The holidays are the hardest time for many people. Instead of a time of joy and togetherness like you or I might seek, they are often caught in a world of loneliness and depression. For some, dealing with something as simple as having family members all together for a single meal is too much to take, due to past issues or complex family dynamics. That 40 year old business woman sitting across the table may actually be feeling like a…
I’m all a flutter with the new logo that Sara Williams of Tweaks and Designs bestowed upon me over the weekend. Sara has done several custom themes for some of the Splitcoaststampers.com Bloggers, like Julia Stainton at Belle Papier which was updated two weeks ago, and Lauren Meader’s My Time Blog. I was really impressed with the way she was able to work within my image challenged theme to provide a logo that fit easily, and managed to capture the…
Thanks to all who serve and have served.
Brian Kirsten, a great engineer and a guy whose opinion I really respect pointed me towards a very important article by Niall Harbison entitled “How Much Traffic Does TechCrunch Send You?” in which he dissects that actual traffic volume which the tech megablog generated for him. TechCrunch itself is widely attributed to have over 4m rss subscribers alone, on top of the 2m unique site visitors that Compete.com attributes to them. From Harbison’s post: As you can see the traffic…
For the record, I’m the last guy you should get financial or economic advice from. Even so, I was shocked to find a story in the New York Times yesterday, entitled “Good Bye Reforms of 2002.” The lead ought to grab you: Sarbanes-Oxley was passed, almost unanimously, by a Republican-controlled House and a Democratic-controlled Senate. Now a Democratic Congress is gutting it with the apparent approval of the Obama administration. The House Financial Services Committee this week approved an amendment…
That’s right you heard it here first …the darling of the noveau marketing is “transparency” and unfortunately, it’s the wrong answer. Transparency and disclosure simply aren’t enough. For some crimes, Mea Culpa simply won’t cut it. Yes, if you are accepting payment from outside entities in return for writing that blog post or tweeting that little tweet, you need to disclose. For me, all the “disclosure” in the world isn’t going to absolve you if you’re writing a disingenous post…
Okay, for those of you who don’t have 11 year olds around to explain it to you: H1N1 Flu = Heinie Flu = Butt Flu. Yesterday, not a nice time. This morning, again not so nice, but this afternoon feeling much better. My tips, which, of course, shouldn’t take the place of real, trained medical advice. Stock up on the ibuprofen – this thing brings with it killer headaches, and even worse, astoundingly painful muscle and joint aches. My advice:…
Yeah, we’ve got a house guest this week, hailing from Mexico, it’s the Swine Flu, or at least that’s what the triage nurse says. Other than being really tired and really sore, I apparently have a fairly mild case. I’m working, but doing so from my home office to help save my coworkers from the fun and games. So I probably won’t be posting this week…
It’s such a tired story that I’ve basically stopped writing about it. Another set of buyouts at a major newspaper, which will be followed by mandatory pink slipping to get the staff down to a level that’s sustainable…for now. Let’s forget about the status quo, as the situation for newspapers is still in transition. Rather, let’s look forward. What is a sustainable staffing model/cost structure for you if you needed to subsist on online revenue alone? Partnerships – what kind…
I’ve got a commute to work that takes over an hour…with traffic, it can easily become two hours. Rather than listen to talk radio, I listen to podcasts. Remember them? Sure you do…they were popular a few years ago. The other night my daughters derisively referred to a television show they scanned past as “that’s something Dad would watch…” Funny how I never realized that they saw my viewing choices that way before… So, for in hopes that some of…