Archive for April, 2008

YackTrack: A Tool To Quiet Bloggers’ Whining About Distributed Comments?

125220948YacktrackYackTrack is the next step in the evolution of the conversation.

I just read about this on Regular Geek via Corvida and Rob Diana. The service allows you too see comments on your post across a variety of services including Digg, Disqus, FriendFeed, Mixx, StumbleUpon, Technorati, and WordPress blogs, with plans for expansion.

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Tags: Blogging, conversation, digg, disqus, friendfeed, mixx, Social Media, stumbleUpon, technorati, WordPress, yacktrack

Video: Train in Japan

No this isn’t the southbound Yonge line on a weekday morning, but it’s pretty close.

Man this is nuts!

UPDATE: Got a comment that this is actually in Japan and not China.

Tags: japan, video, youtube

Top 3 Reasons Why Jamaicans Shouldn’t go Camping

I’ve got an upcoming camping trip on Canada Day weekend and usual I’ve tried to avoid at all costs. But alas, I can’t get out of it. Here are some things you should think about before inviting me to your camping trip.

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Tags: Camping, Canada, Jamaicans, recreation

It’s Your Twitter, Tweet How You Want To

Twitter

I’m pretty new to Twitter compared to some folks who have been on for a year and even longer. But along the way I’ve learned a lot about how to use Twitter from personal experience and listening to what others have to say about Twitter etiquette.

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Tags: behaviour, Social Media, twitter

The Conversation is Evolving

There’s so much discussion about comment fragmentation here , here, and here (ironically there are plenty of comments on each of the original posts). But what’s the big fuss?

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Tags: Blogging, conversation, friendfeed, shyfter

12 Motivational Tips for Startups and Entrepreneurs Inspired by the NFL

Packers Huddle Up

In case you didn’t know, I’m a HUGE football fan (GO PACKERS!). But the game has given me more than just entertainment; I’ve also come away with some important lessons. Lessons that prove useful to the professionals of the game, but also useful for the entrepreneur / startup as well as the established company seeking to stay innovative and keep growing.

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Tags: Business, competition, entrepreneurship, football, motivation, Packers, project-management, startup, time-management

CSS Naked Day

What happened to the design?

It’s CSS Naked Day!

The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple.
This includes proper use of (x)html, semantic markup, a good hierarchy structure,
and of course, a good ‘ol play on words. It’s time to show off your <body>.

To know more about why styles are disabled on this website visit the

Annual CSS Naked Day
website for more information.

Tags: css, Design, web design, xhtml