Nick Douglas leaving Valleywag
Oh, man, say it isn’t so…. Ever since I left San Francisco a year ago, Valleywag has kept me up to date with all of the Silicon Valley gossip in the bitchiest way possible. Nick… you will be missed....
View ArticleHow much for a Google ad?
Given Ziki’s marketing gimmick, I’m curious just how cheap it is to buy an ad for my name on Yahoo! or Google. I’ve never used either AdWords or Yahoo! Marketing Solutions personally, so it will be a...
View ArticleZiki ad follow up
So first off, if you haven’t used Google Adwords, I highly recommend it. Besides being a great user experience, you can learn quite a bit about search terms that you might be interested in. To feed the...
View ArticleI finally get Twitter, then it breaks
Apparently, Twitter has been severely hobbled from the convergence of nerds in Austin for SXSW. I’m still not sure I’d use the service as much in my day to day (maybe Stuart can change my mind), but...
View ArticleIgnite Seattle tonight (with a special Social Media Club half-time meetup)
See… I’m back on the bike. Really, I blog regularly… really. Tonight in Seattle for one night only, Ignite! If you are a geek in Seattle and haven’t made it out to an Ignite Seattle event, you are...
View ArticleCommercials not available
I’m a big fan of alternative means of watching television. Hell, I launched a separate (now sorta kinda abandoned) blog about it. So when ABC announced that they were going to do high(er) definition...
View ArticleFriday Fun – Flickr Blockers
Man, if only this existed years ago before all those incriminating photos were taken of me. Get yours today!!!
View ArticleCrazy 3d version of Twittervision
If you want to veg out in front of the web this Friday afternoon, the brilliant Twittervision (and Flickrvision) guy, David Troy has put out a 3D version of the app. Not really useful, but really...
View ArticleSkitch rules
Thanks to Tara Hunt for giving me an invite to Skitch. I’ve been jonesing to use this ever since I saw Guy Kawasaki demo it back in the beginning of the year. Uploaded with Skitch! Nothing too...
View Article5 Freebase invites
If you’re a data/information infrastructure nerd like me, you’re gonna love Freebase. Here’s a bit from O’Reilly: But once you understand a bit about what metaweb is doing, you realize just how...
View ArticleMoo Stickers are shipping
Those crazy Brits have done it again. This morning, Moo’s latest product, Moo Stickers went live. They are promoting the stickers with free shipping for the rest of the month. If you’re not familiar...
View ArticleHarry Potter mania grips San Francisco
So, I hadn’t really intended to go to a Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows launch party. I’m actually one book behind and my wife was getting the book (pre-ordered months ago) from the company that...
View ArticleUnder construction
God, it was everything in my power not to put an animated gif up. Instead, I leave you with a relic of the late 1990s. I’m working on a redesign of Stewtopia based on Dean J Robinson’s Redoable...
View ArticleKOMO Blogger Meetup
Free beer, nerds and a new lens to try out, what’s not to like. Chris Pirillo (of Lockergnome, Gnomedex and TechTV fame) helped organize a get together of over 150 Seattle area bloggers for a little...
View ArticleTwitter in Plain English
My pals Lee and Sachi LeFever of CommonCraft have done it again, just in time for SXSW. These guys do a really great job of explaining difficult topics in “plain english.” These videos are really great...
View ArticleSXSWi 2008 in pictures
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. I’ve been taking pictures of events for almost a year now and SXSWi was clearly the biggest event that I had undertaken. South by Southwest is both rewarding and...
View ArticleJon Stewart on Twitter
My wife got a kick out of this. Perhaps I should be paying more attention to what she says rather than telling all of you on Twitter. So, does this officially make Twitter mainstream?
View ArticleIgnite Seattle’s Triumphant Return
After it’s globe stomping success, Ignite Seattle returns to Seattle on April 29, 2009. From its humble beginnings here in Seattle, Brady and Bre’s 5 minute talks, with auto-advancing slides (aka a...
View ArticlePictures from Social Media Club Seattle June Meetup
Had a great time at last week’s Social Media Club Seattle meetup. Met lots of interesting folks and took a number of photos. Little known fact – I was the first to give it a go as a Social Media Club...
View ArticleIgnite Seattle 7 in Photos
Here are my favorite pix from Ignite Seattle 7. See more about Ignite Seattle here. Seattle PI’s Big Blogger, Mónica Guzmán implores us to put down the iPhone Todd Sawicki talks about the beauty of...
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