Archive for July, 2007
50+ Multimedia Plugins for Wordpress
Sunday, July 29th, 2007I love wordpress, so I thought this post from Mashable was a great resource to learn of new wordpress plugins. There’s tons of plugins on the list that I’ve never heard of, but seem to be great tools to help build a rich & fully-featured wordpress blog.
Looking Forward to Meeting Everyone at Real Estate Connect
Saturday, July 28th, 2007I’ll be in the Bay Area Tuesday through Friday of this week at the Real Estate Connect conference & the Bloggers Connect pre-conference. I’m participating in the early morning panel discussion on Wednesday at Bloggers Connect titled “Finding Your Voice.” The other participants in the panel are:
Ardell DellaLoggia, Associate Broker, Sound Realty
Philip Ferrato, […]
Young Seattle Entrepreneurs??
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007Matt Goyer from Redfin makes a good point — where do all the young seattle entrepreneurs hang out??
He also made a couple more good points — yes, Naked Truth was a success. And yes, those tequilla shots were fun.
Thanks again to Redfin (and all the others) that sponsored the event and made it happen.
What Would Happen If 10 High-Profile Bloggers Joined Forces?
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007I came across the “Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks” BusinessWeek story the other day — some bloggers make A LOT of money. For instance, it’s estimated Pete Cashmore at Mashable earns $1666,000 $166,000 per month from advertisers. That’s a lot of money. But could they make MORE?
It got me thinking — what would happen […]
See You Seattle Entrepreneurs Tomorrow at the Naked Truth
Monday, July 23rd, 2007I’ll be at the Naked Truth (along with several other Zillow employees) tomorrow night in Capitol Hill, an event put on by Madrona Venture Group and Redfin aiming to connect entrepreneurs with journalists. They’ll be some big names for the panel discussion to kick it off — Rebecca Buckman from the Wall Street Journal, Fred […]
Kiva.org - An Update
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007I said I’d give an update when I found a business to lend to on Kiva.org. I’m actually a bit disappointed in myself for taking this long. However, this morning I was listening to some interviews on the From Scratch radion show from NPR and found one with the co-founder of Kiva, Matt Flannery, and […]
101 Ways to Improve Your Website
Saturday, July 21st, 2007I stumbled upon a great post titled 101 Tips to Improve Your Web Presence that is probably worth taking a look at. I thought this was a pretty basic one that not enough people utilize - “Ask your friends to give you honest feedback on your site.” DUH — ask everyone you know; the more […]
Online Community Organizer is the #1 Job of the Future
Thursday, July 19th, 2007At least according to Seth Godin. Social networking and online communities are exploding & many companies are banking on their community to be a differentiator from the competition. Communities do NOT build themselves without some human nurturing; someone has to be there to moderate SPAM, encourage early users, listen to user feedback, answer questions from […]
Seriously - Those Relying on Revenue from Traditional Phones are Screwed
Thursday, July 19th, 2007It’s one of those mornings where I’ve been up since 4 — so I decided to just bite the bullet and get out of bed. A pretty revolutionary service awaited me on Techmeme. Maybe NOW, Comcast will get the memo that their revenues from selling home phones are toast.
Why? Ooma, which launched a free consumer […]
Business is All About Execution - Period
Monday, July 16th, 2007Not sure how many of you have read the latest coverage on Techmeme of the 3-year old lawsuit against Facebook. There’s also the question of whether the lawsuit will affect a potential Facebook IPO. For a summary of the lawsuit, I’ll take a page from VentureBeat and post the great summary at Portfolio:
The lawsuit, filed […]
How Much is Facebook Worth?
Friday, July 13th, 2007Dave Winer has an interesting post wondering how much Facebook is worth. My thinking is a LOT.
Update: Also relating to Facebook, I just read Scoble’s “Why Facebook, Why now?” that was super interesting. Oh yea, they’ll make $100 million this year.
Zillow Adds Neighborhood Pages, Discussions, Polls, and Wiki Enhancements
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007So, Zillow (my employer) is at it again — and I’ll be keeping track once again.
Make sure to tune into the Zillow Blog for updates.
Update @ 9:42: Zillow is now live again!
Update @ 9:57: Check the Zillow Blog for an overview w/ links!
There are a couple primary features being added to the site tonight (site […]
How Long has Google Accepted Comments on Their Blogs?
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007I was just reading this post (which I found on Techmeme) on the Google Public Policy Blog — and realized there were comments! I didn’t think any google blogs allowed comments??
How long ago did they open it up?
Zillow Remodel…
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007In case you were not aware, Zillow is undergoing a remodel…stay tuned for what’s behind the curtain.
Seriously - What Would Happen if Everyone Cared?
Monday, July 9th, 2007First of all, let me say that I love the new CNN site re-design. Take a look (after you read this post). I particularly like the new video features, primarily since I don’t have cable. But that’s not the reason for this post.
The real reason I’m writing this is because of the ad I saw […]
Buying Blog Comments? Are you F**king Kidding Me?
Monday, July 9th, 2007Darren Rowse from ProBlogger is bringing some attention to a new service called BuyBlogComments (I’m not going to give them a link) that is aiming to sell blog comments with his “Buy Blog Comments - A Sick New Comment Spam Service Launches” post. 100 comments for $20. 500 for $99. 1000 for $19.99. The site […]
Didn’t Comcast Get the Memo? People Don’t Need Home Phones
Sunday, July 8th, 2007So, I got some more SPAM mail recently (so annoying) - this time from Comcast trying to get me to switch to their internet, cable, and phone services. The real key for them is that, to get the great deal ($33 per month), you have to sign up for all THREE services. That means $99 […]
Live Earth
Saturday, July 7th, 2007I’m always an advocate for anything and anyone that brings attention to the real issues that this world faces. Climate change is certainly one of the issues that needs to be brought to the attention of the public, which is why I think Live Earth is so cool. What is Live Earth?
Live Earth is a […]
Facebook Application Idea - Collaborative Trip Planning
Sunday, July 1st, 2007I got to thinking about a pretty cool Facebook app idea at Seattle Mind Camp today. Here’s the idea:
Merge a calendar application with Facebook. The use case I’m thinking of is for organizing trips.
For example, say I am going to San Francisco at the end of July (which I am). I want to put my […]