Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

Newsletters subbies already know but here’s the deal: Remember Maryam Webster? She was my co-star for The Secret 30 Day Challenge? She also joined us for that ‘Conquer Writer’s Block’ call. Maryam’s an expert on the full palette of energy and healing practices and is always my go-to when I need the low-down on the […]

Reading more analysis from last week’s Web 2.0 conference: Thriving communities, tribes, and cultures have existed for ages. If its possible to do well without whatever the new secret sauce is, it suggests there’s an underlying element that’s not being talked about. I’m convinced there is a more refined explanation for what people might gain […]

Alexander van Elsa comments on the collection of applications and technologies called Web 2.0: (via Lifehacker via Internet Duct Tape) But if you want to become big, if you want to be the next Google or Facebook, then you will have to remember that any non-tech consumer out there will not have the same desires […]

Long-time blogger Darren Barefoot wanted to promote his new book he’s co-authoring on social marketing. Barefoot postal mailed love letters to the authors of 10 major marketing blogs — complete with perfumed paper and handwritten praise. The letters directed each blogger to a personalized landing page featuring a personalized video describing the book and a […]

I LOVE Google Analytics. They’ve separated out their website optimizer feature to work outside Analytics: Google Website Optimizer is all grown up. Formerly a feature within Google AdWords only, this free website-testing tool is now accessible to anyone worldwide through its own website. You can now use your Google Analytics login to access Website Optimizer […]

Sharonistatastico was featured in a news story about unplugging: "Sharon Sarmiento knew it was time to unplug when she realized she was blogging in her dreams and hearing imaginary instant messages.     For Ariel Meadow Stallings, it was the hours lost while surfing the Internet that left her feeling like she had been in a drunken […]

CommentLuv is a plugin I’ve always wanted to try out. It posts the most recent headline of each commenter’s blog after their comment. It is like a little ‘hey thanks’ promo pop for commenters. Peter has a nice strategy on how to find bloggers using this feature: (extracted from Yaro’s post about Jason Potash’s CommentKahuna […]

ValleyWag does some math: After Yuri Baranovski’s Web TV series Break a Leg reached two million views on YouTube, Google cut him a $1,600 check. In advertising math, that translates to an $0.80 CPM, or cost per thousand views. Taking what NewTeeVee knows about YouTube’s partner program, disgraced stock analyst Henry Blodget suggests that YouTube […]

Sure it’s political – but there’s nothing like watching an online backlash in progress. I’ve quit watching the debates they are completely devoid of any cogent analysis or articulation of the US’s economic and foreign policy problems. Instead we focus on Obama’s halo and Clinton’s shiftyness. Much of the debate’s first half had Senator Obama […]

I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer, but is anyone else completely freaked out about the economic state of the world? I have dozens of bookmarks of articles and news items but am never sure if I should share them or not. Anyway: Soybean prices up 87% in the past year. Wheat up 130%. […]