Category: Review
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Customer Review: Julien Smith’s Breather
I’ve been watching Julien Smith’s new startup, Breather, with interest ever since it launched in June of 2013. If you’re unfamiliar with Breather, it’s basically rentable quiet space for business. Some people have called it room-sharing (similar to ridesharing) or other slightly clumsy comparisons. I had a chance to use the Flatiron 2 space in…
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Book review: The Freaks Shall Inherit The Earth
The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth is the latest book by my friend Chris Brogan. It’s a seemingly lightweight book that has been compared to other books about building business communities and working the way you want to work, from Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad to Seth Godin’s Tribes. While there are strong surface…
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2014 Summer Reading List (w/accessories!)
For many folks, summer is now in full swing. Pools are open, grills are dusted off, and we start scouring our refrigerators for fresh fruit to blend. Start off your summer right with this list of books and other goods. Here’s to a relaxing, educational, and fun summer. Full disclosure, in case it wasn’t obvious,…
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Klout Product Review: Sony MDR-X10 Headphones
Full Disclosure: Klout sent these to me for review. No other compensation was provided. The latest Klout perk I got was Sony’s new headphones, the MDR-X10 headphones. Packaged nicely, these large over-ear headphones are supposedly the next great thing. Let’s see how they stack up. Fit: They fit very comfortably. They don’t apply vise-like pressure…
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5 Takeaways from Day 1 of Blogworld NYC
I’m speaking this week at Blogworld NYC (#BWENY), but one of my favorite things to do is to go attend other sessions to see what I can learn. There’s always something good to be shared, and even in the “101” sessions, there are usually new tools and new methods to be found for old practices.…
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Unsolicited Review: Mr. Reader
I posted yesterday that Mr. Reader on the iPad was my new favorite RSS reader. A bunch of folks had a bunch of questions as to why, so I thought I’d take the time to explain it more clearly. The basic interface is quite straightforward: Once you read an article, if in the settings you’ve…
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Flaws, transformation, and Steve Jobs
Over the long weekend I had enough time to read the Walter Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs. Talk about a wonderful read, engrossing from start to finish. It was clear even just early on in the book that Steve was a very flawed individual with many personal demons that chased him throughout his life, and…
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Book reviews: Influence, Deadly Sunset, Ninja Apprentice
I’ve had a chance to read more than a few books I’ve bought or received lately, and I owe those authors reviews, so let’s dig in. If it weren’t obvious, I’m stuffing this post with affiliate links to Amazon, too. Just so we understand each other. Mark W. Schaefer’s Return on Influence I enjoyed Mark’s…
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Unsolicited Review: Scrivener
Way back when I was writing Marketing White Belt, I wanted a better writing tool. Evernote was and is a wonderful tool for writing shorter content (like this blog post) but for managing very large documents, it can get unwieldy, even with folders and groups and notebooks. I started looking around for a better writing…
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Unsolicited Review: Cloudflare
About a month ago, Bryce Moore mentioned that he had gotten some good site speed improvements from Cloudflare, and recommended it. Being one of the smartest people I know, I trusted his recommendation and blindly installed it on my web site. The results have been spectacular. First, Cloudflare is a caching service. I call it…
