February, 2008 Articles

Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveler

As Chicago gets another 6-10 inches of snow I found the reciving of this joke to be quite timely. Now Im not saying its all that funny, but to those in the Midwest and many on the East coast as well – it has been our nasty snow filled winter. With out further ado, I present the snow joke. December 8 6:00 PM It started to snow. The first snow…

Twitter Link Find V9

It has been another week, another list of great links such as this one or this one.  I thought it was going to be a slow week as I was super busy at work and at night and missed a great deal of tweets but as I look, there are 19 great links. Every week I miss many great links and others I just find overdone. Thats why if you…

Im jealous of Jason Calacanis

Just now on Qik, I was watching Jason drive around (or be driven around) in a new Tesla. I have to admit that I am kind of jealous of the guy. Not many will get to drive one (in the near future at least) and fewer will get to own one. I also want to state that for the record, I think the design of the Tesla looks very much…

Twitter Link Find V8

Finishing up month two or week 8 rather is V8 of the Twitter Link Finds. I did some cleaning of those that I follow and have been trying to make it a point to find different but interesting people to follow. Some new people found me this week and I found some – look for some different types of links next week (hopefully). Till then, enjoy the 14 links on…

Twitter adds reply to functionality

As I use Twitter more and more I have been talking to more and more people. The only problem is that when you are using the web interface you must type the person’s name in constantly. I often times have used Twitter’s site to go back to what I have missed but then used TwitterFox to reply. I can hit a small arrow within TwitterFox and quickly get a name…

Conference Schedule 2008

There seems to be more and more conferences each year. There is the usual Ad-Tech, SES, and SMX. Then there are smaller one offs such as ETail, Internet Retailer, and other events such as Woodstock 2.0 Expo. For a list of other off the beaten path conferences, take a look at a post from last year by Sugarrae. Last year I was able to make it to the usual conferences…

Twitter Link Finds V7

I think I have officially moved Twitter Link Finds to Monday night – it just seems to be easier for me to do. Sundays I am always running late and have so much to do, I just cant seem to get the post out the door. This week there are some 16 links from the usual suspects and some new found linkers. I try and stay away from the obvious…

Why Vendors Annoy Me

Over the past few years I have averaged 3 to 6 conferences a year such as Pubcon, SES, and SMX. Chicago is also home to an SES, Ad-tech, Etail, and other smaller conferences and makes afternoon trips to see friends and check out vendors a snap. All of these conferences have one thing in common:exhibit halls where people are trying to recruit you to buy, sell, or partner with them…

Twitter Link Finds V6

Another week, another list of finds from Twitter. Llast week’s Twitter Link Find was a short and I vowed to make up for it.   I almost made it to 20 but with UFC, the Superbowl, and so much else going on I wasnt able to finish out strong over the weekend. In the group this week we have some Youtube videos, some Twitter talk, a funny image, Garbage Pail…