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People Are Like Velcro

October 22nd, 2008

Riding the packed 6 train in New York at rush hour, chest to chest with total strangers, separated only by the thin white cord of earbuds and hidden iPods, I feel the anxiety rubbing off on me. New York City is emotionally charged at the moment. Read more »

The word of the day is “No”

October 13th, 2008

So I’m walking Big Dog to the park and I see fresh plywood emblazoned with the words “Post No Bills”. And I think to myself “Oh yeah… really? How about “no more financial meltdown”, “no BS”, and as long as we’re at it, “no more Nigerian spam emails”? Read more »

What’s Twitter? 5 Things Your Business Needs to Know

October 12th, 2008

Twitter is a micro blogging service that consists of 140 character posts. You can think of it as SMS for the web. It has grown into a near real-time messaging service ranging from the banal “just ate an egg McMuffin” to the useful, “Arrested” which freed James Karl Buck from an Egyptian jail cell. Read more »

Why bother with Linked-In or Facebook?

October 8th, 2008

When Did Noah build the Ark? Before the Flood. Use Linked In and Facebook to build your network before you need anything. Do favors for your contacts and build good will. Send them new business and ask for nothing else in return. Read more »

Yahoo! Performance Research and 80/20

February 28th, 2007

Tenni Theurer is a highly regarded software developer working with Yahoo’s performance team. These are the people who make sure your page loads faster and that you have a positive experience on Yahoo properties. Read more »

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