I’ll be off the grid until 9/4/07. If it’s urgent, call me if you have the number. Play nicely with each other!
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Today we’re celebrating BlogDay 2007, and in honor honour of PodCamp UK, I thought I’d highlight the blogs of PodCamp UK’s organizers organisers and sponsors.
So, in no particular order:
John Buckley
Linda Mills
Simon Toon
Phil Campbell
Dean Whitbread
If you’re in the UK and are free 1 September and 2 September, stop on by PodCamp UK and celebrate the day [...]
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This is the New Media Fishbowl. A commenter on Mitch Joel’s blog pointed out a Facebook Application that could draw a hyperbolic map of your friends in your network and how they were related. I was stunned to see a true, graphical, and clear representation of the New Media fishbowl, the echo chamber, whatever you [...]
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24 Aug
Posted by: Christopher S. Penn in: New media
iPhone. Bacn. Chocolate Rain. LOLcats. Copybot. Bum Rush the Charts. Lonelygirl15. What do all these have to do with each other?
They’re all “viral” memes - high speed, high attention, sticky microcontent that spread like wildfire in various online communities. Just a mere mention of them on a blog can, if caught early enough, drive a [...]
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23 Aug
Posted by: Christopher S. Penn in: Random
Based on what’s in the book of Genesis from the Abrahamic bibles, God created everything in six days.
Day 1. Universe.
Day 2. Earth and water.
Day 3. Land and shrubbery.
Day 4. Seasons, day, and night.
Day 5. Critters.
Day 6. Mankind.
Day 7. Break.
If you assume that God’s calendar works differently than humans, and that the universe, based on the [...]
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In an interesting conversational thread on Twitter, the topic of power, motivation, and energy came up, as it often does, and Laura Fitton wrote: “always wondered what powers the mighty cspenn. Star Wars music?”
Well, music in general. There are some pieces that I find personally motivating, and it’s something that I emphasize everyone should have [...]
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A funny thing happens when there’s excess liquidity in a financial market, as has been the cases in the past 6 years due to housing. First, a quick primer. Liquidity is any asset that can be converted to cash quickly and with minimal loss of value. A blue chip stock - like Coca Cola - [...]
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With the recent events surrounding imported products from China, such as cough syrup, stationery, childrens’ toys tainted with lead or coma-inducing drugs, mislabeled fish, fish treated with malachite and other cancer-causing drugs, tainted beef, bad radial tires, leukemia drugs, toxic pet food, breakaway hammocks, electrocuting palm tree decor, Craftsman electric saws with flying blades, and [...]
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13 Aug
Posted by: Christopher S. Penn in: Blog Tag, Blogging, Blogroll
Blog Day: 5 blogs you probably don’t read, but should
John Wall, host of the M Show and co-host of the best marketing podcast ever made in a Dunkin Donuts, tagged me for Jeff Pulver’s blog day. Since it’s been weighing on my mind lately, here are 5 finance and economics blogs that you should read:
1. [...]
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Jim Cramer’s not known for subtlety, but this was a whopper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5nfytTQT8
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