Archive for March, 2006
Blog Business Summit here I come
I’m back from SXSW and off again to the Blog Business Summit. If you’re going to be there, look me up (or drop me an email - jake AT countersinkdg DOT com).
My Favorite Entries: Vol. 2
More of my favorite entries!
Wondering why people don’t like you
Microsoft and Blogging
Community Best Practices
Putting your inner Schmooze to work
Working with communities
Dreamland
Geek Lunch Location
A quick update on location – the Geek Lunch on Sunday will be at:
Cedar Door (Second & Brazos)
http://www.cedardooraustin.com/
See you at noon!
More new words
I recently defined my new word "eKnow", and it’s time to add a few more:
eBuddy - someone you eKnow
eIntroduce - to introduce two other people via virtual medium
SXSW Schedule
If anyone is interested, here’s where I’ll be during SXSW!
Saturday, 11 March 2006
10:00AM Beyond Folksonomies: Knitting Tag Clouds for Grandma (16AB)
10:00AM Better Blogging Brainstorming (18ABC)
11:30AM We Got Naked, Now What? (16AB)
11:30AM Ajax: What Do I Need to Know? (Ballroom E)
02:00PM Jim Coudal / Jason Fried Opening Remarks (18ABCD)
03:30PM James Surowiecki Presentation: The Wisdom of Crowds [...]
Reminder - I’m speaking this weekend
Just a reminder - I’ll be present during the "Geek Lunch Series" at South by SouthWest on Sunday. Here’s the skinny:
My time as the LEGO Community Liaison
Join Jake McKee, former Global Community Liaison for the LEGO Company for more than 5 years. Join Jake for lunch as he recaps his time on the community front [...]
Know about the band BEFORE you head out
I love live music. But in the past few years my hearing has taken a major beating for no explainable reason. Which means that the amount of live music I get to make it to has been drastically cut simply for hearing preservation. Wouldn’t it be great if I could figure out what new bands [...]
37signals - The Book
The folks over at 37signals have self-published a book:
What is the book about?Getting Real details the business, design, programming, and marketing principles of 37signals. The book is packed with keep-it-simple insights, contrarian points of view, and unconventional approaches to software design. This is not a technical book or a design tutorial, it’s a book [...]
Marketing 2.0
I was chatting with my eBuddy Johnnie Moore about my experiences with buying an Alienware computer. (More on that in a soon to be released CommunityGuy.com podcast)
Long story short, I was saying that I think that talking about "community" is a 1.0 concept, that the new 2.0 concept is talking about "interaction". Many companies dismiss [...]
My Favorite Entries
I was looking through some of my archives today and realized there’s some good stuff buried in the bottom of my blog. I thought I’d post a collection of some of my favorites.
Always more to the story
Best quote on community
Friendster and Typepad make love
What is Community - Followup III
Good business is human business
Great Quote
Massively Multiplayer [...]
