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Taking your Site from One to One Million Users by Kevin Rose

October 11th, 2009 · No Comments

In this talk from FOWA London (http://bit.ly/fowa-london-09) Kevin shares the secrets to digg.com and wefollow.com explosive user growth. He covers nine unique strategies that turn passive users into passionate advocates.

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Tags: Business · Web Portfolio

Inside A Google Data Center

April 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Inside A Google Data Center

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Tags: Business · Google · Hardware · Miscellaneous · Tech Blogroll

Steve Jobs Giving His First Big Demo

January 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Nostalgic look back at one of the greatest technology icons of our time.

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Tags: Apple · Business · Hardware · Tech Blogroll

Cloud Computing Landscape

December 13th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve been fascinated by the idea of computing in the cloud for at least half a decade…

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Tags: Business · Microsoft · OpenSource · Software · Tech Blogroll

Inspiration From Kevin Rose

October 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

browsing my feeds tonight I came across a post titled “Forget Web 2.0, Worry about Web 2.5 new Kevin Rose video!” it looked interesting so I decided to watch and I have to say, I found the video to be both informative and inspirational.

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Tags: Business · Miscellaneous · Programming · Software

Gartner 2008 Hype Cycle

September 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

Browsing through some old feeds tonight I noticed a post on www.gartner.com about a “hype cycle” for emerging technologies of 2008.  I find this graph to be an interesting and informative way to summarize “where” technology stands in 2008. (Click Image To Enlarge) Sphere: Related Content

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Tags: Business · Tech Blogroll

Renting With Redbox

July 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

A couple weeks ago the small city I live in finally got a redbox kiosk.  This morning I finally got around to using the service to rent two DVD’s, “21″ and “Jumper”.  I just picked them from the kiosk this morning, and so far the service is super easy and convenient.  Each DVD costs $1.00+tax [...]

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Tags: Business · Entertainment

The 3G Iphone Craze

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday (unless your living under a very large object) you probably couldn’t get away from the news that Apple released the 3G Iphone at all their Apple and AT&T stores. I’m not buying a 3G Iphone, in fact I’m looking for a 1st gen model, I’ve heard a lot about 2.0 firmware update and it [...]

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Tags: Business · Hardware · Mobile Technology · Tech Blogroll · World News

Comcast Is Listening

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

This morning I noticed an article about how Comcast is using Twitter to gauge customer satisfaction, so I decided to post a message from my Twitter account that said: 9:21 AM: Comcast is using Twitter as a means of listening to their customers… uh oh… now they’ll never truly know how angry their customers are! [...]

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Tags: Business · Miscellaneous · Software · Tech Blogroll

Equinix Data Warehouse Is Awesome

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I just came across this video tour in which CNET News.com’s Neha Tiwari reports on the massive data warehouse of Equinix.  Equinix serves companies like AT&T, MCI, Verizon, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google.  It blows my mind that there are over 200 networks in one of these data warehouses. Equinix is sophisticated in what it offers, [...]

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Tags: Business · Hardware · Miscellaneous · Tech Blogroll