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Archive for October, 2008
Video: The mistake of the personal brand
In: advertising| branding| marketing
31 Oct 2008Personal Brand, Reputation, and The Mistake of Closed SourceA video description of why reputation outranks brand every time
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- Tags: actions, brand, interactions, job market, jobs, participation, personal brand, reputation, seesmic
House – Personal Ad
In: Life
23 Oct 2008Have I mentioned that Greg House is one of my mentors?
more lol celebs!
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MacBook – Day One
In: Uncategorized
21 Oct 2008MacBook – Day One
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Moving from Windows – My First Week With Ubuntu (Hardy Heron)
In: Linux: Desktop| Software| Technology| The Web
19 Oct 2008For the last week, I have been using Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on my personal laptop. I can say that the experience has been mostly transparent for me, even with the need for a complete re-build last night after an attempt to install a complex theme replacement.
I can say that it has been transparent because [...]
Web Performance: Nice Display. Now Show Me the Data.
In: The Web| Web Performance| WebPerformance.Org| branding| reputation
16 Oct 2008Today’s Web interfaces are all about the Flash (literally). Smooth charting, cool effects, callouts to references — ways to try and simplify complex data collections.
Problem-solving and diagnosis requires a far deeper dive than the flashiest interface could ever provide, because it comes down to the numbers. The actual measurements that make up the flashy chart. [...]
Web Performance: The Strength of Corporate Silos
16 Oct 2008When I meet with clients, I am always astounded by the strength of the silos that exist inside companies. Business, Marketing, IT, Server ops, Development, Network ops, Finance. In the same house, sniping and plotting to ensure that their team has the most power.
Or so it seems to the outsider.
Organizations are all fighting over the [...]
Performance Alerting: Is Louis Gray the Canary in Your Coal Mine?
In: The Web| Web Performance| WebPerformance.Org| branding| reputation
10 Oct 2008Yesterday in the Fast Company Live Fail Whale session [mention on Scoble's blog here], Paul Bucheit of FriendFeed jokingly said that his company’s external alerting mechanism was Louis Gray.
I cringed when I read that, as the last people who should be letting you know you have an issue are your visitors or customers. I know [...]
Technorati 1,000,000 – Help Me Break Into It!
In: Uncategorized
10 Oct 2008<sarcasm>
Currently, the Newest Industry sits at #1,106,225 in the Technorati Charts. I’m looking to break into the Technorati 1,000,000 before Christmas.
If Chris Brogan can get into the Technorati 100, I know I can do this!
Help me break into this elite group!
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This is the year I turn 40. As a result, I am looking back upon my life, my career, and trying to determine what I do best. If I could make my life into an elevator pitch, what would it be?
I decided to take what I do right now and see how low I could [...]
Branding v. Reputation: Idea Pairing
In: advertising| branding| marketing| social media
6 Oct 2008I spent some time today pairing ideas that separate Branding from Reputation. These came from my discussion of Branding being closed-source and Reputation being open-source [here].
It’s just a start, but it’s a start.
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