Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

My chums – Michael says: Leesa Barnes of Podonomics.com.com wrote a blog post called Michael Port & the Power of Social Media. It got me thinking. I once heard someone say that there are three ways to create awareness for what you do: You can talk about what you do; You can write about what […]

You know I like snark: 1. We learned our lesson last time. And we’re going to cash out before this bubble pops. 2. This is not a bubble. Hot parties, overheated PR pitches, and five or six dozen social networking sites are just healthy indicators of a new boom. 3. It’s all about community and […]

Some big guns in online publishing and tech have joined forces to make an ‘enterprise grade’ solution: Intel Corporation today announced at the Web 2.0 Conference today that it is collaborating with several software companies on the launch of SuiteTwo, a business Internet suite. The integrated suite, a family of interconnected services combined to improve […]

Quoth the 6Aers: Today, we’re happy to introduce the Open Media Profile. Just looking for highlights? Here you go: Open Media Profile is an OpenSearch profile based on Media RSS. Vox will support Open Media Profile as well as GData API It’s pretty cool to support APIs and formats that have been led by Amazon/A9, […]

Evan talks about how they screwed up Odeo: “Trying to build too muchâ€? – Odeo set out to be a podcasting company with no focus beyond that. “Not building for people like ourselvesâ€? – For example, Williams doesn’t podcast himself, and he says as a result the company’s web-based recording tools were too simplistic. “Not […]

I’ve started saying that I’m never buying a new Windows operating system again. That I’ll either continue with my migration to Mac OS X and/or start using Linux – preferably Ubuntu. I already have my old Vaio on dual boot XP/Ubuntu. Bookmarking this for future reference: After about 6 weeks of heavy use, there’s nothing […]

I like this one because I don’t like the new tab interface “close tab” button. Tab close buttons Fx 2.0 only: Another tab interface change in Firefox 2 is the addition of a close button on each individual tab. I happen to love this, but some hate it, saying it causes them to accidentally close […]

Congrats to the gang over at Text-Link-Ads.com! Quoth their president, Patrick Gavin: I am excited to announce that Text Link Ads Inc will be joining forces with MediaWhiz. This will bring some exciting changes to our platform. Here is how this will benefit you in the coming months… Publishers: by leveraging MediaWhiz’s agency relationships and […]

I don’t always mix my personal blog and my pro-blog together. I know that my rambunctious political fews aren’t always received in proper context by possible clients and prospects. I did however email a link to my newsletter today for supporting my nomination for the Gay Bloggies. I thought before I sent it out, too. […]

I’d written such a nice post about the Vegas trip last week, only to have it get done blowed up and dissolve into a puff of virtual smoke on my laptop. I shall attempt to reconstitute: I had a great time with the Vegas chapter of the Shared Vision Network. They meet once a month […]