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Eco-friendly Conference Attendance
There’s probably several dozen major tech conferences, or pseudo tech-conferences, that happen every year. Social media hounds and bloggers head off to conferences like SXSW, Gnomedex or even SES. What are some of the things that people can do to be a little more environmentally conscience while attending these things. Walk Instead of taking a…
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Why the "Techo Chamber"?
Q: How many candidates for political office do you see promising to “____________ to the Washington insiders and ___________”? A: Lots. People like reformers. They make voters feel good. Things will be different. Etc. Q: How many people complain about the same “talking heads” day after day, week after week, pontificating on the same shows,…
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Trolls and Adversity
This evening I spent a large chunk of time surfing through a variety of websites, perusing my feed reader and Googling stories for Green week this week. My perusing led me down a rabbit trail that, honestly, I’ve wanted to talk about but events of recent days now compell me to talk about. Internet fame…
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Thoughts on MobileMe and Apple
As I’ve spent the past 24 hours wiping my Macbook Pro and trying to get back up to speed, I thought I’d give a few thoughts on MobileMe, Apple Mail and Push/Cloud technology. This is relatively raw as I am much more focused on getting back to work than I am “getting things right” as…
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The Best Pro-Obama McCain Ad EVAR
It should be said that maybe the McCain campaign needs to go back to marketing school. This is the strangest opposition video I’ve ever seen in a campaign.
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Weekend Productivity Tip: TripIt Calendar Feeds
I just posted my August travel over on my personal blog. If your schedule lines up, give me a shout and let’s get together and talk about WordPress, or tech world gossip, Lijit, or Technosailor.com, or anything. Doesn’t matter. I like meeting people. But as I’m coming in to land on this Friday, I thought…
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August Travels
Crazy August. The only good part is that I get to escape the crazy heat of the mid-atlantic for a good portion of the month. And I don’t really mind travelling. Here’s the rundown. Time will be limited but if you’re around, give me a shout. Would love to grab a beer, catch up if…
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Relevant Conservatism in the Internet Era
As a conservative who is also supporting Barack Obama (Yes We Can) this fall, I’m fascinated watching the efforts both campaigns are making to reach out to an internet savvy Generation Y. With mixed results, mind you. John McCain has been flogged for his gaffes surrounding the internet. Phrases likes, “I’m aware of the internet”…
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Do we really have to go through this again?
I was born in 1982. I remember my parents buying a VCR. That one broke, and we got another one. It was a Betamax. Anyone remember those? Sony had this great format for Video Cassettes, but they only manufactured it themselves. Someone else had a larger, lower quality format, but they licensed it to anyone…