August, 2008 Articles

Jaiku Gets an Upgrade, Somewhat

Not that I follow anyone actively or use my account much but it is somewhat interesting to see Google actually do something with one of its purchases. Like many of the small companies they buy, very little seems to come of the great promise. Do you recall Dodgeball? GrandCentral? Postini? The list goes on and on and only a few have gone on to be integrated or enhanced. I understand…

Comcastic or Confusing?

That is what I am asking as I sit and read about Comcast capping bandwidth to 250GB starting October 1st here, here, and here. I personally cant think of a time I have ever used close to that amount, but I am sure that there are those that do. The thing that confuses me is an announcement that Comcast just made a few months ago about some super fast bandwidth….

Igniting Viral Campaigns – SES SJC 2008

Im covering 5-7 sessions for Barry over @ Search Engine Roundtable and there are some other great people doing even more. So as a warm-up for those, I thought I would cover a session this morning. I think I got some of the rust off, but we will find out later. For full SES San Jose coverage see Search Engine Roundtable. Chris W – 10e20 What is viral marketing? -…

Kwippy Guide

Im not sure if this is a guide or a review of Kwippy – or if its somewhere in the middle. I was sent an invite to Kwippy from @mktackabery (thanks!) and signed up. Due to some work I needed to finish I was unable to play around much until tonight.

10 Question Twitter Survey Results

So recently I had the brilliant idea to put together a bit of a survey and see how others used Twitter. Well, I did it. I did have to do some twitter whoring to get the 100 responses, but it did work. I kept it short and sweet and only had 10 questions. Why did I pick 10 questions? Good question. People like Top 10 lists Im lazy and only…

Office Prank – Cardboard + Free Time

I have seen a wide variety of office jokes and office pranks in my day, and might have even partaken in a few but I have never seen anything like what you will see below. I have to wonder how the logistics of pulling something like this off. Some of my questions I would ask (in the even I was to… oh… say want to pull the below office prank):…