Archive for April, 2007
« Previous EntriesSeattle Tech Scene Update
Monday, April 30th, 2007I browsed around a bit today to get a better idea of what’s happening with technology companies in the Seattle area — and found some interesting stuff:
Seattle Startup Blogs - this is where my browsing started. It’s a great selection of links to local Seattle tech blogs (make sure to thank Sampa for putting it […]
Are You a Master Java Developer??
Monday, April 30th, 2007My latest “Stumble” resulted in being sent to this Master list of Java interview questions - 115 questions. Obviously, I’m not a master java dev — the 10 or so questions I looked at meant little to nothing to me. If you know answers to the majority (or all) of these questions, please check out […]
How to Evangelize a Blog
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Guy Kawasaki is the latest guest on PodTech’s Marketing Voices. Be sure to check it out if you are looking to improve your blog.
Technology Classifieds - Zeebits.com
Sunday, April 29th, 2007This morning, I met with Cliff and Mark, two UW Bothell entrepreneurs working on Zeebits.com. The site is aiming to be an online classifieds destinations for anyone selling technology related items — used servers, an iPod, graphics cards, an external hard drive, etc. They certainly have lots of challenges ahead of them in the very […]
Steve Nash is the Best Player in the NBA
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Yes, Nash is the best player in the NBA. Note I didn’t say “most talented.” I’m watching the Lakers-Suns game on ABC right now and Steve Nash is simply amazing. 15 assists at halftime. No question about it — if I had to pick 1 player to have on my team, it would be Nash. […]
ONE.org - American Idol Challenge
Sunday, April 29th, 2007I know this is a little late, but here’s an e-mail titled “This e-mail is not for you” that I received from ONE.org last night. It ends with a call to action to e-mail the letter to one friend, but I figure blogging it is better than sending an e-mail to one person -
It’s for […]
TV Networks Don’t Get it - Democratic Debate Not on TV?
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Update: Sorry I wasn’t clued into this sooner, but I just found the video online at MSNBC - Click here if you want to watch it.
The democratic debate was tonight — but it was not on broadcast television. Why not? I thought this was a great take on the situation from Jeff Jarvis’ post:
A properly […]
LinkedIn Joins the Conversation with a Corporate Blog
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007I’m truly stunned that LinkedIn has gone such a long time without a corporate blog — they now have one (H/T to Mashable). Mario Sundar kicked off the LinkedIn conversation with this post. I’m a pretty big fan of LinkedIn, though I must admit that the site isn’t that “sticky” for me (yet). Maybe that’s […]
Picture from Slovenia
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Geez, my addiction is getting pathetic, but StumbleUpon just turns up too much cool stuff and I want to share it — check this picture.
Another Inspiring Bono Video
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Great Example of Using Celebrity Status to Drive Change
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007I absolutely love seeing celebrities use their status for driving awareness of what is going on in the world around us. Bono from U2 is a great example of a celebrity using his status to push the fight to end poverty. Did you know that a child dies every 3 seconds as a result of […]
How Fast is Your Internet Connection?
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Sorry for another short pointer post (StumbleUpon is getting the best of me), but I thought THIS was kinda neat.
17 Tips for Job Seekers
Saturday, April 21st, 2007I “stumbled” upon this post this morning and think it gives some good advice for job seekers. Most importantly, make sure you take note of point #1:
Tap your contacts. Do you know anyone who works for the organization already? Do you know anyone who might know someone who works for that organization already? Try to […]
Do You Listen to Internet Radio??
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007I certainly do - Last.fm is a regular part of my day. Anyways, the point of the post is that I was made aware that it might not be around in its current state if we don’t act. Her’s an e-mail that I received today from a colleague:
The survival of all Internet radio is in […]
Facebook Classifieds?
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007According to Mashable, Facebook may launch local classifieds. WOW - I really do think they can make a run at Craigslist. Pete at Mashable mentioned that CollegeMedium has already used the FB API to built a classifieds site, meaning facebook might alienate some of their developer community. In my mind, taking on classifieds is definitely […]
Banner Advertising versus Keyword Advertising
Monday, April 16th, 2007So, Google purchased DoubleClick for $3.1 BILLION (jeez, that is a lot of money) to give Google an instant, major foothold in online display advertising. This tells me one thing: keyword advertising is not the only online advertising game in town. Evidence of this is the fact that others in the industry (Microsoft) think […]
Jackie Robinson Tribute
Sunday, April 15th, 2007Today marks the 60 year anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Numerous players wore Jackie’s #42 today in his honor, which commissioner Bud Selig encouraged following Ken Griffey Jr’s request to wear the number. This year’s national celebration took place at Dodger Stadium. […]
Housing Price History Roller Coaster
Sunday, April 15th, 2007I almost forgot about this video that I just saw on Chris Hotz’ blog - it’s pretty neat. It got passed around my office via e-mail a week or so ago.
My New Blog Design
Saturday, April 14th, 2007Today, I finally switched the theme of my blog to the RockinNewspaper 3 theme. I can’t believe it took me this long to swtich to a theme with 2 sidebars. The header still needs some work, but I’m about done on the computer for the day, so it’ll have to wait until later. Anyone know […]
My Take on Google’s Acquisition of DoubleClick
Friday, April 13th, 2007BRILLIANT! Yeah, I know everyone has already written about this, so I won’t bore you. Go read all the chatter on Techmeme.
Here’s the post on Google Blog