Apps that feed your nose for news
December 29, 2008
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This is a great post from TUAW, not the usual source that I would’ve expected to see this great information about online newspapers & magazines, wire services, network radio & television, local news, special interest and industries as well as RSS scrapers.
News junkies: Every headline is our toke, every cutline is our crack. A true news junkie doesn’t stop at just one app, feed, or source; s/he wants them all. Thankfully, your iPhone or iPod touch can be your connection to news from your community and from around the world.
You really should check out this list of resources if you are serious about social media.
What Google is Saying About Social Web
September 16, 2008
Last week it was great to see Google at Bear Hug Camp. Like a good citizen they were collaborating on how to integrate Twitter with Google Chat etc.
The promise of the social web is about making it easy to share the small stuff — to make it effortless and rebuild that feeling of connectedness that comes from knowing the details….It will be great when the instant I think of something to tell my friends, or something I need from my friends, they’re available to me in some way. Remember when Google embedded IM into Gmail, and you could suddenly see — without changing applications — that the friend you were about to email was online and easily reachable right at that second? …Now, many sites and services are adding even more sophisticated plumbing (like profiles and friends and presence and comments) that brings the immediacy of social interaction to more and more places on the web….We — meaning Google and many others in the web community — are in the midst of a burst of energy around all things social that is teaching us more every day about what people want to do with their friends and where. …What are the big plumbing problems — like contact portability, or standards for user authentication and authorization — that need to be solved for the whole web because no one site can do it on its own?Google is chipping in on all of these fronts, listening closely to our users to make our existing products more social in useful ways, and by working with the web community on software projects like OpenSocial and OAuth to address some of the big infrastructure challenges that are best solved in the open, with the perspective of many developers and website owners represented. Fast forward ten years, and you’ll feel even more at home on the web than you do today – because it will be a pretty good reflection of you. Via The social web : About the small stuff
Twitter attended then left. Not sure if they ever came back or not.Laconica is an open source micro blogging application that apparently Leo Laporte is using with his TWiT Army. Identi.ca was also built upon Laconica.Do you twitter? If so, what do you think of it?
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Stupid Company Behavior
July 22, 2008
My cell phone company has stupid policies. What is yours like?
New Blog, New Services and Update
July 17, 2008
New Blog, New Services and Update
Are You Awake?
June 19, 2008
“I like thinking of possibilities. At any time, an entirely new possibility is liable to come along and spin you off in an entirely new direction. The trick, I’ve learned, is to be awake to the moment.” – Doug Hall
Projects I Am Working On
May 9, 2008
I thought I should let you all know what I am working on these days, right now my current projects include:
- Building a Micro Learning for Small Business video blog.
- Collaborating on a book on Small Business Transitions with two other business coaches from the PBCA. (I am a founding member).
- Collaborating on an Interactive Learning Environment (ILE) at Gateway Blogging with Michael Martine, aka Remarkablogger.
- Re-engineering my Marketing Safari Seminar which has been delivered to 2,600+ entrepreneurs at 160 events, into a webinar to launch this fall. (an Internet Marketing Safari webinar for online businesses as well)
- Starting a web development business with my son, which will be called Maximum Web Development – Maximizing Your Websites Potential. Expected to launch this fall.
- Last, but not least, I also do business coaching.
That what keeps me pressing forward to discover my highest and best.
How Three Entrepreneurs Went Big
May 7, 2008
Via CNBC
Supercharge Your Business to Millions: Gary Vaynerchuk gives his tips for success and explains how to supercharge your business. See how Laurie Feltheimer and Scott-Vincent Borba executed these ideas in reality.
Thanks to Chris Brogan for pointing me to it.
Twitter Updates for 2008-05-05
May 5, 2008
- joined friendfeed #
- Working on a focus group for a client and an onlinevmarketing strategy matrix. #
- Developing a collab space for PBCA biz coaches to collab on tools together. Also need to prep for a call to train them too. Busy days. #
- @mastermaq I agree that AP web app is cool thanks for sharing #
Twitter Updates for 2008-05-04
May 4, 2008
- Trying the hahlo.com version 3 a web based twitter client on my iPhone nice update and great features #
- Hahlo has a search feature, nice! #
- @revyd how are things going? We shut chat soon. #
- @edmontontweetup looking toward to May 10 and meeting everyone #
- @rosasay good morning Rosa! #
- @rosasay ‘ohohana indeed, moved my Mom to Edmonton, she is doing much better, waiting for her new apt so she can move in #
- @philgerb Phil, you still owe me a call back from the day we ended our conversation, looking forward to connecting again soon
# - Hello new followers… @MartinAllsop, the amazing @life_enthusiast, @psogle, @gscratch, SEO hound @MusaAykac, @Uncle_Butch, @tracibisson #
- Twitter just ditched one of my updates… rats #
- @rosasay Mom was so lonely, getting pneumonia caused her to rethink and she decided to move closer to her family and we are all thrilled! #
- Woot! to new followers @distancelearn, @FeedbackSecrets, @mickmel, @revyd, @roxolanus, @julieensor, @fjshark, @musecrossing #
- @merylkevans Twitter behaves and you forget then it comes back to bite. Ahh, such is the growth curve. They rewriting Twitter from scratch #
- @merylkevans the romour is they are abandoning ruby on rails due to scaling issues #
- @rosasay Rosa that is so true when I saw her for the first time in six months I was shocked shes moving to assisted lvg hve lots friends #
- @life_enthusiast i say business is the greatest personal development program in the world! #
- pagealizer.com is a cool tool for landing page stats that can be used to learn and tweak layout with # visits I will need the $49 plan #
- @life_enthusiast I have not used videoegg will have to look into it, have u used it? #
- @life_enthusiast pagealizer provides length on page, scroll length, and where they clicked which tells me more of what they are doing #
- @life_enthusiast I think videoegg is more for optimizing pages that gave ads, pagealizer gives more of a sense as to how engaged they ar … #
- @life_enthusiast thank you for suggesting a comparison! #
- Looking for Wordpress MU consultant to do install and some integration email me at gregbd at gmail dot com thanks in advance! #
- @philgerb it has been great, Florida for coaching conference, got an seaes fie my collaboration efforts, look forests to connecting #
Twitter Updates for 2008-05-03
May 3, 2008
- @revyd Hey Dave, just sold my Moms home in Kelowna and moved her to Edmonton. She was sick I was commuting she is better now. So not likely #
- Times RSS reader rocks #
- What do you call a business coach specializing in B2B web based businesses? Wondering what label I can use? Ideas welcome! #
- @maccast mobile twitter is better, although you need a hacked iPhone. #
- Creating a new voice thread on "learning to learn" Found an online quiz that scores your learning preferences. Very cool. #
- @rosasay Good morning, was going to wish Dean the best and just did. Very powerful post if his today. #
Hooked on the Bubble Cycle
May 3, 2008
Fascinating article over on Harpers, The next bubble: Priming the markets for tomorrows big crash. Reading to the end of the article, this paragraph really stood out…
That the Internet and housing hyperinflations transpired within a period of ten years, each creating trillions of dollars in fake wealth, is, I believe, only the beginning. There will and must be many more such booms, for without them the economy of the United States can no longer function. The bubble cycle has replaced the business cycle. (emphasis is mine)
This article was written in February 2008 and makes a cogent and rational argument that is wrapped up at the end showing how Alternative Energy could be the next bubble. The point to remember is this, forget about the business cycle, watch the bubble cycle and plan your business strategy to leverage growth of the new bubble – alternative energy.
Stagflation A Reality
Stagflation Defined: A period of time characterized by high inflation and recessionary conditions.
I live in Edmonton, Alberta and we are experiencing stagflation already here in Alberta. Housing value on our home grew 100% in three years. The tar sands, the second largest deposit of oil is just north or us in Ft. Mcmurray which has been fueling growth here for decades.
We will need to control our spending, reinvent our business models, and go after new sources of income from the innovators of new “bubble”.
The New Bubble: Watch for the Declining Market in Iraq
A sign that the alternative energy bubble is upon us will be marked by a decline in the Iraq market.
In a hyperinflation, infrastructure upgrades will accelerate, with plenty of opportunity for big government contractors fleeing the declining market in Iraq. Thus, we can expect to see the creation of another $8 trillion in fictitious value, which gives us an estimate of $20 trillion in speculative wealth, money that inevitably will be employed to increase share prices rather than to deliver “energy security.” When the bubble finally bursts, we will be left to mop up after yet another devastated industry. FIRE, [The new economy belonged to finance, insurance, and real estate—FIRE.] meanwhile, will already be engineering its next opportunity. Given the current state of our economy, the only thing worse than a new bubble would be its absence.
Bring on the bubble!
Twitter Updates for 2008-05-02
May 2, 2008
- @remarkablogger Give Lorelle and Rosa Say a hug for me
wish I could have been there. Got an award at the coaching conference # - @philgerb say hello to all the JJLers for me Phil #
- Just finished two back to back coaching sessions. Now finish my latte, then get back to work. Simplify, Simplify, Simplify #
- @remarkablogger I am jealous not being there, I had to choose between the coaching convention and family or SOBcon 08 have a blast! #
Twitter Updates for 2008-05-01
May 1, 2008
- Anyone using stickam.com? How is it working for you? How does it compare to ustream.tv? #
- @reboog711 thanks Jeff, I think I am rollercoastered out. Really fun, amazing engineering those roller coasters #
- Great point, knowing why people choose to start coaching is cool, I really like tolearn how @life_enthusiast #
- I like to learn why clients stay with me. @life_enthusiast #
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-30
April 30, 2008
- @jowyang In Orlando, going home tomorrow… sorry I missed you… #
- New long-term coaching client today, woohoo! #
- @mikesansone Thanks for that Mike! #
- I am home in Edmonton! #
- Florida is nice, always good to get home. No food, bare cupboards going to get some food, damn hungry. Pretzels only go so far. #
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-27
April 27, 2008
- The last day (morning) of the PBCA Coaches conference… #
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-25
April 25, 2008
- In Florida, first annual meeting PBCA Business Coaches Alliance http://tinyurl.com/62a8mw #
- Gregs Tumblr http://www.gregbd.com #
- oops, no www on gregbd.com gotta fix that… #
- Godaddy Total DNs Control unavailable… rats… will hav to fix later #
Business Coaches and (e)Learning
April 25, 2008
Read about my adventure that is starting in Florida.
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-23
April 23, 2008
- @peterurban I’ve used it before, had to restore my mac and forgot the name of the app that creates the SSB’s that’s for that! #
- @peterurban blogrvr.com is FF plugin that watches whatcu read and makes recommendations. It spys on you but they keep the data. #
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-22
April 22, 2008
- why I’d twitter showing me stuff from 18 hours ago? #
- Hello to new my tweets @peterurban, @rckstrscott, @shersteve, @karenwallace, @successfool, @joannayoung, @alicemarquee, @richstyles #
- Helloe to @psogle #
- twinkle crashing cannot locate me in Canada #
- Testing Twinkle: location-aware Twittter client for iPhone, http://tinyurl.com/6ov7j9 #
- Twinkle cannot find me … #
- @peterurban gotta support the local tweets! g #
- Is SixApart setting itself apart or competing with web developers? http://tinyurl.com/59bzqr #
- User Generated Content: Who owns the content? Great article on ReadWriteWeb http://tinyurl.com/4bzgmp #
- @mastermaq I had to dig myself into the garage after leaving this morn #
- @peterurban Opinion? my Voicethread: BlogRover acquisition? http://tinyurl.com/59k7ng #
- VoiceThread: Who owns your data? http://www.sbishere.com weigh in, voice your opinion. #
- @peterurban good point, I explicitly opted out of blog rover, many entrepreneurs I have met say the data is theirs #
- @peterurban thanks for that, great list #
- @gapingvoid art dealer sells works like that $10,000-$30,000 #
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