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Archive for April, 2008



I love photography!

Published on April 28, 2008

I love photography. There is nothing I enjoy more than a beautiful photographic work of art. I just came across these amazing pictures on Digg and I thought I’d pass the link on to you for your viewing pleasure:
Click here for cool photographic art
I took up photography about five years ago as a hobby. I […]


Network, network, network!

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My network has been incredibly valuable to me. I cannot overemphasis the importance of building a large, broad, and deep network full of people who provide multi-directional value. Here are a few tips I’ve learned about building and maintaining a good network:

Number 1 rule: You must provide value to your network. Don’t expect to have a […]


Friday round up - Google, China, the FLDS, Twitter and other random thoughts

Published on April 25, 2008

Google brand equity. Someone thinks Google has the highest brand equity in the world. I disagree. If a better search tool came along you, me, and the rest of the world would dump them in two seconds. They may have “equity” given the value of the company but they have no real loyalty.
China has more […]


Confirmed: Podcasting is dead

Published on April 23, 2008

I recently blogged about Podshow changing their name to Mevio. Its now official. The most telling part of the release is this line:
The makeover represents a shift from the “podcast era” to an era of premium, episodic Web content, the company said.
Translation: Podcasting is dead, the long tail means fail, and we’re going to try to get into something […]


Obama blows it

Published on April 22, 2008

Well it looks like Mr. “cling to their guns and god” Obama lost PA tonight. Is anyone surprised? Thanks, Barry for keeping the party going. Keep up those inspirational speeches and elitist statements. Heck, if you do, we may run this thing strait into the convention.
Good work, team! Good work…


Unimpressed with BlueHost

Published on April 21, 2008

My blog went down…again.
I got the following error when I logged into BlueHost:
2008-04-21 15:20:33: Performing MYSQL maintenance. ETA 30 minutes.
Shouldn’t you guys be doing things like that at 3 am instead of 3 pm?
I’ve been with  BlueHost for sometime now. I went with the company because I wanted to support a local Utah business but […]


10 reasons entrepreneurs should take more vacations

Published on April 17, 2008

This is something I’ve thought a lot about lately. Here’s a quick summary on why entrepreneurs should take vacations:

You work too much
New environments spark creativity
You are getting boring to be around
Its been a long time since you’ve been on a vacation
You need to get out of the house
You need to reconnect
Its helpful to remind yourself […]


What the heck is going on in tech?

Published on April 16, 2008

I’m having one of those weeks where I find myself scratching my head over the state of tech. Here are a couple of going ons…
Podtech is reposting old Scoble vidcasts. I can’t wait until they start posting old John Furrier interviews! On that note, it looks like Podshow is now Mevio. Adam, changing the name […]


Typical elitist democrats

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OK, I said I would “mostly” stop blogging about politics but I can’t let some recent observations on the Democratic candidates slide.
This story from the New York Times about sums it up:
The battle between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama over whether Mr. Obama belittled voters in small towns appears to have hardened the […]


Headed to Adtech

Published on April 13, 2008

I’m off to adtech this week in San Francisco. If you’re heading out catch me at the Sapha booth (#6564).
See you there and have a great week.




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