Launching A Blog Network With Coconuts

I get really pumped and excited for people that are actually doing something to move themselves forward. It’s especially neat to watch regular guys and gals like ourselves reach high for themselves.
We all have dreams and goals and ambitions. It’s nice to see stuff play out for others, especially when they’re generous enough to share [...]

Is Blogging Now More Than Simply Writing Blog Posts?

Experiment: Can a ‘pure’ blog be found by the general public? No inside network links, no pushing traffic from inside established sources, no using freebie directories and all that jazz.
Point 1: You can’t get any organic search engine traffic unless you have inbounds links. I’ve tried it. For months. No links in = no traffic. [...]

Oh How I Envy Amazon

Picture this: You have so many hungry, hungry customers hanging around your website with wallets open and credit cards out–that the site poofs into thin air.
A girl can dream right ;).
Amazon ran a special promotion this week but under-estimated the demand for the product from users with fast connections. At exactly 2pm EST, the [...]

Webware Web 2.0 Wackery - WTH Are People Thinking?

Say no to boxed software? Easy online delivery & access? Surely I can’t be the only person who’s concerned about this free-for-all fling into Web 2.0 depravity?
Webware.com

Say No to boxed software! The future of applications is online delivery and access. Software is passé. Webware is the new way to get things done.
Lots of chatter around [...]

Nailing Down The Art of Appreciative Inquiry

Discover, Dream, Design and Destiny

The process of “appreciative inquiry” gives your company a boost by leveraging what you already do well.

Discover the “best of what is”—they identified where the company’s processes worked perfectly.
Dream “what might be” —they envisioned processes that would work perfectly all the time.
Design “what should be”—they defined and prioritized the [...]

Observing Remembrance Day In Canada

Living in Canada we’re raised with a healthy respect for our Veterans. Our system isn’t perfect I’m sure, but we provide well for our Veterans in terms of pensions, health benefits and take care of their spouses. AFAIK we’ve never allowed our vets to suffer from poor health care or substandard long term care. As [...]

On The Prowl For A Forum For Women

Here’s what I’m looking for:

A forum for women who are savvy online and involved with various online projects
Isn’t focused on ‘moms’ or ‘kids’ or ‘huggles’ or ‘cutsey’ and dollz characters for avatars or big glitter sigs
Isn’t too hardcore with main features being interviews of CEOs, Fortune 500 companies and all that jazz

Basically I’m looking for [...]

Herding The Herd

The value is determined by the market.
The market is the herd.
The herd can be manipulated.
Is your blog or website hardcore kick butt? Awesome resources, excellent content, but the traffic (or market) isn’t pushing things along (providing inbound links, comments, net chatter)? Do you even have traffic?
Does your blog or website have a competitor with substandard [...]

Dealing With Customers Fresh Off The Crazy Train

The frontlines: I’ve done everything from serve fries, cut fabric, collect money, answer phones, outbound calling (ick), counter sales, sales cold calling, to whatever there is to do when dealing with clients and customers. And I’ll tell you right now: There are crazy people out there. And they can make things extremely *difficult* if you [...]

PayPal Headquarters Bombed!

I thought it was some stoopid net prank for Halloween maybe, but it’s true! PayPal was bombed last night:
Yahoo News - Paypal Bomb
ETA: Maybe I should say instead “a bomb exploded at Paypal headquarters” rather than ‘bombed’. Sounds like nefarious fighter jets circling PayPal dropping a payload of bombs on PayPal :lol:.
Hat Tip: Slashdot