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Yahoo is the new AOL
I was chatting with a friend yesterday and he remarked that Yahoo‘s presence on his machine was getting really intrusive. We both agreed that “Yahoo was the new AOL.” Large flashing icons and screens, exhortations to download this and download that, default settings to automatically run everything at startup, encouragement to download the Yahoo branded [...]
Site Down for 24 hours
My apologies, my site was down for 24 hours while my hosting provider f-ed around with “deploying some quick fixes” on their end. You get what you pay for when it comes to tech. Good times. download movie megamind hq
Release Day Rocks
I love the stress associated with the day of a big release. You’re running around trying to sort out last minute issues, getting bugs ironed out, making sure your data is in the right place and your marketing team is anxiously waiting for the site to be live so they can start their work. It’s [...]
What he said…
Dave has a great post up about transitions and he talks about folks at Judy’s Book going above and beyond the call of duty to make sure that work gets done and things get fixed, even as they were moving on to other things. I’m in violent agreement with Dave on this one. People have [...]
Oktoberfest in Leavenworth, WA
I was in Leavenworth, WA last weekend with a group of friends. I was meant to run the Oktoberfest Marathon/Half-Marathon with Dave, Matt & Jeff but a knee injury kept me out of it. Nevertheless, I was able to participate fully in the Oktoberfest activities – beer and brat consumption. Two highlights of the experience: [...]
Pats Win! 24-21
I moved to the USA in 1994 and Boston was my first stop. I’ve been a Pats and Red Sox fan ever since. Always sweet seeing your team win and even sweeter when they win one they weren’t supposed to. Go Pats! megamind film on the internet
Intel Stole my Girlfriend
For the past three days, my girlfriend has been stolen by Intel. This isn’t some nefarious corporate espionage plot. Rather, they have sucked her into a web-based flash game in which you are the manager of a corporate IT department. I know, I know…who could resist? I’m not sure what happened, but I’m sure this [...]
This is an ex-parrot
Mark Potts’ Monty Python reference reminded me of the first time I heard the dead parrot sketch. I was in the window seat on a transcontinental flight from Nigeria to the UK and I was listening to the comedy channel on the in-flight audio. I was thoroughly sucked in to the sketch and was laughing [...]
Getting Started is the Important Thing…
Dave called me at 8.15am and asked if I “still wanted to do this.” The “this” in question was a reference to the 3 mile run we had planned on doing the night before. I had an out if I wanted it, but I suggested we show up, run an easy 3 and call it [...]
Daring to think big
Andy Monfried has a great post on his blog about having the courage to make decisions that aren’t safe and goes on talk about how he doesn’t want to build another cool company, but rather to change how media is bought. Not only is this post though-provoking and right¬† on the money, it’s engaging and [...]