Blogging doesn’t have to be self indulgent drivel. You don’t have to post and post and think, “Eh, no one is going to read this”. Blogging allows you to spread information, and information is power. We can make change spread faster than any other time in history because we don’t have to […]

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I like Plurk. It’s fun to put out a message and then have all subsequent threads neatly organized underneath. It definitely needs an API and a way to track @replies, but it is a neat tool. I was excited when it first came out.
Why then the harsh title, you ask? Plurk […]

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I read Hugh MacLeod’s (gapingvoid’s) post “10 things I hate about web 2.0″. This post got 35 comments, generally to the tune of “right on, Hugh”. Now I like Hugh, and that’s why I’m writing this sound piece of advice.
IF YOU DON’T LIKE INTERNET CELEBRITIES, STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO THEM.
Seriously, do you know […]

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We all saw the horrible Katrina aftermath. We saw the disconnect people felt after the tsunami. It appears as if Mother Nature has struck again, this time in Burma. A cyclone has left at least 25,000 people dead and millions in a chaotic state of having no means to connect or communicate […]

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I’ve been on guard as of late. Since watching my sister undergo both brutal treatment for leukemia and a stem cell transplant, I look for any opportunity to lay my vengeance on cancer. Cancer sucks.

No one should have to deal with that disease.
Fortunately, some other people also think cancer sucks, so it […]

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I love to travel. That’s why I was very happy to find HappyHotelier running through Guy Kawasaki’s Twitterstream. His real name is Guido van den Elshout and he runs a small hotel in the Hague, Netherlands. The Netherlands seems like a great place to visit and I thought both the look and […]

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Someone: “Calacanis is like a fungus. He grows on you.” 04:00 PM March 29, 2008 from web
@tangofoxtrot: “we’re creating the 10 commandments on the web. 2 column tablet. Only displays in Moseszilla” 09:23 PM March 22, 2008 from web
@guykawasaki: “Sperm in your hair isn’t terrorism?” […]

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OK, double pings here, I read Connie Reece’s post “Five White Men Talk About Social Media” which was inspired by “X Chromosome Web 2.0 Rock Stars“. Essentially, the observation is that we continually see the same men in the social media world, and although we like these men, we would like to see more […]

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Color me a slacker. There are a million SxSW wrap-up posts that will get archived way ahead of mine. I figure I should document this somehow.
What did I learn at SxSW Interactive? Although I saw some interesting speeches, particularly from Frank Warren and Charlene Li, what struck me most was being able […]

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If you are like me, you are amazed at how quickly and efficiently the internet enables us to make connections within our community. You can throw a party and within a few hours, have 50 people show up. You can make connections with people who are connected with five employers, all with jobs […]

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