New Work Post: Matrix 2.0 and what the Web says about you
New post over at my work site, the Financial Aid Podcast. Let me know what you think in the comments over there.
Month: March 2007
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Newest Twitter Pipe: URL catchall
There are an awful lot of URLs from friends that go by in Twitter. I’d like to not have to go through all my archives just to find them. This, then, is a Yahoo pipe that does a content analysis, permits only items with the https:// URL handler, and exports as RSS, which I then
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Secure your brand on Twitter RIGHT NOW
Audio, one of my Twitter friends, pointed out that my Twitter profile for work, financialaidpodcast, is #3 on Google for the term “financialaidpodcast”. This makes total sense – Twitter is perfect Google ambrosia – rapid, fresh, original content, the kind of food that Googlebots relish. This, then, is something of a red alert – with
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Marketing Power Questions
Mitch Joel asked the Twitterati the following question: Interviewing Jackie Huba from Citizen Marketers in an hour – any questions for her? Here’s some of what streamed in: How do you make evangelists out of a one-and-done product/service, where there is zero potential for return customers? Insights for developing predictive analysis of who is upcoming
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PodCamp NYC Hotels
One thing that’s missing from the PodCamp NYC boards is where to stay. No host hotel seems to have been selected. In my brief research, here’s what I’ve found. On Travelocity, searching for hotels with free High Speed Internet Access yielded these nearby results: Best Western Seaport – 33 PECK SLIP AT FRONT ST –
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Clicktracker code from PodCamp Toronto
Someone reminded me recently that I haven’t posted the click tracking software I mentioned during PodCamp Toronto. This is it – to use it, edit the URL at the top of the code, then copy and paste it into its own directory on your server, naming the file index.php. Next, link to that directory –
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Cat blogging spaghetti sauce
Cooking spaghetti this afternoon for dinner. Ingredients thus far: 2 onions, finely chopped 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped 3 tbsp butter 1 cup Riesling white whine 1 tsp kosher salt Cracked black pepper to taste 1 can crushed tomatoes 1 lb turkey meatballs 1 tsp olive oil Cook onions and garlic in butter and
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Justin Kownacki's Goal: A Cup of Coffee
Justin Kownacki had a moving and powerful post on his blog, Cafe Witness, about where he is in life right now. Among other things, he highlights questions about the power of positive thinking, negativity, and how things like debt can influence your life, potentially putting you even farther behind than you currently are. A couple
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Whoop Ass Over IP
This one is for Jeff Pulver and Jay Moonah.
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Tools I use on my Mac
Whitney just got a new MacBook Pro and is wondering what cool stuff I recommend. Being an avid Mac user, I offer the following list. Items marked with a ($) are not free. AdiumX – nice multi-protocol chat (update: with iChat’s support for Jabber, I use iChat now) Audacity – great editor for audio when
