Recreating the "discovery" experience of a paper newspaper with NYTimes' article skimmer

February 14, 2009

The New York Times online is debuting the prototype of a new way to look at the newspaper’s news. It’s called the article skimmer and it’s fully operational. Give it a try and let me know what you think. One of the top complaints about Internet news is that we’ve lost the experience of “serendipity” […]

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VIDEO: Siftables: Toy blocks that are aware of each other

February 14, 2009

This is a video from the recent TED conference in Monterey. Siftables are these blocks with computer chips, software, a screen, and near field communications. The combination of all allows them to be aware of each other and interact learning math, playing a Scrabble-like game, and connect with a program playing on TV. My description […]

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Can you really keep up your "A game" after 390 dates?

February 14, 2009

Talk about a great publicity stunt. Speeddate.com, an online video speed dating site, pitted two women, coast to coast, to see who could go on the most 3-minute dates in a 24-hour period. Sarah Clark dated from New York City and Francesca Salcido dated from San Francisco. Francesca set 2008’s record with 302 dates, and […]

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It's got to be better than Microsoft Bob: Making connections at Microsoft's retail stores

February 14, 2009

This week Microsoft made an announcement that they’re going to be opening a “small number” of stores, and they’ve hired 25-year Wal-Mart veteran, David Porter to handle the retail deployment. There has been plenty of discussion and jokes as to the viability of such a venture. Microsoft’s previous retail venture at the Metreon in San […]

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UPDATE: Bad PR experience story. PR firm's client is obtuse.

February 11, 2009

For those of you who read my bad PR experience story, “Hey PR, bloggers are not tools to be used,” I have a follow up. To recap the previous story (here’s the full story), I was approached by a PR firm that I know to blog about a new start up company they were launching. […]

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How to Get Recognized at Your Next Conference

February 8, 2009

The best way to get people to remember you at a conference is to interview them. There are endless benefits including search engine visibility, access to industry influencers, implied endorsements, and low cost to produce content.

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Spark Minutes on the air for the week of 2/9/09

February 7, 2009

For those listeners of the Spark Minute on Green 960 or 910 KNEW in San Francisco, you’ve found the summary of all the follow up information and reports you heard on air for the week of 2/9/09. The fun and fear of Google’s Latitude The best of the best online tools for students Broadcast your […]

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How fast do our eyes move across search results? Watch

February 7, 2009

If you’re involved in search engine marketing you’ve almost inevitably seen one of those eye tracking studies that show you a picture of a heat map where people’s eyes land as they’re looking at a page of search results. The heat map looks like a triangle with the most attention paid at the top result […]

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Sites, tools, and tips for saving money

February 7, 2009

The economy is hitting everyone hard. And while we all fight for money, often chasing the same dollars, there’s one thing we can all collaborate on, and that’s saving money. Here are a few recommended sites, tools, and tips for saving money. Be a gourmet for a budget – While the top site for recipes […]

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Broadcast your own video channel

February 7, 2009

On this blog, whenever I want to share a video I write a blog post and embed the video. And if there’s a related video I provide a link to another blog post with that video. If I want to connect multiple videos I have to provide multiple links. But if I put up a […]

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