age of “dog eat dog” and marketing and getting ahead and SEO and linkbaiting” – how much do people talk about you? Better yet, how often do you talk about other people. Picture…

  • Western Style Writing vs. Eastern Style Writing

    I have never been an english major, nor do I claim to be an expert in the topic of good, solid writing form. However, I’ve had some observations on how posts are written. On one side, most people will say, “I don’t really care if my posts conform to a certain writing style.” That’s perfectly…

  • How Has Social Software Changed Your Life?

    This is an open comments style post, so I want your comments. The thing about my “beat”, as they’d call it in the newspaper business, is that I’m not really all that interested in “the news”. I’m not trying to cover all the stories, nor am I trying to cover most of them. I’m not…

  • Mobile Audio Posts via Utterz

    Mobile post sent by technosailor using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

  • America the Beautiful

    I originally published this on Washington Hotlist. On this Fourth of July, I republish it here. Happy Birthday, America. Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. For purple mountains majesty above the fruited plain. America, America God shed His grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining…

  • Identi.ca and the Art of the Launch

    Ask any startup. The most difficult decision leading up to a public release is when and what? Some might argue that getting funding is the most difficult but a good startup avoids funding until later, if at all. Others might argue that the difficult part is getting the right mix of people and hitting milestones.…

  • Job Search: Define Your Goals

    A friend of mine just landed a job. Congratulations to her as the job market is shriveling up. I won’t mention her name for fear it could cause complications at her new job but many of you know her. She hasn’t worked for a company in 17 years, give or take, and has lived quite…

  • The Difference Between Designers and Marketers

    A reader of this blog, recently, inquired about the difference between Designers and Marketers. I took some time to think about it and came to so many conclusions that it was Wicked Marketing entry worthy. This won’t be as snarky as my usual posts, but then again I’ve been known to surprise myself now and…

  • Brian Beutler, Washington D.C. Political Blogger, Shot

    I want to give a shout out to Brian Beutler of Media Consortium who was shot last night in Adams Morgan. I wrote on it over at Washington Hotlist a few minutes ago. I have never met Brian. I hope to some day and chances are good since he’s in stable condition and expected to…

  • GNIP Spells a Whole New World for Data APIs

    Allow me to get nerdy. It has been a long time since I got downright giddy about something developer-oriented. Lots of new APIs are coming out all the time and I usually take a once over look at them to determine if there is something cool there. A lot of time there are cool things…