Month: July 2007
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Harry Potter madness
Most of you probably don’t know this, but I own HarryPotterForum .com, and only just now got around to doing something with it. Anyway, I just realized the traffic since last week has been INSANE. Check it: And BTW, Eric Skiff just twittered that Scholastic, the company that publishes these books, is turning a major…
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Attention is Power
If you’re irritated about the way influencers seem to be jumping from one web app to another, you aren’t alone. Dave Slusher just renounced ‘the search for the newer and shinier,’ and I suspect many others will follow after Facebook becomes passé. What Dave doesn’t realize is that it is in the nature of early…
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The birthday post
In case Facebook hasn’t told you already, today’s my birthday. Here’s what my girlfriend got me. Honestly, I never get presents like I’ve gotten from this girl… what you’re looking at is a homemade diorama filled with Kid Robot toys. Dave already wrote me a nice post about it this morning, which was cool. Dave…
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blah blah Monetize Your Podcast blah – wait, what?
Joseph Jaffe just got a free iPhone from a listener. All he had to do was offer up a sponsorship for one episode of his show. This lucky accident could revolutionize podcast sponsorship. (I sure hope it does!) Your podcast may only have 100 listeners, but no matter your niche, I’d be willing to bet…
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RSS Swap – Results
I’ve swapped RSS feeds with John Dyer, a reader of this blog. So this week, I’m reading his RSS feeds instead of mine. It’s really confusing. I’ll tell you what it does do– it sends me straight to the content I can’t miss– and I find myself knowing exactly what those are. Eric Rice, Chris…
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How is iTunes like Starbucks?
When I want a coffee, I get a coffee — why not? I feel like one. I just bought the new Interpol album on iTunes— without even listening to it first. Because I ‘felt like’ a new album right then, much like we ‘feel like’ a coffee. It was as passive as the desire for…
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Required Skills
In Quebec everyone needs to speak French– so when an ad for a job appears, it says “French skills required.” It’s a given. Those that move to Toronto, though, something happens to them. Suddenly, everyone goes “this guy’s French is AMAZING! We have to hire this guy!” You’ve become the specialist. New Media is like…
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RSS Swap Anyone?
Does anyone want to swap RSS for a week? I need a change. I don’t know about you, but I think the RSS feeds I read may be driving me insane. Feel like I do? All your RSS reader has to do is be accessible via the browser– I’ll read your stuff for a week,…
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Free phone sex
The short version of the story: I know a bunch of guys at Jangl that are really cool, and whose service is worth looking into. So when they asked me to put some stuff on my blog, I said sure. They even offered to pay me, but I’m not taking it, I just feel like…
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For a site that’s basically the centre of our existence
… the iTunes Store sure is down a lot.