Archive for January, 2007

March 22 note added: There was a DMCA takedown notice filed against this post a few days back. I’ve since spoken to the owner of Motiono.com and we’ve resolved our differences amicably.
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Alas for lousy internet filters at places of employment: Long tail indeed. Sorry, Chris. sonic wall, content filter, porn, false positive, john koetsier
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A couple of weeks ago 37signals mentioned they were having a fireside chat with Seth Godin and Mark Hurst. They asked for questions; I submitted one. Today I was very happy to learn that mine was one of those chosen – and even happier that Seth gave a great, great answer: A couple of...
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Took the day off today and we all went to Mount Baker:
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I took the day off today and we spent the day at Mount Baker. Tubing, playing, feeding the birds … absolutely gorgeous: Here’s a short video that I took while tubing … following Gabrielle down the hill: mount baker, tubing, john koetsier
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I’ve recently been helping a nonprofit in Abbotsford create a central resource for all the Christian help/counselling organizations in Abbotsford, BC. Announcing AbbyChristian411: There’s an old-skewl paper-based publication as well, which will be distributed around the community. abby, christian, 411, directory, john koetsier
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Kinda weird to be in Bloglines and not be able to get out … And I so wanted to visit Scoble today! bloglines, scoble, movie, john koetsier
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Bleh … comment spam is now getting political … Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective in the Middle East Conflict also scored high in all categories it was nominated. Google earlier banned advertising of that blog for unacceptable content. Samson Blinded’s author advocates religious state of Judea at the border with Israel and expulsion of...
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OK, I’m the last one in the world to see it, but it’s still cool: Get a first life. Love the tagline: “Your World. Sorry about that.” Very Douglas Adams. first life, second life, john koetsier
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Teresa’s grandfather’s last message … we left it on our answering machine for almost two years, until I recorded it onto my computer. Click the pink play button: powered by ODEO Teresa’s Opa (Rienk Koat) died in 2005. Here’s one of the pictures we have of him in our kitchen. He died less than...
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I did something today I haven’t done for over a month … visit Slashdot. Two, three years ago, I used to visit Slashdot about 15 times a day. Now it’s Original Signal and popurls. slashdot, original signal, popurls, john koetsier
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On a bit of an edtech kick lately. Noticed these today and wanted to save them: E-learning infiltrates the classroom Gradefix (“the easiest way to get good grades”) Google for educators stu.dicio.us (collaborative classnotes sharing) Digital printing press education, technology, edtech, john koetsier
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Marketing Sherpa has a great case study on B-B marketing via multiple media, including the web, by B&B Electronics. Some of the key findings: “Google kicks butt. By far 75% of our PPC-driven names come from Google. Ask is also decent, but not dramatic. MSN is still weak and Business.com can be hard to...
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For all those who languish in the valley of the shadow of Windows, MAC is not Mac. MAC is something geeky and technical and abstruse. Mac is something simple, elegant, and powerful. OK? MAC, mac, apple, ethernet, language, pet peeves, john koetsier
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Intranets that work – as opposed to those that just sit and gather dust – are near and dear to my heart lately. Innovation Creators and Read/Write Web are running a poll to determine which are the best new read/write intranets: One change I wouldn’t mind seeing: a subset that are open-source or free....
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