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A-Listers still don’t care about you

July 12, 2011

The announcement of and the invite to Google’s latest attempt at social networking brought with it hopes of an internet utopia: users sharing specific, relevant content to groups divided either by relationship to or shared interest. Finally, I could share tech news with those I consider business associates, pet pics with my family and x-rated [...]

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Licensing web use

May 15, 2010

The internet was not created with any sort of legislation or segregation in mind. Decentralization is an important component of a truly free and open web. We seem to be going backward. Though our level of tech adoption has increased, our tech knowledge has not. Far too many people don’t understand the policies of Twitter, [...]

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My HARO experience

May 13, 2010

When I watched the nightly news as a kid, I always wondered how news stations picked people to interview. Was it random? Was there an application process? Thankfully, a few years in journalism showed me it was connected people that always seemed to get sourced. Guys like Richard Laermer do it all the time. So [...]

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Decisions should not always be made by the people

May 9, 2010

(Wrote this piece for ABC15 and the comments are getting a little nutty. What say you? Should #sb1070 be put to a vote in November? I say no.) Most decisions are too important to be left to the people. Wisdom of the crowds? I think not. This country was not founded by democracy and did [...]

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Can’t we all just get along?

April 28, 2010

We’ve been taught that cities need to be dense in order to work. Large groups of people, living, working and playing in close proximity breeds cooperation, which breeds innovation. Constraints are important. Nothing is infinite. This same idea works for businesses, clubs, sports teams and any sort of group that has a common goal. Hell, [...]

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Kick some ass

April 20, 2010

We can be no one but ourselves. People pretend to care when they don’t, do things out of obligation and lie to either protect feelings or get what they want. Life isn’t safe for work, nor is it family friendly. Stop pretending it is or should be. You’re wasting your time. You’re wasting your life. [...]

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Escape from Cubicle Nation

February 8, 2010

Cover via Amazon Yes, I received a copy of this book for free. Yes, I left it in NYC and then purchased the audiobook and listened to it. Once. But I never wrote anything about it. I never followed Pam Slim‘s rules, I never bothered to make a plan and I didn’t think to take [...]

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Things I should have known that someone told me

July 22, 2009

Words matter. Words paint a picture. Pictures, however, can stand on their own. 10 Things Someone Else Told Me, That You Might Already Know View more documents from Chelsea Winkel. Developed by Chelsea Winkel for her current job, this presentation shows why usability and design matter. Universal designs principles are important. They make it easier [...]

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Gangplank: an idea, not a building

July 12, 2009

Communities require a sense of place. Communities require good people. Communities require a certain kind of attitude. Combine that with businesses that have something to sell and you have something special. Gangplank is the embodiment of everything above. It’s inclusive, it’s useful and it’s spreading. If you don’t get it, stop thinking of it as [...]

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