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Drew Meyers currently runs ESM Exec Designs, a design shop specializing in corporate and personal blog design. Travel addict managing Oh Hey World, a travel blog focused on generation X & Y, and real estate technology enthusiast. In his free time, Drew enjoys reading, traveling the world, spending time with passionate people, and is active member of the microfinance community.
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Monthly Archives: October 2006
JotSpot Sells to Google
JotSpot, one of the leaders in the Wiki space, was sold to Google. This was covered on a wide variety of blogs, including Battelle’s SearchBlog, Scobleizer, Mashable, TechCrunch, and A VC. I was actually very surprised to hear this one- having watched the video on the ScobleShow where Joe Kraus talked a bit about his vision of creating “do-it-yourself” applications. Having founded Excite, I was guessing Joe wanted to build JotSpot into something large himself- but I guess the funding & possibility of almost limitless resources proved tough to pass-up. Here’s an interesting podcast for you to listen to. Congratulations to the JotSpot team nonetheless!
Summary of Blog Business Summit
I posted a summary of last week’s conference on the Zillow Blog today- so take a look if you’re STILL wanting more BBS coverage! I think this is the last of my coverage of the event for awhile- I’ll let my mind wander to other subjects for awhile.
How to Build your Blog- Tips from the Scobles
I just came across this post over at Compression, which pulls a lot of great points made during Robert & Maryam’s presentation at the Blog Business Summit last week. Two interesting points of interest (among the many)- Maryam- There are two kinds of bloggers: bloggers who want to change things, and bloggers who want to talk about their lives. Robert- A lot of corporate types are skittish about engaging others. Participate in the conversation that’s going on at other blogs. Keep your integrity. You are what you appear to be. Disclosure helps you keep your integrity. You present yourself to your readers as you are. Don’t try to hide who you are. If you are not what you appear … Continue reading
Blog Business Summit Thoughts
So- I’ve had a couple days to think about everything that was covered at the Blog Business Summit. Here’s a couple major takeaways from my perspective: Companies need to come to the realization that they can not control their brand- only influence it. That said, companies need to try to maximize their influence. This goes along with the point you always hear- “Engaging in the conversation.” It’s hard to influence without engaging. John Battelle’s keynote was great! Relating to all the talk about user generated content, he mentioned that “If you can figure out how to get your customers to help you build your business, you’re in.” John also talked about how companies need to understand … Continue reading
Mac vs PC & Apple Blogging
There’s been some conversation/debate recently about the lack of Apple blogs in the blogosphere, which got me thinking… Here’s an idea that I would love to see Apple act on (I’m not hopeful that they will though)- Create a blog focusing on the Mac vs PC debate that is written by the Mac representative (guy on the right below) from the commercials (just a jpg image- so don’t expect it to play- click the link below to view actualy commercials) In my opinion, Apple has done a superb job with their “Get a Mac” commercials- partly because they have put a “face” on the debate. I don’t know who the represents the Mac in the … Continue reading
St. Louis Cardinals Win the Series
Congratulations to the Cardinals for winning the 2006 World Series! I consider it a win every year the Yankees don’t win.
John Battelle Keynote
John Battelle, who runs Federated Media Publishing and is enamored with blogs (he runs SearchBlog), search, and media, gave a Superb keynote presentation. My notes are below- I thought it was interesting that Battelle mentioned that Web 2.0 was partly due to the notion that people started creating companies based on passion rather than commerce (amazing what happens when passion becomes apparent in your job!). He talked a bit about being in the third wave of tech and culture. Digitize the back-office, digitize the front-office, and now digitizing customers. The command line is now a common language (real words typed into a search box) rather than a programming language such as DOS in the 1980′s. Web 2.0 principles … Continue reading
