By Mark on Mar 30, 2008 in Blogging, Featured, LinuxToday, LinuxWorld, Open Source, Reviews | 9 Comments
I have been blogging for many years. During that time I have used many other platforms including hosted software from BlogCity. TypePad, and Blogger. I also used Moveable Type briefly and a highly customized version of Joomla! (before that MamboCMS). Last fall I switched to WordPress as my primary blog platform. Though I haven’t been [...]
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By Mark on Jan 13, 2008 in Geek Chic, Reviews, iPhone | 1 Comment
I travel every week and I spend countless hours in airports on planes using my iPhone to listen to music, podcasts, and phone calls so it’s important to me to have a good headset. When I acquired my iPhone last June (yep I was one of the first-day, overpaying suckers) I realized that the [...]
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By Mark on Jan 11, 2008 in Marketing/PR, Reviews | 1 Comment
I like the idea of a program that rewards you for conducting repeat business. In most any industry it’s cheaper to retain a customer and cultivate them then to acquire a new customer by creating an "affinity" for that companies products.
I participate in two programs conducted by companies where I spend a lot of money. [...]
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By Mark on Dec 19, 2007 in Reviews | 0 Comments
Earlier this week I railed on Barnes and Noble for their confusing website. Rather than be accused of being curmudgeonly in my old age I thought I would share my great experience tonight at the Annapolis Westin. I spend well over 100 nights on the road a year, and while I am not very picky [...]
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By Mark on Nov 23, 2007 in Books, Marketing/PR, Reviews | 0 Comments
Last week on a plane trip between Atlanta and Dallas I read The Dip (as I do with all Seth Godin’s books). Here’s a review and an endorsement.
The Dip - A little book that Teaches You When to Quit - (And Teaches You When to stick)
By Seth GodinPublisher: Portfolio HardcoverCopyright 2007ISBN-10: 1591841666ISBN-13: 978-1591841661
Excerpt
Every new project [...]
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