The best of the best online tools for students

February 7, 2009

During my research for this post, I stumbled across an endless list of great posts (see below) that offer great tips on the best Web tools for students. But the advice here isn’t just for students. I’m no longer a student but I do tons of research and writing for work and I found these […]

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The fun and fear of Google's Latitude

February 6, 2009

This week Google launched its location based tracking service, Latitude, which is marketed as a fun way to connect with your friends in person. Simply look at a map and you’ll see photo icons of where all your friends are in the city. In a densely populated city like San Francisco, it could be a […]

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John C. Dvorak lays into me on Cranky Geeks

February 6, 2009

On this week’s episode of Cranky Geeks John C. Dvorak lays into David Spark about refusing to expose a PR firm’s inappropriate behavior. It’s pretty funny. Watch the opening segment that references Spark’s story, “Hey PR, bloggers are not tools to be used.” UPDATE: Two weeks after the original bad PR incident, there’s a follow […]

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It's not viral, it's a World Wide Rave

February 1, 2009

Everyone wants their stuff to go viral. I’ve had clients request it. And I’ve seen it in creative briefs: “We’ll create a viral campaign.” What these people mean when they say they want to create something viral is they want to spread a piece of content, a product, or an idea on a network (The […]

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

February 1, 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 2/2/09. Laid off? Looking for office space to get going again? Hey PR, bloggers are not tools to be […]

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Swap books, CDs, DVDs and video games for free with Swaptree

February 1, 2009

Before the Web, about 12 years ago, before Napster and before you could burn CDs cost effectively, there was a very active bootleg tape trading scene on Usenet. People would post lists of their audio and video tapes they wanted to trade on the message boards. Users would look at each other’s lists and send […]

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Airplanes and BART are no longer an oasis for no Internet access

January 31, 2009

I actually sometimes like to commute. It gives me a chance to unplug and do all the things I like to do when I’m not online, such as sleep, think, read, listen to podcasts, or watch movies on my iPod. Unfortunately, the days of commuting being an oasis from connectivity are now over. More and […]

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Want more ads? Appears that you do.

January 31, 2009

For years I’ve been attending conferences about the growing market of online video. And the number one topic that was and still is on everyone’s minds remains to be “How do we make money from this?” At that time, no one went the obvious route of, “Let’s place commercials in there just like on TV.” […]

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Know what people are talking about right now

January 31, 2009

CNN, MSNBC, and FoxNews would all like to make you believe that they’re the first to break news. They’re not. You are. Using the abundance of social media tools, the community of Internet users often are the first to catch big news items and then spread them. How do you track that buzz? No need […]

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Laid off? Looking for office space to get going again?

January 31, 2009

San Francisco and Silicon Valley have become layoff central. The thinning of the tech herd has driven more news and traffic to the country’s most depressing blog, Layoff Blog. As companies are laying off employees and hiring freezes abound, many are looking to start their own thing. If your studio apartment doesn’t lend itself to […]

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