SEM and Blogging

• November is NaBloPoMo

  • Weeee!! I’m very excited about NaBloPoMo starting up. Last year was a lot of fun. At times it was a race to get home in time to write a post, but now that I have the nifty new iPhone I can blog from wherever using the WordPress app I think I’m going to try posting [...]

• Google Chrome: One Step Closer to World Domination

  • Google announced the release of Google Chrome which is their open source browser. It’s pretty sweet and definitely lightning fast like the reports say.

• Google Suggest: Artificial Influence or Improving User Input?

  • I heard through the Twitter grapevine that Google was releasing their Google Suggest feature. While I really like the fact that Google is taking the initiative to help users find what they want, I wonder if this would be considered artificial influence on users. Or would Google actually be improving user input (avoiding misspellings, etc.) [...]

• San Jose 2008 Recap: Monday

  • Seeing as how this is my first year to attend Search Engine Strategies, I may not be able to provide a good comparison between this year’s SES San Jose and the conferences of years past. However, I can provide a rundown of the major points from the sessions I attended this year (major thanks to [...]

• WordPress 2.5, I Wanna Make Out With You and Have Babies With You (And Not Necessarily in That Order)

  • Ok, so I’m going to temporarily put on my geek hat for a moment. I downloaded the RC1 version of WordPress 2.5 after seeing they were offering it to people willing to test it out. I am in love. I’ve been a longtime user of WordPress. I mean LONG TIME. Even though the interface has [...]

• The BEST Microsoft/Yahoo Illustration BY FAR

  • LOVE IT! Via Engadget.

• Here’s Your Chance to Flip MySpace the Bird on Jan. 30

  • January 30 is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day! I’m tempted to create an account just so I can participate. (Be sure to shout, “UP YOURS, YOU HIDEOUS BANDWIDTH BEHEMOTH!” while you’re clicking that delete button and giving them the finger. LET THEM KNOW YOU MEAN IT!)

• Where I Write About My Conceding to the Evils of Social Media

  • So I joined Facebook yesterday. I know. I couldn’t believe it either. It wasn’t until when I woke up this morning and realized what I’d done that I truly understood the consequences of my actions. For a long time I’d been wary of social media. Yes, I’m a blogger. Yes, I’m a Flickrer. I had [...]

• Personal Finance Management Goes Online at Mint.com

  • One of the highlights of TechCrunch 40 this year is the long-awaited release of Mint, the online personal finance management software. Now I bet you’re thinking, “What?! Online finance management software? That’s an identity theft crisis waiting to happen!” Granted, if you don’t do any of your banking or accounting online, then this probably isn’t [...]

• Choose Your Avatars Wisely

  • I read this post at Sphinn.com, a social news site for online marketers, that encouraged people who posted news to use avatars wisely. Not just as a courtesy (i.e. cleaning up avatars to they load better, etc.) but to reject the spam applications. “Request #1: Customize your avatar so you don’t look like all those [...]