Month: August 2008
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Gimme Google
I’m at Gimme Coffee right now in Brooklyn. To my left, there’s a guy on an IBM Thinkpad using Gmail. I’m beside that, using Google Docs. To my right, there’s a girl with a black Macbook, using Youtube. We are all on Google properties. Is that scary? I don’t know why, I just suddenly had…
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Funnels and Mr Brogan
One of the interesting things about co-writing a book is that you look into someone else’s experiences, as well as your own. So I’ve been thinking about Chris Brogan a lot. (It’s weird, I know.) Anyway, remember the funnel? A long time ago, Seth Godin figured out that turning strangers into friends, then into customers,…
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Reminder: Podcamp Montreal
Registrations are open! Show up or you owe me a beer. But seriously, Laurent, Sylvain, and Laurent (2), and Michelle are doing a great job with this, particularly since running a bilingual event is a bit more complicated than your usual Podcamp. It should be pretty damn cool.
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Are you a fixer?
I have a problem. There’s this one Mexican restaurant I keep walking by. Through the windows, I see their curtains, which are coloured green, white, green. And I keep thinking: “Guys, change just one of those and you’ve got a Mexican flag! How great would that be?” Of course, in reality, this is none of…
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$1000 for an iPhone app? That’s rich.
Some may applaud Apple’s decision to remove the $1000 iPhone app (the one that does nothing) from its store the other day but, in reality, it’s deplorable. I’m not concerned about the customer service issue (because yes, people will buy it, and yes, Apple will get complaints)– I get that side of it. But this…
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Blip
Heh, I’m pretty sure this post is directed at me. Which is fine, I deserve it. 🙂 Things have been busy around here. The book with Brogan is really happening, so I’m learning to write a bunch. It’s actually pretty interesting– if any of you have problems with writing, just consider starting something, even if…