It’s amazing who’s an expert SEO on Twitter. They’re popping up by the day – I guess you just add water and stir! But sometimes things don’t seem to actually add up … as in this case: Is it really likely that a true SEO expert – and a true PR expert – would...
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When things are mashable, they will be mashed. Unfortunately, that means that users sometimes have mashed potatoes instead of baked. Which isn’t a problem, of course, if you like mashed. But sometimes – and this is an example – mashed leads to issues. Notice the multiple duplicate posts: I like Friendfeed, but mostly feed...
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Tonight I failed the husband geek-test: fixing something electronic for your wife. “But it’s not my fault,” I told my wife. “It’s Apple’s fault – WiFi is buggy on the iPhone.” And I think that’s more than a excuse. I think it’s true. Here’s the deal: we have a wireless network. My iPhone connects...
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If you don’t really want people communicating on your site … you don’t really want feedback on your articles … you do really want to spam people … you do really want to “monetize eyeballs” … and you don’t really care that your brand is in the toilet … Then you act very web...
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I’m listening to Dale Mugford at WordCamp Whistler who works for BraveNewCode. They put out a WordPress plugin, WPtouch, which transforms your blog to a very quick and friendly “application” for iPhone, iPod Touch, and any Android phones. I just installed it here while listening, then tested on my iPhone. Very cool – check...
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I’m currently (10:35 Saturday January 24th) at WordCamp Whistler and the whole room is tapping on keyboard while listing to speakers. This is not a live-blog of WordCamp Whistler, but it is a little memo-pad of things I’m learning hearing. Title tags Use title tags in all links for SEO purposes … I don’t...
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It’s 9:43 on Saturday morning and I’m at WordCamp Whistler right now. Tons of cool people here, and I want to be able to remember and connect with them, so here goes: Fran Chelico Nice Moo cards! Caroline MacGillivray of beautynight Founder of a charity doing makeovers for abused/neglected women Karen Hamilton, of tinybites...
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Those of use know live and contribute online know what captchas are and what their purpose is. And we all, uniformly, hate them with a passion usually reserved for Nazi war criminals or past US presidents. But, generally we accept that to keep blogs and other social spaces on the web free of spam,...
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Robert Scoble knows who I am! He cares about what I do! He wants to know when I’m in the office, and when I go to Starbucks, and when I have an ingrown toenail! He’s following me on Twitter! I matter! Or not. This is obviously a fake Robert Scoble on Twitter … with...
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My iPhone is currently paired with my iMac, and I want it paired with my MacBook. So I go to synchronize it and this is the message iTunes gives me: “Are you sure you want to sync applications? All existing applications and their data on the iPhone “John Koetsier’s iPhone” will be replaced with...
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I’ve been using Twitter for probably over a year. But I’ve really only being using Twitter for perhaps 3 months. In that time, there’s a few things that I think would add huge value to Twitter: Context Yeah I know it’s a river. But some rivers have tributaries, channels, and eddies. Some of them...
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Chinook school district in southern Saskatchewan just doled out $200K worth of payola to the Business Software Alliance. The problem? Some drafting software that was accidentally copied on to all computers in a lab during an upgrade. The BSA came calling – rather like the RIAA – and demanded more than twice the MSRP...
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Great post on Wired on the mobile geo-available lifestyle. Letting everyone know where you are whenever you are there, however, might have a few hazards. Everything, after all, is now mashable: And location info gets around. The first time I saw my home address on Facebook, I jumped—because I never posted it there. Then...
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OK, this is seriously funny. The latest Dilbert strips have been focused on Dilbert’s second job: DilbertFiles. Funny, good, enjoyable … but just a comic. Or not? Wondering a little – because I’ve read Scott Adams‘ books and know how smart he is in spite of his constant and nearly-successful attempts to hide it...
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I finally decided to go to WordCamp Whistler today. It’s on Saturday January 24th, and I just made the registration deadline by about 9 hours. Anyone else going that I know? If so, get in touch and maybe we can drive up from New West or Vancouver together …
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