Category: General

From Webloghits.com I added the web site URL of my blog at the very beginning of the description of my video. This does a couple of things. First, your web site URL is clearly visible to everyone that visits the YouTube home page. Your video will be on this page for about a week and […]

Blog ad widget-izers Chitika featured in WaPo: “Over the past few years, a number of businesses have been connecting bloggers with advertisers who recognize how the cross-linking that goes on in the blogosphere can be a good way to spread the word about their products… Chitika (pronounced CHIT-i-ka) is one of the companies connecting the […]

Behind a blog launch A couple months ago, Elizabeth approached me about working with Kim and her folks on moving their archives or columns into a blog format. They also wanted to use blog technology going forward and were curious what the best way to do this was. 1) What blog platform to use? The […]

Always on the lookout for new insults to call people. Here’s a few of my favorites that I’ve learned from the internet: (warning, foul language)

I was IMing with Sharon after reading her recent post about the intersection of art and business: Of all the bloggers I can think of whose writing I enjoy -I’m now noticing that none of them are using their blog as a marketing tool for their businesses. While their blogs are usually about aspects of […]

I was getting worried when I didn’t get any freak emails to my contact form – ah Saturday! Jason from Mt Laurel, New Jersey writes: you’re a jackass Warm hugs to you too!

It ain’t over until Jenna Jameson screams. Just last night History channel had a special on tech of the 1980s and talked about how when the adult industry chose VHS over Betamax, that sealed the fate of the Sony’s Betamax format. And now in the format wars for the next-generation of DVD: "Blu-ray has superior […]

I was talking to one of my coaching clients last week and they asked me if I ever felt like I was a fraud – muddled in self-doubt and having this nagging fear of being ‘found out.’ If I don’t feel like a fraud at least once a day then I’m not reaching far enough. […]

Sitting here on the bed enjoying the un-naturally warm weather (is anybody else completely creeped out about the weather this year?). I wanted to share with you the most influential books over the past year. It is notable that most of the books I read this year were overviews of human history and the future. […]

I think we hashed this out a few years ago but I think it’ll probably pop up from time to time. Is a blog without comments really a blog? Zoli went out on a limb and said that Google’s Official Blog isn’t really a blog because they don’t have comments. His argument: (via extensive coverage […]