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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....

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How 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...

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Ziki 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...

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I 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...

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Ignite 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...

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Commercials 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...

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Friday Fun – Flickr Blockers

Man, if only this existed years ago before all those incriminating photos were taken of me. Get yours today!!!

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Crazy 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...

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Skitch 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...

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5 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...

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Moo 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...

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Harry 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...

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Under 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...

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KOMO 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...

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Twitter 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...

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SXSWi 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...

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Jon 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?

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Ignite 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...

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Pictures 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...

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Ignite 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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