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IM Clients and Services

Posted on: Monday, April 28th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

This is nothing groundbreaking, but I think that it is interesting.
I run Digsby (am a Trillian convert) and so I get to have people on my IM list from a wide number of IM services. I have AOL people, Yahoo people, a couple wacky Jabber people; I have about 60 people on my list, in [...]

Plaxo: You’ll be Friends if you like it or not!

Posted on: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 in: Other

I dont know how it happened, but apparently when Plaxo checked out my gmail contacts, it decided to ask virtually everyone I do not want to talk to if they would like to connect with me.
I know a little bit about computers, “web 2.0″ sites, and social networking online. I really doubt that I invited [...]

Agile Up Front Requirements

Posted on: Friday, April 18th, 2008 in: Project Management

I have been having a bit of an internal conflict lately. This is a different sort of internal conflict. There is no yelling, there are no strange voices, and there is no heavy sweating while I slump in the corner and mutter to myself. This is an intellectual, professional, theoretical conflict.
I believe in Requirements. I [...]

Malware? Me?

Posted on: Friday, April 18th, 2008 in: SEO

Okay, this is really embarassing since I am supposed to be an SEO guy, but Google has decided that my site has malware on it and I have been BLACKLISTED.
I attribute this to the Digsby Widget. That’s all I can think of. There is no malware on this site.
Cripes.
Now the process is sisyphean. I have [...]

Google App Engine = Ugh

Posted on: Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

Okay, they did it.
Did they do it just to try and steal the momentum of .NET?
Surely we are not to believe that Google is in business to be beneficent purveyors of independence.
Coming soon: a million applications with AdWords. A totally skewed and manipulated (bought and paid for) Search Engine System / Office Suite / Advertising [...]