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Marketing = Passion = Changing the World

August 25th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Business Strategy

My clients are going to be rolling their eyes over this video, but it’s only because I’ve been making this point for years. Apparently not as long as Steve Jobs. In one minute, Jobs sums up what we should all be chasing - the creation of passion that leads to world changing activities. Why bother getting out of bed otherwise?

Job Board Update: 7 New Candidates & 10 New Jobs

August 25th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Business Strategy

Lots of new job openings and job seekers!

Community Job Seekers

To see all candidates: http://www.communityguy.com/jobseekers/

Community Job Openings

 To see all job openings: http://www.communityguy.com/jobboard/

Rapid Fire – Sunday, August 24

August 25th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Daily Links

greg hughes – dot net – How to exclude a domain from your Google search results

Greg Hughes points out a cool, undocumented trick for excluding certain domains from your Google Alerts. Very helpful.

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What If the Kindle Succeeds? | Electronic Frontier Foundation

The EFF takes on the implications of success of Amazon’s Kindle.

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shannonstairhime’s Bookmarks on Delicious

Shannon Stairhime’s delicious bookmark collection is a fantastic resource.

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Simplicity – Joel on Software

“Minimalist aesthetics are quite hip these days. But if you think simplicity means ‘not very many features” or “does one thing and does it well,’ then I applaud your integrity but you can’t go that far with a product that deliberately leaves features out. Even the iPod has gratuitous Solitaire game.”

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Balsamiq Mockups Home | Balsamiq

This is one of the coolest Adobe AIR apps, and hell, one of the coolest prototyping apps I’ve seen yet.

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YouTube – CHICAGO 10 – OFFICIAL TRAILER

Very cool trailer for an interesting documentary. The story telling mixes archival footage with animation. Very neat way to tell a story!

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iPhone GUI PSD

Make a quick iPhone app mockup with this PSD file full of iPhone UI elements.

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IN A WORLD Movie Trailer Free Ringtone

Funny ringtone. I dare you to actually use this one.

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Micro Persuasion: Get Paid to Twitter Using the Adjix Link Shrinker

Very interesting idea for making money off your twitter links. Anyone have any first hand experience with this?

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Social Media Club: Dallas (& Ft. Worth) this week!

August 24th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Events and Speaking

This week is an exciting week for Social Media Club in the Dallas metroplex. We have not one but two events, one in Dallas and one in Ft. Worth! Thanks to the fantastic Lauren Vargas for once again pulling these SMC events together. Details (and RSVP links) below. Hope to see you there!

Both events will feature a demo of Cubeless and roundtable discussion

Ft. Worth event – RSVP
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
7:00pm – 8:00pm

Golden Corral
6049 S. Hulen
Fort Worth, TX

Dallas event – RSVP
Thursday, August 28, 2008
7:00pm – 8:00pm

Southwest Airlines HQ
2702 Love Field Drive
Dallas, TX


Rapid Fire – Saturday, August 23

August 24th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Daily Links

10 Great Webcomics You Should Not Share With Your Kids | Geekdad from Wired.com

Need some new reading material? Here’s a list of 10 fun webcomics!

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Internet Gurus – LachStock

This blog post has a fantastic collection of comments answering these questions: What are the three things online that are exciting you most? What gadget do you never leave home without? And given most everybody will say their phone or their laptop, why? What will be the Next Big Thing?

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Rapid Fire – Friday, August 22

August 23rd, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Daily Links

1930s-40s in Color – a set on Flickr

The flickr.com/commons project is really very cool. I love this collection of 1930-1940s color photos!

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Patton Oswald – There Will Be Blood

This is one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a while. I keep walking around the house repeating it …

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FFF: Michael Phelps

August 22nd, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Friday Flickr Find

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(Original Image by guano)

Rapid Fire – Thursday, August 21

August 22nd, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Daily Links

Mercenaries 2 co-op developer walkthrough – Joystiq

Wow, Mercs 2 looks fantastic! I might have to step up to an Xbox 360 for this game!!

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My interview with Zane Safrit

August 21st, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Events and Speaking

Yesterday morning I had the distinct pleasure of joining Zane Safrit for his BlogTalk Radio program. We talked for 90 minutes about everything from community management to business strategy. If you’re interested in checking it out, I’ve embedded a player below or you can go directly to Zane’s show page.

Thanks again, Zane!

BlogWorld Expo Discount Code

August 20th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Events and Speaking

joinme.gifIf you’re trying to decide whether to attend BlogWorld Expo (where I’ll be speaking), remember this: It’s in Vegas.

But more specifically, it’s a fun conference and will have a great attendee list. To sweeten the pot, the BlogWorld team has offered up a discount code for CommunityGuy.com readers! To get 20% off admission, use this discount code on registration:

JMVIP

All codes are good until 9/1/2008. Early bird registration ends on 8/22/2008. What are you waiting for??