del.icio.us and Evernote – Living Life Online

del.icio.us and Evernote – Living Life Online

Filed Under: Internet, Lifehacking

It was a hard week for hardware in my house. My trusted TiVo and my MacBook Pro both broke in the same week. The Mac was quickly fixed (a $1700 repair including [...]

Facebook Is Not A Community (No, Nor is MySpace)

Facebook Is Not A Community (No, Nor is MySpace)

If you have ever been in a foreign country you have probably had a conversation similar to this: “You are from California? I have a friend in California, maybe you know him!” [...]

"The 4-Hour Workweek" Review

"The 4-Hour Workweek" Review

Filed Under: Books, Internet, Marketing

So many people who I follow on the Internet had mentioned Tim Ferris’s “The 4-Hour Workweek” that I thought it was finally time for me to read it. Ferris’s book proposes working [...]

BzzAgent – Creating Word of Mouth

BzzAgent – Creating Word of Mouth

Filed Under: Internet, Marketing

If you have not heard of BzzAgent it is a company that gets paid by companies to create word of mouth advertising or buzz. I have been a BzzAgent for some time [...]

Is It Time to Junk My Television?

Is It Time to Junk My Television?

I have been trying to figure out what the video setup of the living room of the future is (or at least of my future) and a new discovery on ABC.com makes [...]

Twitter is the new Digg

Twitter is the new Digg

Filed Under: Internet

I have blogged about my experiences with Twitter before. I realized recently that these posts document my journey from a twitter skeptic to a twitter addict. Twittervision – People I don’t know [...]

Book Review – The Long Tail

Book Review – The Long Tail

Filed Under: Books, Internet, Marketing

I finally got around to reading The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine. If you are not familiar with the “long Tail” concept (which seems unlikely) the basic idea [...]

Oovoo and My Oovoo Day

Today is the last day in My Oovoo Day, which might more accurately been named My Oovoo Couple of Weeks. What is Oovoo? Does the post office deliver mail on My Oovoo [...]

EVDO – Blogging at 50+ MPH

EVDO – Blogging at 50+ MPH

MacWorld is in San Francisco this week and I had a chance to go up for a Geek Brief meetup this evening. It is on days like today that I appreciate that [...]

Review – Punk Marketing

Filed Under: Books, Internet, Marketing

I recently finished Punk Marketing by Richard Laermer and Mark Simmons. As the subtitle of the book is “Get Off Your Ass and Join the Revolution” it may come as no surprise [...]