For quite a time last year SecondLife was all the rave and all the dispute. Bleeding Marketers were talking it up about as much as they could, and Crayon, a new marketing firm, was even founded virtually in it (neat!). SecondLife even reared its head in a question for a job interview I had with [...]
(Thanks, Tom Tiger for letting me use your photo!) Funny thing about perception is it doesn’t really let us see what is actually there. I mean, sure, right now I am looking at a laptop made by HP. I like it well enough. I’d rather be staring at a Macbook Pro, but whatever. The way [...]
I don’t think I’m letting anyone in on anything new when I say having the flu sucks. I can say, happily might I add, that the flu sucks a lot less when you have a sweet girlfriend who helps take care of you through it (I know, she spoils me and Ooo a new mail [...]
E-mail has a spam filter. If that doesn’t work, our failsafe is a personal filter system that allows us to create filters, making sure (we wish) any spam that does get past the spam filter gets automatically thrown in the trash (deleted). The concept of getting a bunch of crap in your inbox didn’t start [...]
I say “adopt” because it’s the technopian culture you’re coming in contact with. It’s a mindset you have to develop and understand. Dell has been working hard on adopting this culture, and it’s paying off. More are noticing. Dell is continuing to kick some ass. It’s got to be exciting for them. Once they hit [...]
“BA/BS degree. Please no MBAs.” At least that’s what the job description for Product Manager over at Ning says. Not sure what to think about it, but since at this point I am not planning on getting my MBA, that’s good encouragement! I’d much rather launch into an internet startup (or another one, since I’m [...]
I wanted to eat some baby carrots (they’re so tasty and bite sized!). I grab a new bag from the fridge and bust them open on the way back to my room. Reaching into the bag I grab hold of my first delectable… baby carrot? It was hugely defective (and oddly suggestive), and in a [...]
Blegh. I’ve got a cold tonight and it’s messing up my thought processing jive. Really I am supposed to be doing a case study for my managing emerging ventures class, but I decided to use blogging as a procrastination outlet instead. I don’t feel quite so guilty since the main issue in the case is [...]
Okay, so when I haven’t been developing the niche user generated content site, I’ve been thinking almost obsessively about life streaming and micro-blogging. Really, ReadWriteWeb’s interview with David Karp on version 3 of Tumblr is what brought me back around to think about it more. While I agree Twitter and Tumblr are different services entirely, [...]
I hope everyone had a happy Halloween yesterday! I just woke up after spending a long night being dressed as a pirate (pictures to come). It was quite enjoyable. Many didn’t recognize me, which lead to a lot of staring and attention. Sure, it was like buying attention, but who the hell cares?! Advertisers do [...]