February 2009
9 posts
How we reduced chargebacks by 30% (as a percentage... →
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This is a really smart solution - not a huge problem for us right now, but certainly something to think about for the future.
We’ve never had a lot of chargebacks (a chargeback is…
When Talking About Business Models, Remember That... →
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Liked this post a lot - when I see how productive small companies can be, I definitely question what everyone at some of these larger companies is doing. Just don’t feel like the…
January 2009
13 posts
New in Labs: Offline Gmail →
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More useful for me in my consulting days of endless road trips, but still a nice add to Gmail…
Posted by Andy Palay, Gmail engineer Web-based email is great because you can…
New NBA and NCAA Basketball Pages →
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We’re going to be using our shiny new blog to introduce a bunch of new features we released over the weekend - starting with new league pages for NBA and NCAA basketball…
For the…
Obama off by one →
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Wondering how many people think they would have caught this if they were an Obama speech writer/reviewer?
Obama made a small error in the first part of his inaugural speech. He…
Pascal's Wager and Climate Change →
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I couldn’t agree more with this post. I recently had an discussion with some friends that I was surprised thought the whole global warming thing was made up. I was surprised that…
How to create a profitable Freemium startup... →
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The consultant in me still likes to play around with spreadsheets - and there is a model included in this detailed post on Freemium business models from Andrew Chen…
Analysis on…
Best Video Camera: Creative Vado HD vs Flip Mino... →
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Good walkthough of 3 “mini” video recorders…
Change Your Resume for a Great 2009 – Part I →
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Some good resume tips to keep in mind when people ask me to review their resume…
2009 will be a time of change. Included in those changes for many will be a job…
Inside Obama's Social Media Toolkit →
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Interesting run through of how Obama used social media in the election.
Edelman’s Digital Public Affairs team in DC has authored an awesome white paper that takes you inside the…
Why Text Remains King of the Web →
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I really couldn’t agree more with this. I can’t “quickly” scan or watch a video - and watching a video requires more of a commitment in both time and resources. Not really realistic…
How to: Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any... →
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I’m not sure exactly how I would use this yet, but this tutorial came across as potentially useful…
Let’s say you’re a butcher, a baker or a candlestick maker. You want to…
Coming Soon From Sling Media: Watch Cable TV From... →
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I don’t have a Sling (yet?), but this looks way cooler than anything announced by Apple at MacWorld…
Sling Media, the company behind the popular (and very cool) settop…
Tagging Strategies For Successful Social... →
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Solid advice on cleaning up social bookmarking tags. Didn’t get to it for my year end review, but hoping to clean up my Delicious tags at some point…
Social Media Explorer…
Ubiquity Gets an Update: A Prettier and Faster... →
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This is the first I’ve seen of this. I installed it - pretty interesting and useful. For Mac users, Ubiquity is sort of like Quicksilver for your browser. I don’t have it figured…