Archive for May, 2007
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007Check out the videos of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates — I’m sure it’s interesting stuff (I haven’t watched them yet, but will this weekend).
Lunch 2.0 in Seattle Tomorrow
Thursday, May 31st, 2007David Gibbons and myself will be attending Lunch 2.0 tomorrow at WetPaint’s office in Seattle. If you’re attending, make sure to come say “Hi!”
Big News Day: StumbleUpon, Last.fm, Mahalo, and Google
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Damn, what a day in the tech world. Lots of big news, including two fairly large acquistions of web 2.0 companies.
Last.fm (which is an awesome application by the way) was bought by CBS for $280 million. I agree with Fred that it could prove to be a real bargain a couple years from now as […]
Anyone Know how to Maintain Working Permalinks When Migrating from Typepad to Wordpress??
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007If so, please consider answering THIS question on Yahoo Answers.
How Facebook is Completely Changing the Internet
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007I’ve been a Facebook fan for a long time (about 6 3 years I think). In a day and age where everything is becoming “open,” their latest release at F8 is simply an unbelievablably smart business move (IMO) that will take advantage of their massive user base. The NYT wrote “facebook expands into myspace’s territory.” […]
It Sure is a Great Time to be in the Internet Industry (especially if you’re a developer)
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007I thought this was an interesting article in the New York Times titled “In Fierce Competition, Google Finds Novel Ways to Feed Hiring Machine.”
This quote by Alice Yu-shan Chang (successfully recruited by Google) was easy for me to relate to:
Being in an environment where you are going to learn a lot is the most important […]
Interview with Feedburner CEO Dick Costolo
Sunday, May 27th, 2007For those who find RSS and blogging interesting, there’s an interesting interview worth checking out with the CEO of Feedburner Dick Costolo on WallStrip that was published on Friday. H/T to Union Square Ventures.
In the long-short section of the interview, Dick says “short” to Amazon — not sure if I agree.
And yes, I agree with […]
MyBlogLog Introduces Tagging
Thursday, May 24th, 2007MyBlogLog added “tagging” to their feature set tonight. I just tagged about 30 blogs; I wonder if I’m a super user so early in the tagging game?
This is a great addition in my mind and i’m sure Yahoo!/MyBlogLog will find some great ways to surface blogs with similar tags as yours in the near future.
And […]
Marketing in a Web 2.0 World — “Control is Soooo 20th Century”
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Marketing in a web 2.0 world is fundamentally different than traditional marketing — where the emphasis is a 1 way message (I talk, you listen). Marketers have tradionally focused on “controlling” their brand, so “Control is sooo 20th century” is what Derek Gordan, VP of Marketing at Technorati, said last night at the MIT Enterprise […]
Facebook to Open Up It’s Pages to Outside Companies
Monday, May 21st, 2007There’s an interesting article at the Wall Street Journal titled “Facebook Opens Its Pages As a Way to Fuel Growth” (and weird - it’s actually a free article). The strategy is pretty interesting — let other companies access it’s users directly:
On Thursday, the Palo Alto, Calif., company will announce a new strategy to let other […]
The Complete Small Business Solution — The Potential of a Google - Salesforce Alliance
Monday, May 21st, 2007There is lots of talk on Techmeme about a possible Salesforce - Google alliance against Microsoft. First of all, let me say that I have no idea whether Google will buy Salesforce or not — I would guess a big part of that would be whether salesforce CEO Marc Benioff would sell the company. However, […]
The Most BORING Western Conference Finals EVER
Friday, May 18th, 2007So, I’m sad to say that the Suns lost to the Spurs tonight and were eliminated from the NBA play-offs. Let’s be serious — the Spurs - Jazz match-up in the western conference finals is likely going to be the most boring western conference finals EVER. I hate the Jazz. I hate the Spurs. I […]
Social Media Marketing Insights from Marshall Kirkpatrick
Thursday, May 17th, 2007Marshall Kirkpatrick (former TechCrunch writer) posted a fantastic post titled “social media for marketing what weve done at splashcast so far” on his personal blog yesterday. I spend quite a bit of time thinking about Social Media Marketing for Zillow and I think all of his advice is right on the money. We are following […]
Interview with President or World Vision, Richard Stearns
Thursday, May 17th, 2007This is a little late, but Guy Kawasaki posted a great blog interview with Richard Stearns from World Vision. In particular, I found the following comment refreshing — someone who ditched a 7 figure salary to join the non-profit world:
Question: You had a nearly seven-figure salary, a corporate Jaguar, moved and took a seventy-five percent […]
Paranoia is a Bitch — Seriously, this is the Funniest Thing I’ve Seen in a Long Time!
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007Watch this video for a good laugh — it’s hysterical!!
Any Best Guesses to MyBlogLog’s New Brand?
Sunday, May 13th, 2007
MyBlogLog confirmed they are re-branding the service, but didn’t reveal the actual brand name. Anyone have any good guesses as to what it might be?
Along with a new brand name, MyBlogLog users can expect the following:
A complete site redesign
A new “Widget 2.0″ is coming with some hover features.
Yahoo! is hard at work to remove the […]
It’s Official - Facebook Has Launched Classifieds (and I Tried it)
Sunday, May 13th, 2007In mid-April, I mentioned the rumor that Facebook might launch a classifieds product. It’s was announced as fact by the NYT. The service is live already and I just tried it out — very simple and user-friendly (surprise, this is facebook - I wouldn’t expect anything else). I posted a screen shot of the interface […]
Can Journalism Jobs be Offshored?
Sunday, May 13th, 2007Liz Foreman has some interesting predictions about the future of offshoring jobs in journalism. I’m not sure if I agree with all her predictions about which jobs will be offshored. For instance, in my opinion, graphic design is something not easily outsourced by any organization. Jobs which are repetitive and structured are the ones which […]
Seattle Tech Startups Event Last Night
Thursday, May 10th, 2007I attended the latest Seattle Tech Startup event last night over at the library in Capitol Hill. There was a good crowd, I’d estimate around 45, that showed up and several cool companies that presented to the group before everyone headed to a local pub for drinks. Here’s my general thoughts on some of the […]
The TIME 100
Thursday, May 10th, 2007TIME recently released the latest TIME 100, who are deemed to be the 100 people that shape our world (the most). Personally, I’m pretty surprised Bono isn’t on the list of “Power Givers” (philanthropists).
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