Archive for August, 2006

The Dealership Debacle: The follow-up

After a week in the shop, my car is back. Surprisingly (or perhaps not at all), the car is back to its normal peppy self. I hadn’t realized how sluggish the problem was.
Here’s the final outcome: The car was having major problems with the fuel system. Despite my bringing up the issue in multiple [...]

Book Review: Small is the New Big

Portfolio Publishing sent me a copy of Seth Godin’s new book, Small is the New Big for review. It’s an interesting read, and like Seth’s other books, they’re quick reads. This book recycles Seth’s blog posts from days gone by. Overall this plan works, and is much more "readable" than clicking through countless pages of [...]

Snakes on a Plane: The Community Ecosystem

With my brother in town for the weekend, Snakes on a Plane Day didn’t come until today. I have to admit, I was one of the many suckers that got pulled into the fan-created hype machine. The funny thing about hype machines is that they tend to be largely ineffective and at best short-lived when [...]

Speaking of Podcast Interviews…

I had the pleasure of being invited by Eric over at MarketingMonger.com to talk about Social Media and Big in Japan and other assorted subjects. Eric is on a quest to interview 1000 marketing people, and I was number 79.
Check it out and if you’re interested in helping Eric drive to 1000, drop him [...]

Matt’s Podcast Interview

My buddy Matt was interviewed regarding his cool software for pilots. He has several apps, but the key app helps pilots go digital rather than having to get big huge books that are updated every 28 days.
The interesting part of this story is that Matt build a company, Production Software, all by himself. His main [...]

Success doesn’t equate to spending money

Nikon ran a terrific program to get their brand cemented to the multi-million strong Flickr community. Oh, and it couldn’t have cost that much to implement. Here’s how it shook out:
The program is called Nikon Stunning Gallery. Nikon encouraged Flickr users to tag their best images with "nikonstunninggallery". Then they give away Nikon cameras. Here’s [...]

Breaking the Web…?

Alex posted an interesting discussion thread on the Weblogs Work blog - Breaking the Web?
There’s a school of thought that once something goes up on the Web, it should never be taken down. The theory holds that once you put something online, it’s forever indexed, linked, and permanent. Removing content breaks those links, thus "breaking [...]

Fun Finds

I’ve been busy lately… I’ve been collecting a ton of links to blog about, but no time to add context!

Play Battlefield 2? Here’s a Firefox toolbar to help you find which server  your friends are playing on.
Battlefield 2142 site launches
Remix of Ted Stevens’ "The Internet is a series of tubes" ramble
Time’s latest 50 coolest sites
Chris [...]

Live blogging the dealership

Just a quick rant while I hang out at Courtesy Nissan. Short version of the story is that 2 weeks ago I brought my car in because at low speed the car would die when I pushed the gas. Not break down, but not move forward either. Brought it into the dealership that morning and [...]

Tons of interviews

I found some great resources this weekend and had to share.
nPostTons of text interviews with entrepreneurs
MarketingMongerEric is on a quest to interview then podcast 1000 marketing people of all stripes. Looks like he’s up to just under 100. I get my turn at the wheel this week, so stay tuned.