Monthly Archives: April 2009
Google Search Art
Saw this cool Google search art the other day (April 27) celebrating Sam Morse’s birthday, the creator of Morse Code.
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WSJ: Bloggers for Hire
The folks over at Dell’s Digital Nomad tipped me off to the WSJ article, “America’s New Profession: Bloggers for Hire.” Paid bloggers are one the rise, almost 1% of the American population now have a job blogging. Author Mark Penn … Continue reading
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April 19 #blogchat Recap
I never knew how much fun having a #hashtag discussion on Twitter could be. I’ve seen them take place before and commented on a couple of posts, but I never actually broke out the search on tweetdeck and followed along–mainly … Continue reading
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Twitter Goes Mainstream – Are You Happy Now?
Oprah gains 225,000 followers in less than 13 hours. Ashton Kutcher hits 1 million followers before CNN. All signs point to Twitter has gone mainstream. Yet, the community isn’t happy. Twitter was the lone place where the geeks reigned supreme-think … Continue reading
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Goodbye Mr. Clabo
Every once in awhile you’re fortunate to get a great boss. I’ve been lucky to have a bunch. One of those managers is moving on today. It was three years ago yesterday that I started working at FedEx and it’s … Continue reading
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And the Noid Wins…Unfortunately
If you haven’t seen the Domino’s video of employee’s sticking pieces of cheese up their noses and doing horrible things to food being used to make a sandwich, I wouldn’t. It’s disturbing and sickening. It damages the brand to the … Continue reading
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What Las Vegas Taught Me About Social Media
Viva Las Vegas. Viva La Blogosphere. I had the great opportunity to go to Sin City over Easter weekend with my wonderful wife to witness a family member be married. While I was out there I watched and observed–it was … Continue reading
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My Murtaugh List
I’m a huge fan of the show How I Met Your Mother. Huge. I can even get over Doogie Howser being on it. Anyway, recently they aired a show about how Ted has compiled a “Murtaugh List” of things he … Continue reading
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SXSW Wrap Up
It’s been almost two weeks since my SXSW experience and I’m still amped from it. It was definitely a who’s who in social media and if you weren’t there…I didn’t see you. I had great conversations with folks from JetBlue, … Continue reading
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