Sometimes I find that I get so involved in the online world and the people active in it, I lose touch with everyday people. When I try to explain why it is important that they spend money on a website and get involved with social networking online, I get frustrated that they don’t get [...]

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People who are fascinated by social media have often been called “narcissists” by the traditional press. Even Stephen Colbert poked fun at Twitter founder Biz Stone during his interview, essentially asking why anyone would care about what someone ate for breakfast.
What I fail to understand about the dismissals and criticism of social media by [...]

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Apparently Sara Dornsife, a partner of crime of mine here in Austin, feels either 1.) ridiculously compelled to pass along chain blog posts or 2.) thinks you should know more about me. I’m voting for #1 but humoring you anyway.
So here goes:
1.) I’m the youngest of seven kids. My parents were Catholic and [...]

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One day I went to Home Depot and found a yellow rose bush for five bucks. Most traditional roses do very poorly in Austin because we don’t get the rain they need and it gets too hot for them. For five bucks though, I couldn’t resist.
I did some research on the variety and [...]

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There is nothing like reconstituted egg product at the Frisco Hampton Inn and hanging out with a bunch of fellow geeks with MacBooks to get the ideas flowing. I was a bit worried that WordCamp Dallas would not be worth missing out on a weekend in Austin, TX, but here are some of great [...]

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