Bokardo Social Web Design

Are You Fun to Follow on Twitter?Over at Harvard Business Review, Tammy Erickson observes most tweets are not very interesting: Frankly, most people’s tweets are neither interesting nor fun to read — certainly not on a daily or hourly basis. Many, not at all. I say this with no condemnation, since I admit mine are pretty lousy, too. And I have [...]
» 14 Feb 2010, 3:36 am

Five User Experience TrendsSince my blog has been broken a lot recently I missed this excellent overview of Five User Experience trends by Gene Smith. I can’t help but agree with all of them: Services as Software – Gene is one of the first people in the UX industry to admit that good enough, fast and cheap tools [...]
» 9 Feb 2010, 5:22 am

Google: Forms & Landing Pages are KeyA fascinating post by Googler Gavin Doolan: If you are considering making changes to your website design, take a moment to consider the potential revenue impact of your redesign. (This graph) shows a theoretical overview of the ROI impact of various parts of your website. I love that: “theoretical overview”. In other words, they really have no [...]
» 8 Feb 2010, 10:01 am

Dreamers of DayI recently posted this quote on the 52weeksofUX site, but I like it so much I’m going to post it here as well: “All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they [...]
» 7 Feb 2010, 8:25 am

On the Origins of AvatarsAs I sit looking at Tweetdeck this morning, scanning over 40 avatars of people I know and don't know, I wonder how much of my interaction is influenced by what a particular avatar looks like. Am I more willing to converse with someone who has a realistic avatar? A smiling avatar? Does the offbeat, non-human, text-based avatar inspire better communication or worse?
» 8 Dec 2009, 4:47 am

The Most Important Feature of a Multi-Device Web: SyncingIf you sync seamlessly across devices, people will love you for it.
» 19 Nov 2009, 6:24 am

Looking for examples of microcopyI've set up a new Flickr group with the express intent of aggregating examples of microcopy, that tiny copy (often shorter than a sentence) that helps clarify, explain, reduce commitment, or otherwise assuage someone performing (or considering) a task. You can find the group here: Flickr: Microcopy
» 12 Nov 2009, 5:53 am

Is Twitter Successful?The big question everyone has with Twitter is, and the very first one that John Battelle asked Twitter CEO Ev Williams when he interviewed him yesterday, is "What's the revenue model?"
» 21 Oct 2009, 3:52 am

Communicating Value through Cause & Effect on FanfeedrHow Fanfeedr's intro page does well to communicate the value of the service.
» 17 Sep 2009, 5:36 am

Feature Development in Action: Broadcast Stream Messages in SocialcastOne of the guiding principles of interaction design is to support existing behavior. This means to figure out what is already happening, what activities, tasks, and interactions people are already doing, and build support for them into software.
» 21 Aug 2009, 6:20 am

Using your Sign-up form as a QualifierI recently ran across an interesting way to qualify people using sign-up forms at monotask.com.
» 19 Aug 2009, 9:26 am

CenterNetworks

Chat With Skimlinks CEO Alicia Navarro on Skimkit LaunchLast week London-based Skimlinks launched the SkimKit, a tool that helps publishers find products that have affiliate opportunities attached. Martin Bryant from Next Web has a good overview from the launch of the SkimKit service. This morning I met with Skimlinks founder and CEO Alicia Navarro in NYC to learn more about her service and the [...]
» 9 Mar 2010, 3:52 pm

Gary’s Guide Adds More NYC Service DirectoriesLast weekend we showed you how you can use Gary’s Guide to navigate SXSW. This week Gary has added more service directories to his event planning guide. The directories include coworking, event venues, free event venues, and a classifieds section where you can post open desks and/or office space. The coworking directory lists 20+ locations around [...]
» 9 Mar 2010, 5:41 am

Pre-SXSW Job ListingBelow are some of the latest jobs posted on the CenterNetworks Job Board. Subscribe to the CN Jobs feed and get all of the latest Web industry jobs delivered directly to you. Featured Jobs: e-Commerce & Online Marketing Guru at Quirky Inc. Senior Designer at formspring.me More Jobs: Frontend Developer at Unit 7 Freelance Developer (ZEND PHP/WordPress) at HUGE Web Development Engineer [...]
» 8 Mar 2010, 12:41 pm

Amtrak Adds Wi-Fi On Acela TrainsIn the old days, there were two main ways to get anywhere from Boston to Washington using public transit. Those two ways were Amtrak trains and Grayhound buses. Over the past few years, new bus services that travel along the northeast corridor have popped up including Bolt Bus and Megabus. Both of these new bus [...]
» 8 Mar 2010, 4:03 am

Gary Helps You Find SXSW & Austin EventsWe are just a few days away from the annual event known as SXSW. I’ve provided a primer for the 2010 SXSW which should help you get around and make the most out of the event. So how do you keep track and/or find all of the events and then figureo out which SXSW events you [...]
» 6 Mar 2010, 11:54 am

reMail Goes Open SourceTwo weeks ago Google acquired the email search for the iPhone service reMail. Corsin provided a good history of the reMail service. Today founder Gabor Cselle has announced that the reMail service is now open source. Many users were upset when the reMail iPhone application was removed from the App Store shortly after the Google acquisition. Gabor [...]
» 5 Mar 2010, 10:47 am

Information Capturing Service Memonic Launches Subscription Based OptionMemonic is online information capturing and organizational service. It allows you to capture pieces of information like maps, routes, photos or text. The capturing process can be completed in a variety of ways including: a smart bookmarklet, an iPhone application, email your documents and/or using copy and paste. Once the content is in the Memonic [...]
» 5 Mar 2010, 9:16 am

ExpenseBay Helps You Deal With the Horror of Expense ReportsTypically corporate trips are great – you get to use someone else’s credit card for travel and meals. There’s only one time that corporate travel sucks – and that’s the time it takes to put together the expense report for the trip. As a former accountant and auditor, I got the bonus of having to review [...]
» 4 Mar 2010, 4:45 pm

DreamIt Recruiting New Class of StartupsWe’ve covered the startups from the DreamIt incubator several times over the past couple of years. Based in Philly, the DreamIt startup incubator helps people with ideas move the ideas forward into full startups. The group provides mentoring, connections, startup community and cash up to $30,000 (most receive $15-25,000). Applications are accepted from companies and from [...]
» 4 Mar 2010, 3:35 am

Are You Ready for the iPad?Only a few days left before the iPad hits shelves and if Apple is able to deliver even with some speculated delivery problems we will be able to dive into a new product that will probably change the way how we use the web and consume other media forever. When I wake up in the morning, [...]
» 3 Mar 2010, 9:14 am

Perks Consulting Acquires EsultancyNY-based consulting firm Perks Consulting has announced the acquisition of social media consultancy Esultancy today. Esultancy is also based in New York City. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. From the announcement, “As of today, the companies will begin the execution of the acquisition in which Oz Sultan will be retained as an executive advisor [...]
» 2 Mar 2010, 3:36 pm

Collective Thoughts

What the Winter Olympics Teaches on Social Engagement during EventsThe Olympic television viewing activity, recorded by Nielsen, finds people are online while global events are broadcasted. Marketers may find it lucrative to engage their user base on social media networks during event broadcasts. I engaged communities prior and during the Super Bowl with a client microsite for a $140K two-week return. Neal Rodriguez is [...]
» 4 Mar 2010, 6:25 am

The Power of ReconnectionBuilding one's network is no easy task. I cannot stress this enough: you must love what you do in order to make that work. If you don't, you really should have someone doing it for you. There are different ways of networking: some prefer pure online interactions, others like to meet in person at events, small group/one-on-one meetings - really a mix of all of these should get you the furthest toward your goals.
» 10 Feb 2010, 12:58 pm

How to Attract Your 1,000 True FansEver since the concept of gaining your 1,000 true fans was talked about, there have been a lot of discussions on the topic. I’m personally a big fan of the idea; especially in a time where people are more focused on follower numbers and subscriber counts than how they can really help an audience. In all [...]
» 26 Jan 2010, 9:00 am

Stumbleupon? What about Spamupon?I am one of the few people who didn't throw a huge fit when the new version of Stumbleupon left beta. I admired the simplicity of the new interface and, as with most new things, decided to give the overhaul a fair shot before voicing my concerns about its limitations.
» 12 Jan 2010, 10:48 am

Social MusicInternet radio has been around for some time now--at least since the mid nineties actually (earlier, if you count it's infancy)--and it has most certainly evolved from those early days of streaming into the smooth and ubiquitous service that we take for granted today. Odds are you have used, or use, streaming audio and/or video and haven't really given it a second thought.
» 7 Jan 2010, 1:07 pm

War Rages On!Ncomment is back with his second installment of his WAR series. Reddit has invaded the world of Digg and sent Diggers into hiding to plan a revolution against the alien and robotic army of Reddit invaders. With division of Diggers at an all time high, the Reddit army was able to invade the Digg city and bring it to it's knees in a single day.
» 18 Dec 2009, 9:23 am

Do Forums Still Have a Future?A friend of mine in Social Media was checking out a site with me the other day and discovered the site had a forum. “Wow! A Forum!” he exclaimed, “That’s so 1999.” His comment made me realize that some people share his same mentality but yet, totally miss the point. In my dealings in Social Media, [...]
» 10 Dec 2009, 11:30 pm

How to Stay Social in Social MediaFor any of you that have me on a variety of IM programs, you have no doubt noticed that I typically keep it on the "do not disturb" setting. This is usually because I'm busy most of the day and really cannot stop to chat.
» 8 Dec 2009, 2:24 pm

TwitimidationIn my last post here on CT, I spoke of not being afraid to jump right into the social media pool and start paddling, not worrying about whether you really knew what was going on or what’s what. So I thought I’d continue that trend and talk (briefly) about that beacon of social media possibilities, [...]
» 1 Dec 2009, 6:59 am

Grandma got run over by a scammer….Another holiday has come and gone. The crowds gathered on Black Friday and today the techies drain bandwidth for Cyber Monday. With most readers of Collective Thoughts being tech savvy, I don’t have to break down the dangers of online shopping and scams. However, I would like to encourage everyone to pass on the knowledge.
» 30 Nov 2009, 11:49 am

Social Media Rigor Mortis: How Behavior Kills ValueWe’ve all seen it. What once worked in social media six months ago doesn’t work now. Why, for instance, does a large following on Twitter no longer indicate influence? Or why is blogging no longer as impressive as it was in 2003? Both these examples follow a predictable economic formula: As “x” social behaviour multiplies, its [...]
» 19 Nov 2009, 12:18 am

Community Guy

We The PractitionersWhen Sean and I started Ant’s Eye View almost exactly a year ago, we had a pretty clear dream. We wanted to build a company that was based on senior talent, doing in-depth work with clients who were rolling up their sleeves and diving into social media and customer engagement with force. A year in, we’ve [...]
» 9 Mar 2010, 9:02 am

Apps vs. WidgetsAre apps just the updated version of widgets? Today Peter Kim asks that very question: Remember widgets? In the early days of corporate social media (i.e. 2005 – 2006), widgets were all the rage. They were light and viral; the minimal effort to support them post-lauch made them more attractive to brands than blogs or podcasts. What [...]
» 2 Mar 2010, 6:44 am

The mind of a Community ManagerDuring a recent hotel stay at the wonderful Hotel Zaza in Dallas, I noticed two quotes written on the wall of my room. Both struck me as being particularly relevant to explaining the mindset a successful community manager has to own in order to do their job. The test of a first rate intelligence [...]
» 8 Feb 2010, 6:00 am

Friday Fun ThoughtsI got the list of random thoughts below via a forwarded email. It’s OK, it came from the one friend who actually sends over funny stuff. This is a fun read. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood. While driving yesterday I saw a [...]
» 29 Jan 2010, 6:21 am

Linchpins and Community Managers: The artists of the business worldMy colleague, Jackie Huba interviewed Seth Godin about his latest book, “Linchpin“. It’s a great interview, but in particular two things stand out to the community guy in me. Q: You talk about linchpins being artists. What’s the difference between a conventional marketer and one who thinks like an artist? Can you give an example of [...]
» 28 Jan 2010, 6:17 am

The loneliest job in businessWhile perhaps not the loneliest job in business, a Community Manager, especially the strategy building/implementing type is certainly at the top of the list of lonely career choices. Day in and day out the customers and community members you work with yell at you for being too company-focused, while your colleagues more often than not [...]
» 25 Jan 2010, 9:14 am

What’s the ROI of the phone?My genius business partner, Sean O’Driscoll talks about social, ROI, and other genius points. This one is well worth the watch.
» 13 Jan 2010, 8:53 am

Life is funny. Enjoy it.Most of the time, pain and suffering isn’t something you want to see on display. But let’s be honest: sometimes misery is funny… assuming you’re only observing someone else’s pain. The internet is a great tool for helping to remind us that we’re all going to hell for laughing at said misery. Here’s a few of [...]
» 3 Dec 2009, 6:56 am

Bonfire Builders InterviewOver at the Feeding the Puppy blog, John has baked up an interesting concept to describe the social stuff vs. traditional advertising: Bonfires & Fireworks. For whatever strange reason, John has branded me a Bonfire Builder and interviewed me for his blog. Here’s a snippet. How do you persuade others of the need to build social bonfires [...]
» 1 Dec 2009, 5:20 am

GasPedal Interviews JakeIn advance of my upcoming speaking gig at the Super Genius conference, GasPedal interviewed me about what I’m going to be talking about. The interview is embedded below!
» 30 Nov 2009, 7:00 am

Giga Om

Google Maps Adds Biking DirectionsDid you know that Google Maps' most-requested feature addition is biking directions, in large part due to a vocal 50,000-signature-strong group of "Bike There" petitioners? The petitioners' wish is being granted tonight, with bike directions for 150 U.S. cities and 12,000 miles of trails going live.
» 9 Mar 2010, 9:00 pm

Google Apps Makes Itself a Platform for Outside AppsGoogle Apps is moving closer to being an integrated corporate dashboard with the announcement tonight of Google Apps Marketplace at a developer event at its headquarters. The company will give vendors multiple hooks into its own products and take a 20 percent cut of revenue.
» 9 Mar 2010, 7:00 pm

Video: Google & Its Grand AmbitionsWithout a doubt, Google has gigantic ambitions. We hear a lot about its various products but it's hard to contextualize those efforts. A new video from Australian news show, Hungry Beast, is a graphical representation of Google's grand ambitions. It's also lots of fun.
» 9 Mar 2010, 5:15 pm

A Belated New Year’s Resolution: No Walled Gardens!The recent Comedy Central-Hulu announcement made me recall my New Year’s resolution, one that I wanted to share publicly, and encourage you to embrace as well. It is simple in its concept, but epic in scope: Give up Walled Gardens.
» 9 Mar 2010, 5:00 pm

Is Cheap Wireless Broadband for Real This Time?The FCC said today that the National Broadband Plan may ask for spectrum to build a free or low-cost wireless broadband network for poor people. But can the FCC find billions to build out a network or handle the inevitable debate over filtering content?
» 9 Mar 2010, 1:44 pm

3 Leading Venture Capitalists to Judge Green:Net 2010 LaunchpadGreen:Net 2010 is the GigaOM Network’s conference where green and IT meet. And we've scored a trio of leading venture capitalists to judge the popular Launchpad competition, which features 10 hot startups with applications for leveraging IT against climate change.
» 9 Mar 2010, 1:43 pm

Facebook Plans to Stake Its Location Claim Next MonthFacebook plans to add friend location information as soon as next month, reports The New York Times Bits blog today. The planned product would offer users the ability to share information with friends as well as APIs to bring in location info from other services.
» 9 Mar 2010, 12:11 pm

Not Every iPhone Apple App to Get the iPad TreatmentLike the iPhone, the iPad will have a default set of applications, but it won't necessarily include all the familiar apps you know and possibly love. Apparently, Cupertino couldn't come up with iPad-complementary large-format designs for the user interfaces on many apps.
» 9 Mar 2010, 10:56 am

Cisco’s New Router Is All About VideoCisco this morning unveiled a new routing system that it claims can download the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress in about a second. The hardware is designed to play a fundamental role as data consumption ramps up dramatically on fixed-line and wireless networks.
» 9 Mar 2010, 9:54 am

The Rise of NetbooksRelated content from GigaOM Pro (sub req’d): Report: The Future of the Netbook Infographic by Column Five Media
» 9 Mar 2010, 9:00 am

7 Startups Building Green Car Tech for a Pre-Electric WorldQuiet Khosla Ventures-backed startup Transonic Combustion is getting attention after revealing the geeky details of its scheme for a more efficient fuel-injection system. It's only one of a raft of startups focused on fuel efficiency.
» 9 Mar 2010, 8:46 am

Horse Cow Pig

Cogaoke Case Study: quality wins over quantityI've been looking for a good example to show in my presentations that demonstrates how little the numbers of followers/friends on social networks means when it comes to real world action. This is it.
» 1 Mar 2010, 12:44 pm

Personal RFP: attention airlines!Imagine this campaign from an airline: "We want to rectify your bad airline experiences AND entice you to see if we are true to our word by offering you equivalent miles..." I have.
» 26 Feb 2010, 10:32 am

Why I’ve Fallen in Love with the Nexus OneWhy I cheated on the iPhone with the Nexus One and ended up falling in love. Sorry iPhone!
» 20 Feb 2010, 10:50 am

Discouragement and FaithFaith. It's a tough one when discouragement is so plentiful. Some days I wonder if it's a test to see if I'm strong enough.
» 19 Feb 2010, 2:18 pm

What the World Needs is…these TED TalksSo though TED 2010 was, as one speaker said, "worth the sum of the whole rather than any individual part", these are my top 10 moments that tied the parts together for me...
» 19 Feb 2010, 11:41 am

New Logo – Thanks OBX Design Works!Thanks William of OBX Design Works (who also designed the awesome Whuffaoke site) for the new banner!
» 19 Feb 2010, 10:23 am

10 Reasons TEDActive RawksI love TED.com and the TED conference, but I loved TED Active in Palm Springs an extra special amount this year. Here is why.
» 19 Feb 2010, 9:57 am

Minding the GapThere is much more business can learn from the values driving the growth of online communities than where to target the next generation of buyers.
» 2 Feb 2010, 9:20 am

Would You Sacrifice Love for Greatness?Do you have to sacrifice love for greatness? And, if so, what would be your choice?
» 1 Feb 2010, 10:34 pm

Power to Change the Broken SystemNow is the time for us to use all of the power we have to move business in the direction of customer-centric thinking. It's good for everyone.
» 7 Jan 2010, 1:10 pm

Mashable!

MySpace Co-Presidents Reveal Company’s Plan for the Future [INTERVIEW]We had a chance to step into MySpace HQ for a chat with new Co-Presidents Jason Hirschhorn and Mike Jones, who preside over the News Corp.-owned social network from a shared desk in Beverly Hills. The joint office speaks to how closely Hirschhorn and Jones are working together to create a unified vision of the future for the lately struggling MySpace, whose former CEO Owen Van Natta exited the company after only 9 months in the hot seat.Hirschhorn describes MySpace as a site that “lacked focus” as he and Jones were getting up to speed and learning about the business. He sees the pair’s role as instilling that much-needed focus as well as driving a re-imagination of the site from both a user interface perspective and in the development
» 9 Mar 2010, 9:44 pm

Phonebooth Free: An Alternative to Google Voice for Small BusinessesIn November, Phonebooth.com released the beta version of Phonebooth OnDemand, which is a full-featured phone service that lives in the cloud, but can communicate with both cellular phones and IP desk and conference phones. Today, that service — which costs $20 a month per user — is becoming generally available. Phonebooth.com is also leveraging its own private VoIP network to launch Phonebooth Free, a free version of its hosted phone system, which is very similar to Google Voice but aimed at small businesses.Phonebooth.com is a product from Bandwidth.com. While Bandwidth.com might not be as well-known as players like Comcast, Verizon and Cisco, in the business VoIP space it’s a pretty big player. Bandwidth.com has its own VoIP network
» 9 Mar 2010, 9:15 pm

Appboy Gets a New Design, iPhone App and Best Buy PartnershipBack in October we wrote about Appboy, a social network for mobile app developers and users. Since launching, Appboy has continued to evolve into a community for both developers and users to find and rate apps, as well as submit ideas for new mobile applications. Appboy has just rolled out a big update to its site which improves the design, adds stronger integration with Facebook and Twitter, and makes it easy to keep up with what your favorite app developers are doing. The site has also launched a new companion iPhone application and started a new partnership with Best Buy Mobile.New Look and FeelThe Appboy Profile pages have been given a total facelift. Now, in addition to displaying your user activity and favorite apps, users can link th
» 9 Mar 2010, 6:48 pm

Google Launches the Google Apps MarketplaceToday at the Google’s Campfire One event at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View the Internet search giant is launching its new app store for business, known as the Google Apps Marketplace.Last week, we broke the story that Google Apps Marketplace would launch today, reporting that it would be an app store integrated within Google Apps that would allow third-party developers to sell software directly to Google’s business consumers.Now, with developers gathered at the Googleplex, we’re about to learn how Google Apps Marketplace works and, more importantly, which apps are going to be available at launch.My live notes from the event are below:Google Apps Marketplace: The Details- Note: you can watch the live stream of Google Cam
» 9 Mar 2010, 6:05 pm

Twitter Takes on Phishing with New Security FeaturesSpam and phishing have been ongoing problems at Twitter for some time, and tonight the company announced that it is stepping up its efforts to stop them with some new features, described as being able to “detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links.”In a blog post, Twitter writes that the protection works by “routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service … even if a bad link is already sent out in an email notification and somebody clicks on it, we’ll be able keep that user safe.”How exactly they do that, we’re not sure, but Twitter notes that you’ll start seeing short links using its own “twt.tl” URL shortener in direct messages and email notifications. As users who have been victimized by
» 9 Mar 2010, 4:53 pm

Watch Out, Topeka: Greenville, SC, Also Wants to be Googletown, USAGoogle’s call for medium-sized cities to pilot its high-speed broadband network has attracted the marketing wit of another locale: Greenville, South Carolina.Citizens of Greenville have launched the “We Are Feeling Lucky” campaign –- an obvious play on Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button — an effort that will culminate in citizens trying to form “the world’s first and longest human Google chain.” Glowsticks will apparently be involved in the event, scheduled to take place on the evening of March 20.The site makes heavy use of Google products and services — likely not a coincidence — in getting its message across. There’s also a social media component, with “We Are Feeling Lucky” having a YouTube channel f
» 9 Mar 2010, 3:19 pm

HOW TO: Prepare for Disasters Using Social MediaMollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chick.Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes — lately, it seems like there’s a new natural disaster wreaking havoc on poor planet Earth every week. From our television sets to our Twitter streams, it’s impossible to ignore the devastation these disasters leave behind. And, no matter where you’re watching from, it’s hard not to feel just a little bit helpless in the face of such colossal catastrophes.But when it comes to natural disasters, modern technology is making it easier than ever to take control by creating your ow
» 9 Mar 2010, 1:48 pm

Lindsay Lohan Sues E-Trade Claiming Baby Ad Is a Parody of Her [VIDEO]The Super Bowl may be long over, but Brand Battle 2010 continues to rage on, as yet another commercial is bit by the controversy bug — this time one of those adorable spots from E-Trade featuring a talking baby named “Lindsay.”According to the New York Post, actress Lindsay Lohan is suing the investment site on the grounds that the man-eating, substance-abusing baby in the commercial is based on her.Lohan’s lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, is asking that the commercial be taken off the air and every copy of the offending spot be rounded up (which could now be more difficult given today’s coverage). The actress is also asking for $100 million.According to Ovadia: “Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using that kn
» 9 Mar 2010, 1:30 pm

Hulu Gets 400 Hours of NFL VideoHulu struck a deal to host content from The NFL Network in January, including eight shows and highlights from every team in the National Football League. The network has been adding new content to the site ever since, and this week Hulu has posted an impressive 400 hours of NFL-related videos.Fierce Online Video reports that Hulu plans to add 600 more hours before the next football season starts.Sports enthusiasts are seeing a big boom in web video coverage; the NCAA college basketball league just launched a website that streams shareable clips from countless March Madness plays.Meanwhile, Hulu is likely hoping deals like this one will — in tandem with its own in-house reality show If I Can Dream — help make up for the loss of two of it
» 9 Mar 2010, 1:12 pm

On Android, MySpace Reigns SupremeDespite CEO drama, plummeting traffic and even declining mobile website usage, MySpace Mobile for Android is the most popular social app in the Android Market and the third most popular downloaded application overall.While Facebook might dominate social networking apps on the iPhone, Facebook for Android leaves much to be desired. It’s not as bad as it was six months ago, but it still pales in comparison to the offerings for BlackBerry — let alone the iPhone.MySpace Mobile for Android on the other hand, integrates itself extremely well within the Google ecosystem and the Android platform. You can even update your status via voice, using a widget available in the MySpace app.AndroidStats, a site that tracks the rankings in the Android M
» 9 Mar 2010, 12:53 pm

Retweet.com Sells for $250,000Retweet.com, which put itself up for sale last month, has sold for $250,000 in an online auction on Flippa. The auction saw a fair amount of interest with 45 bids in total, but it appears that the winning party came in with a “buy it now” offer for $48,000 more than the current bid to take ownership of the Tweetmeme competitor.Like Tweetmeme, the site aggregates the most popular links on Twitter, and also provides third-party websites with buttons that lets their visitors easily retweet articles. Although the service isn’t as popular as Tweetmeme, it has been able to accumulate respectable traffic, and it’s ideal name give it significant branding power. According to the company’s listing on Flippa, there is not yet any revenue.
» 9 Mar 2010, 12:33 pm

Now Sourcing

Chicken Suits, Killer Dust Bunnies & Branding: Why Good Content Is CrapArianna Huffington, Jason Calacanis, and Michael Arrington (to name a few) got filthy stinking rich by using one important tool. Sadly, most website owners have it and never use it. Instead, many site owners hide their Excalibur (or light saber, if that's more your thing) in a dark corner somewhere and rarely bring it out into daylight. But, if you're brave enough to fight off the spiders, bats, and killer dust bunnies, you'll be able to expand and grow your business far beyond its current expectations.
» 1 Mar 2010, 6:33 am

Social Media From Across the PondGuest post by Justin Parks – He’s Northern Irish and a big time advocate of social media stuff and making sure its done right.  Loves a pint of the black stuff from time to time and tends to swear a lot.  You have been warned!   He hangs out on twitter and on his social [...]
» 24 Feb 2010, 8:53 pm

Bang For Your PPC BuckWe all like to save money, and even though I’ve mentioned in the past how you can lower CPCs, I thought I will share a couple quick and simple ways you can make the money you’re spending on search work a little harder. Paying By Credit Card: Most people try to get on an invoicing plan [...]
» 18 Feb 2010, 9:18 pm

10 Reasons People Aren’t Commenting on Your BlogIf you read my blog, there is a good chance that you have a blog yourself, or that you’ll have one someday soon.  As you know, blogging is a lot more work than you might initially think.  One of these factors is the amount of time spent on commenting: approving comments, responding to comments, and [...]
» 8 Feb 2010, 7:18 am

Social Media Responsa to the Great ROI DebateIf you’ve ever spoken to me personally, you probably know by now that I’m not a big fan of ROI. (My response to Samir’s post may give you a bit more insight on some of my ROI thoughts.) In general, I feel that ROI can be manipulated to include / exclude the projects that people want [...]
» 29 Jan 2010, 10:17 am

Twitter Reality Check: How Many Followers Should You Really Have by Now?When I look at some of the folks on Twitter these days, I find it incredible that some of them have 50,000, 500,000, or even over a million followers. If you aren't famous in your own right, why are all these people following you?
» 19 Jan 2010, 2:40 pm

New Media Goes Old SchoolIf you haven’t heard me say it before, let me say it now: Although PPC is cutting edge marketing that is quickly becoming more and more mainstream, its roots lie in one of the oldest forms of marketing: direct marketing.  We know this through credit card offers, infomercials, and any other piece of marketing material [...]
» 18 Jan 2010, 6:12 am

Google Sitelinks for AdsYou have probably seen them numerous times while doing searches: The little sub-links below the main link on Google SERPs.  Those are called SiteLinks, and now Google has a beta in place that lets you include SiteLinks in your ads that reach top position.  Here’s how it works: In the campaign settings you need to turn [...]
» 15 Jan 2010, 6:48 am

AppsturbationApp-stur-ba-tion (noun) - The overabundance of applications that don't fulfill any new, meaningful purpose.
» 12 Jan 2010, 1:27 pm

IRL Spam? Do Not Want.While in a bookstore with my mother, we spied the business section and decided to check out the non-virtual competition that my father faced. Although we saw no texts on social media marketing, we did see some new, crisp books on do-it-yourself accounting. Wanting to show me what it’s like in the big bad [...]
» 8 Jan 2010, 11:34 am

ProBlogger

How to Blog: Choose a Niche for Your Blog [Why Niches are Important]While I get many questions from bloggers asking for advice on ‘how to blog‘ perhaps one of the biggest questions a new blogger needs to ask themselves before they move on to the HOW to blog question is ‘WHAT will I blog about?’ There is no real right or wrong answer to this question as blogs [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. How to Blog: Choose a Niche for Your Blog [Why Niches are Important]
» 9 Mar 2010, 5:54 am

Feeling “Blogged Out?” [10 Pro Bloggers Share Their Advice on What to Do]A Guest post by Heather Allard from The Mogul Mom. If you’re a regular ProBlogger reader, you know that Darren dishes up heaps of incredible blogging advice 7 days a week, 365 days a year. His archives positively overflow with information on how to build a blog from the ground up, how to engage readers, how [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Feeling “Blogged Out?” [10 Pro Bloggers Share Their Advice on What to Do]
» 8 Mar 2010, 6:08 am

What Do You Do With Your Blog to Make it Stand Out from the Crowd?Last week on Twitter I was asked by @southrngurl6489 the following question: If you had to pick only one thing that makes a blog stand out from its peers, what would you pick and why? I thought it’d be a good question to open up to a wider audience as its something I’ve touched on quite a [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. What Do You Do With Your Blog to Make it Stand Out from the Crowd?
» 7 Mar 2010, 5:26 am

7 Tips to Keep Your Family On-Board for Your Blogging JourneyA guest post by Dustin Riechmann of Engaged Marriage. My life is pretty typical for a 30-year old family man these days. I do my best to maintain a hectic schedule and the demands that come with balancing a wife, kids, a full-time career, a mortgage, church, community service, tee ball practice, my daughter’s [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 7 Tips to Keep Your Family On-Board for Your Blogging Journey
» 6 Mar 2010, 6:00 am

9 Tips for Creating More Small Business Blogging IdeasA Guest Post by Mark Hayward. What the hell am I supposed to write about, I own a {insert your small business here}? Really, who cares about your flower shop, bike shop, auto parts store, or coffee house? Answer: Your customers certainly care. We all know by now that consistent small business blogging can drastically improve your Search Engine [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 9 Tips for Creating More Small Business Blogging Ideas
» 5 Mar 2010, 5:33 am

How To NOT Repulse Readers And Send Them Running Scream… Um…I Mean Clicking AwayA Guest Post by Cori Padget from Write Syntax and Big Girl Branding. In a word? Engage. Engage, engage, engage, engage. Get it yet? ENGAGE! OK, I’m thinking you get it now, kinda sorta. But in case you don’t, let’s discuss it further. EN… Just kidding! If you’re a writer, or a blogger, or someone [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. How To NOT Repulse Readers And Send Them Running Scream… Um…I Mean Clicking Away
» 4 Mar 2010, 6:17 am

The BEST Way to Generate Lots of Comments on a Your Next Blog PostLast week on my Photography Tips site we published a guest post titled Three Lenses Every Photographer Should Own. The author of the guest post emailed me a few days later amazed at amazing amount of comments left on the post. While the average post on dPS gets a reasonable amount of comments this post is [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. The BEST Way to Generate Lots of Comments on a Your Next Blog Post
» 3 Mar 2010, 5:32 am

Lessons for Bloggers from ChatRouletteChatRoulette (warning: this is often NSFW) is a site that has caused a lot of buzz over the last week or so. It’s a webcam site where you login to chat with complete strangers – you are randomly matched with a stranger and you both have the opportunity to find a new person to chat with [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Lessons for Bloggers from ChatRoulette
» 2 Mar 2010, 5:44 am

5 Tips for Getting Readers Viewing Your Old Blog PostsOver on Twitter last week @JapanNewbie asked me about how to get people viewing old posts on your blog once they drop off the front page. In this video I tackle the question with 5 suggestions including using: Best of Sections Autoresponders Related Links Best of Posts Repost Old Content I’d love to hear your suggestions on how you drive people [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 5 Tips for Getting Readers Viewing Your Old Blog Posts
» 1 Mar 2010, 5:52 am

Stick Out Your Finger (Not That One!) and Create a Meaningful Blogging ExperienceGuest post by Jenny McCoy Sometimes it doesn’t matter where you’re going; you just kinda enjoy the ride. This is true of my blogging experience. After sharing my vision of church services optimized for screaming babies and their snoring grandparents, my drinking companion responded with glazed eyes and an outdoor voice, “You should write books or something. I’d [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Stick Out Your Finger (Not That One!) and Create a Meaningful Blogging Experience
» 28 Feb 2010, 6:14 am

8 Reasons You Might Not Be Getting Many CommentsA Guest Post by Charlie Gilkey from Productive Flourishing. No matter how big their blog is, every blogger loves and wants comments. When you’re just starting out, there are few bigger thrills than writing something and having people comment and give you feedback about what you’ve written. Veteran bloggers love comments and also know that the [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 8 Reasons You Might Not Be Getting Many Comments
» 27 Feb 2010, 6:39 am

Publishing 2.0

High-End Brand Publishers Need to Sell Scalable Premium Ad Solutions, Not Commodity Ad SpaceNewspaper online advertising has not benefited greatly from the recent upswing in online ad spending, according to the New York Times and most of the recent newspaper company quarterly results. This is no surprise because most newspaper websites sell SPACE for commodity advertising — display ads and classifieds — and thus are hard pressed to [...]
» 26 Oct 2009, 9:26 am

Content Doesn’t Matter Without the PackageIn response to the launch of Google’s Fast Flip, I observed that Google is correctly focused on creating a new user interface for news, when most media companies are not. A lot of people responded that Fast Flip is not an innovative or effective UI for news — which may be true, but that misses [...]
» 16 Sep 2009, 8:25 pm

What Google Understands About the Future of News and Publishing That Publishers Do NotGoogle knows a lot about the future of news — more than many publishers. It’s evident in Google’s new product, Fast Flip, which allows news consumers to “flip” through news stories. What’s striking about Fast Flip is that Google is innovating precisely where publishers used to lead innovation. Fast Flip is a new package for news. The [...]
» 14 Sep 2009, 5:37 pm

The Briefing: Start at Y Combinator, finish at EveryBlockIt was a busy Monday morning in two corners of the hacker journalist community: EveryBlock is acquired by MSNBC, and Y Combinator announces a “request for startups” to address that whole “future of journalism” question hanging out there in the open air. Want to catch up? Start here: Msnbc.com acquires local news Web site MSNBC.com | August 17, 2009 Ryan [...]
» 17 Aug 2009, 1:54 pm

What I Read Today: Facebook Buys FriendFeed EditionWhy Facebook Wants FriendFeed GigaOm | August 10, 2009 Scott Karp says: Om Malik calls it “the problem of plenty.” Facebook is trying to solve it by acquiring FriendFeed. Will news orgs compete? Facebook Takes FriendFeed To Take On Twitter TechCrunch | August 10, 2009 Scott Karp says: M&A, as always, is driven by startups building what incumbents should have [...]
» 10 Aug 2009, 5:17 pm

The Briefing: Who’s going to save your URL shortener from extinction?Yesterday, URL shortener tr.im announced that they’re shutting down. Why? What do you need to know about it? What’s going to happen as bit.ly swoops in to the (attempted) rescue? Are we too dependent on services like tr.im to tie the social Web together? Ten links to answer your questions: tr.im R.I.P. tr.im | August 9, 2009 Ryan Sholin says: [...]
» 10 Aug 2009, 2:37 pm

Journalists Are News Companies’ Most Valuable AssetJournalists are news companies’ most valuable assets. That’s what Mike Arrington asserts, and I think he’s right (disregard the “failing old media” rhetoric): And earlier today I got a glimpse at what AOL is up to – they are hiring all the journalists being fired and laid off by the newspapers and magazines. And they now have [...]
» 30 Jul 2009, 9:24 am

Best Practices for Journalists Curating the Web: New York Times Bits Blog “What We’re Reading”The New York Times technology blog, Bits, which features original online reporting by all of the NYT technology journalists, has formally launched a new feature called “What We’re Reading.” This feature (powered by Publish2) illustrates a number of important best practices for how journalists and news orgs can create significant value for readers by curating [...]
» 16 Jul 2009, 12:09 pm

Wordpress & SocialVibe: Blogging Gone GoodNew York venture capitalist Fred Wilson is one of the most prolific and renown bloggers on the web.  And if you go his blog, avc.com, you’ll notice that (like most blogs) he runs advertising to generate revenues.  But what many of you may not know is that all the proceeds Fred generates through his blog [...]
» 15 Jun 2009, 11:05 am

Why we link: A brief rundown of the reasons your news organization needs to tie the Web togetherOriginally posted at BeatBlogging.org, a resource for journalists using social networks, blogs, and other Web tools to improve beat reporting. Whenever I talk with news organizations of any size about linking to sources, resources and journalism that originated outside the walls of their newsroom, two questions come up: How and Why. Well, conveniently enough, I work for [...]
» 11 Jun 2009, 10:24 am

Retraining Wire and Feature Editors to Be Web CuratorsIf the wire editor and feature editor roles are becoming obsolete for print newspapers, as Steve Yelvington persuasively argues, then those editors should be retrained — or retrain themselves — as web curators. Rather than become obsolete, these editors could become essential to their news organization’s future on the web. Steve observes: On the Internet, we have [...]
» 2 May 2009, 10:22 am

Scobleizer

Augment your SXSW reality (News: first indoor AR app released)No, no, I’m not talking about going to the Diggnation party and downing a couple of drinks. This year there’s some geekier ways to augment your reality while you walk from panel to panel or event to party. Here’s a few. 1. Win $1,000 by using SXSW version of the Junaio augmented reality app. The game is [...]
» 9 Mar 2010, 12:07 pm

Do we need a new tech literacy? (Behind the “big data” services like Twitter, Facebook use)The technology that lies underneath the services we use every day is complex and changing quickly. Technologies like Hadoop, MapReduce, are changing how developers and architects build these services. As I was talking with Mike Olson, CEO of Cloudera (a company that builds technology to help developers deal with these larger-than terabyte databases) I realized [...]
» 5 Mar 2010, 9:06 am

The new worldwide startupI’ve been traveling around the world studying how startups get formed. Yesterday I visited Bootup Labs in Vancouver. Last week I was at Startup Riot in Atlanta and while at the Olympics I’ve been hanging out with Saeed Amidi. He was recently profiled in Business Week and is CEO of Plug and Play, an incubator [...]
» 26 Feb 2010, 12:30 pm

Palm’s small-screen bet doomed the PreSome of you might not know, but if I like a mobile phone I buy it. I have purchased several iPhones for my family and I own a Droid as well (I don’t recommend buying that one, instead I am telling my friends to get the Google Nexus One, which is a better device due [...]
» 26 Feb 2010, 11:27 am

Second Life’s new player builds toward WebLinden Labs has just released a new player for its virtual world, Second Life. This is important because it makes significant moves toward the Web and shows a new strategy: one of integrating into social networks (much of that shift has yet to come, Linden Lab’s CEO, Mark Kingdon told me in an interview embedded [...]
» 23 Feb 2010, 10:22 am

Is Second Life about to enter its “second life?”You probably have forgotten about Second Life (the virtual world from Linden Lab), right? Remember, that’s that virtual world that got a TON of hype back in 2005/6. It was on the cover of magazines. On CNN and other TV shows. It looked like it was going to be THE new thing of the decade. What happened? Well, [...]
» 22 Feb 2010, 1:53 am

Some What Frank

Cash & Startup at TECH cocktail SXSW!Cash & Startup at TECH cocktail SXSW!
» 9 Mar 2010, 5:44 pm

Sean Greene speaks at SBA to the Startup Visa groupSean Greene speaks at SBA to the Startup Visa group
» 5 Mar 2010, 7:48 am

At SBA @DaveMcClure explains the ActAt SBA @DaveMcClure explains the Act
» 5 Mar 2010, 7:40 am

Meeting with the SBA about the Act.Meeting with the SBA about the Act.
» 5 Mar 2010, 7:32 am

NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's North Pole; Additional Evidence of Water Activity on MoonNASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's North Pole; Additional Evidence of Water Activity on Moon
» 3 Mar 2010, 3:26 pm

Digital Capital Week: It’s Coming to DC in JuneDigital Capital Week: It’s Coming to DC in June: I am pleased to announce the creation of Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK), a 10 day festival in Washington D.C. focused on technology, innovation and all things digital in our nation’s capital. It's been something that has been on my radar of things to do since 2008. Glad to see it is coming to be.
» 2 Mar 2010, 9:23 am

Finding out about DC focused blogs at the Social Media...Finding out about DC focused blogs at the Social Media Breakfast. SMCDC
» 1 Mar 2010, 5:56 am

Digital Capital Week Coming to DC In JuneI am pleased to announce the creation of Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK), a 10 day festival in Washington D.C. focused on technology, innovation and all things digital in our nation’s capital. Over the last four years, I have spent many hours working on TECH cocktail with the mission of helping to better connect and amplify the local technology signal in local under served communities. In the process, many ideas have popped up but not every idea comes to fruition. The concept of a week long tech focused set of activities came onto my radar in the fall of 2008 after meeting with Vivek Kundra who was then CTO of DC. After a few meetings, fellow DC'ers Nick O'Neill, Peter Corbett, Shana Glickfield and others began to plan a tech week to take
» 28 Feb 2010, 11:01 pm

Chicagoans seek a piece of the burgeoning mobile app businessChicagoans seek a piece of the burgeoning mobile app business
» 25 Feb 2010, 8:09 am

5 Tax Tips for Start-up Businesses & Entrepreneurs Some tips...5 Tax Tips for Start-up Businesses & Entrepreneurs Some tips on how entrepreneurs and startups should tackle taxes.
» 24 Feb 2010, 11:11 am

ELEW Launches Album With Startup Approach — TECH cocktail I just...ELEW Launches Album With Startup Approach — TECH cocktail I just downloaded ELEW’s album on iTunes and wrote about his start-up like approach. I met Eric in 2008 and have enjoyed watching his rise to stardom. I definitely recommend checking out his fresh approach to jazz music.
» 23 Feb 2010, 10:06 am

Sphinn

W3C Validation for SEO - Myth and RealityAlan does a good job of laying out the two sides of the coin. A good read for folks confused about the relative importance of W3C compliance as it relates to SEO.
» 9 Mar 2010, 7:41 am

Link Building Master Class - The Diverse & Creative ApproachDiversification and creativity will get you a long way in your link building efforts ....
» 8 Mar 2010, 4:13 am

Why Single Keywords are For LosersAre you obsessing over big 'trophy' keywords? Mark Nunney on Wordtracker takes a fresh look at the power of the long tail and suggests a great work process for tackling both head and tail terms when planning your site architecture / content.
» 5 Mar 2010, 5:43 am

Liveblog Coverage from SMX West 2010Virginia Nussey worked her fingers to the bone to liveblog 15 sessions straight from Santa Clara. If you missed the conference, or just couldn't make all the sessions you wanted to, Virginia's coverage will catch you up. Also thanks to the speakers and conference organizers for their hard work.
» 5 Mar 2010, 9:57 am

The Expert's Guide to Keyword Research for Social MediaKen wrote up a really in-depth article on identifying popular keywords on a variety of social media sites, including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr.
» 4 Mar 2010, 5:48 am

6 Ways to Optimize Your SEO for Misspellings – And Why It Pays to be a Bad SpellerSince SEO is all about optimizing for keywords that people are actually searching for, misspellings present a pretty big opportunity to gain visibility in search. You could potentially get more traffic and make more money from organic search by targeting a few strategic misspellings. Just don’t tell your 5th grade English teacher about it.
» 4 Mar 2010, 2:48 pm

SMX West 2010 Liveblogging CoverageI don't know how Lisa Barone does it without absolutely collapsing on the last day, but here we have another roundup of her excellent liveblogging coverage from SMX West 2010. If you couldn't attend, you'll feel like you did with the coverage at Outspoken Media of 15 sessions.
» 5 Mar 2010, 8:50 am

How to Put the Kibosh on Content Scrapers & ThievesSome great tips and approperiate actions to take if you catch someone trying to steal your content.
» 4 Mar 2010, 6:56 am

Internet Marketing Interview with Joanna LordThis is a great chock-full-of-goodness interview with Joanna on Twitter, social media, PPC, SEO, and more. Worth a read.
» 3 Mar 2010, 9:25 pm

Encourage Customer Reviews: 4 Tips to Get People Talking About Your Small BusinessSome very useful and actionable advice here on why you should encourage customer reviews. Soliciting customer feedback can play a crucial role in building this reputation.
» 2 Mar 2010, 9:12 am

SEO Wins & Sins: 5 Questions with Industry Leader Joe LaratroEffective search engine optimization is equal parts art, science, and EXPERIENCE, so I sat down with industry veteran Joe Laratro to get the dish on what matters most in SEO.
» 4 Mar 2010, 7:12 am

Tom Rafterys Social Media

Funny FaceBook spam!I received this FaceBook invite to a webinar from Chris Abraham of AbrahamHarrison and Jay Jaffe of Jaffe Associates. This invite was sent to over 2,200 people on FaceBook. Seems like kind of spammy behaviour to me! Ironically the webinar is on “how to look after your online reputation and why it is important to do so”. I [...]
» 4 May 2009, 10:59 pm

Etrawler Ltd owner of Car Trawler and Argus Carhire.com could learn a lot from Easycar!The letter wants me to remove a comment by a user calling himself Timmythedog on my post about issues I had with car rental company Easycar. The comment says: You need to pick and choose – we’ve never had a problem with Easy Car but be aware of Argus Car hire and their supplier National Car Hire. [...]
» 22 Apr 2009, 4:20 am

Sony Vaio keyboard help needed!I have a Sony Vaio laptop (model VGN- SZ3VWP). Unfortunately our 2yr old decided a while back that most of the keys on the keyboard were superfluous and he pried them off (see above). He was so proud!!! There doesn’t appear to be a Sony repair center in Seville – well the only ones I could [...]
» 27 Feb 2009, 1:04 am

15 Twitter tips for beginnersA friend of mine has just set up a Twitter account so I wrote him an email with some instructions on how to get the most from it. Thinking some of the advice might prove useful to others, I genericised it and re-posted it here. Dunno how well you know Twitter – if I’m teaching Granny [...]
» 21 Feb 2009, 7:12 am

Testing QuickPressYou can now post quick blog posts from within the Dashboard of your WordPress 2.7 blog – (un)fortunately not restricted to 140 characters!
» 11 Dec 2008, 12:58 am

What is Social Media’s ‘big thing’ for 2008?Photo Credit darkmatter First off – a big apology to everyone who is subscribed to this blog for the lack of postings in the last number of months. I haven’t stopped blogging, it is just that since I started working for RedMonk, the focus of my writing has changed and it is now more appropriate that [...]
» 6 Nov 2008, 3:23 am

Windows Live Mail deleted ALL my email. Windows Live Email = EPIC FAILI logged into my Windows Live email account yesterday only to find all my email deleted. Not even a single solitary spam message left. I should be livid. Should be tearing what little hair I have left out of my head. Instead I am simply moderately furious! Why? Well this is not the first time Microsoft [...]
» 28 Jul 2008, 12:37 am

WordPress app for iPhone/iPod Touch launchedWordPress launched it’s long anticipated WordPress app for the iPhone and iPod Touch this morning. See http://iPhone.wordpress.org for more. I downloaded to my iPod and am writing this post using it. The write screen seems quite bare. I don’t yet see how to add links, emphasis or photos to posts. I am sure the functionality is [...]
» 21 Jul 2008, 11:52 pm

We are off to the beach!!!Photo Credit technokitten We have been in Spain for nearly two weeks now. Most of the boxes and bags are unpacked. We have a phone line, gas, broadband, mobile and electricity accounts in our names and we put a deposit on a car (a Prius). It has been busy. The most difficult thing to deal with [...]
» 5 Jul 2008, 2:05 am

Goodbye Cork blogger’s dinnerPhoto of a previous blogger’s dinner in Proby’s Conor O’Neill has very kindly decided to organise a goodbye Cork blogger’s dinner in honour of my imminent departure for Spain. Conor is calling it the Hasta Luego Blogger Dinner (Hasta Luego is Spanish for Goodbye, in case you didn’t know)! If you would like to join us for a [...]
» 14 Jun 2008, 3:34 am

Lisbon Treaty exit pollI voted in the Lisbon Treaty this morning. Probably my last time voting in this country (as I am moving to Spain next week!). I’m curious, if I run a poll here and enough people respond truthfully, we should get an accurate exit poll! So, if you voted in the Lisbon Treaty, how did you vote? How [...]
» 12 Jun 2008, 3:22 am