March 2009
47 posts
Quotable Bloggers from 2008 →
Adam Singer recently published a list of inspirational quotes from bloggers, and was humbled to see that I was included. I am certainly in the company of some of the better bloggers and…
Anxiety at work in a downsizing economy http://bit.ly/mcwL
Anxiety in the workplace →
Stressed by Rick
So many conversations have wandered towards the economy, the job market, stress at work, and pending layoffs lately that I asked one of my friends who works in a…
Talk/listen/ask questions - 20/50/30. what is your ratio in meetings?
Headed to the farmers market
Why isn’t there stats for Gmail like Google Reader and every other product? There must be internally…
Relevancy in advertising (not cookies or behavior) →
Image via CrunchBase
Most people think that a cookie is a delicious treat - not a file on your computer that tracks where you have been, what you are doing, and other…
Boxee now supports Pandora →
Tonight Boxee, essentially a media browser built for the 10 foot experience, hosted an event in New York at Webster Hall to which they announced support for Pandora to a very large crowd….
How to get new customers: Communicate →
AdAge recently published a story called Six Ways Ad Agencies Are Reeling in New Business Now from Rupal Parekh
In it they describe 6 ways you can get new customers (as an ad agency) which really…
Internet Explorer 8 and the History of the Web →
Internet Explorer 8 officially launched recently and Bradley and Montgomery (BaM), the innovative independent agency behind Microsoft’s Mojave Experiment, released a humorous video…
Sunglasses in the subway - unacceptable or reasonable?
Watching Planet Earth - amazing.
Being Personal →
Image by momentitoo via Flickr
In a time where everyone is feeling the affects of the financial markets I have found that being personal can go a long way. Even with…
Getting referral traffic from Kumo.com the supposed new MSN search engine but the SERPs do not resolve when I try to see them in the wild
Chrome Getting Browser Extensions →
I just found out Google Chrome will soon be getting extensions and plugins - something that has prevented me from using it on a more regular basis.
Matt Cutts shows off a “hello world” Google…
Dear Intertron: either have all auto-tabbing fields or none at all. Forms are simply broken with the double standard today
Breakfast of champions
Entrepreneurialism has become cool →
The Economist says that Entrepreneurialism has become cool.
An activity that was once regarded as peripheral, perhaps even reprehensible, has become cool, celebrated by politicians and embraced…
Someone tried to hack my adsense account with an email address switch - that’s a first
Trail Mix and Online Advertising →
What does trail mix have to do with online advertising? More than you might think as explained in the new white paper linked below.
Trail Mix by sylvainleprovost
Darren Herman, who…
Just checked Technorati rankings for my blog - first time in about 6 months - interesting to see links that exist that I was never aware of
Looking at the details around the Blackberry App World launching soon
10 Tools for Web Research →
At any given time I am usually trying to find out more information about a website or company and I thought I would share 10 ways I search for information and tools I use on the web.
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10 Tools for Web Research →
At any given time I am usually trying to find out more information about a website or company and I thought I would share 10 ways I search for information and tools I use on the web.
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10 Tools I use for web research http://bit.ly/sITg
Its a sunglasses day today. Glad for a break in the cold weather
Hacking Education →
I was lucky enough to join the conversation today at an event called Hacking Education put on by our team at Union Square Ventures.
It was a great day overall and we had a great …
Good morning! #hackedu
The “Googles” of the World →
I am not sure there is such thing as “the Google’s of the world”.
There is Google, then there are other search engines and companies.
You cannot group a bunch of companies together by claiming…
Sidebar Real Estate →
This blog has had its fair share of sidebar bling. I have written about some of them that are still around, written about the widget wars, and even had some sidebar items fail.
After reading
Reading up on knowledge, education, reading techniques, distance learning, classroom environments and more
Prank War 7: Live
rickyv:
Here goes. Well done Streeter and everybody else from production who made it happen.
Watchmen was great. Whether you read the comic or not this was an awesome movie!
About to see a screening of Watchmen