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Tools

How to Use Evernote to Create the Ultimate Post Conference Reference Guide

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Now that Pubcon is over I’m going to let you in on a tool that helps me keep track of, organize, find, and use the information I get from conferences, trade shows, and seminars:  Evernote.

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Looking for a “Recently Updated” Wordpress Plugin

August 29, 2008

So after coming back from SES I had some interesting conversations, looked at some interesting things and came up with a few ideas. One of the things I’d like to try but have never seen is a recently updated function/plugin. How would a recently updated plugin differ from a recently published function … well I’m [...]

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Amazon Auto Linker Plugin

August 28, 2008

So back in the beginning of August I mentioned two plugins that I felt needed to be developed. Joost DeValk stepped up to the plate and wrote one, the Amazon Auto Linker, so he gets the free link love. In caser you missed it the plugin goes thru and auto appends your amazon aff id [...]

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Viewzi – Interesting Advanced New Search UI

August 12, 2008

Last week Giovanni Gallucci sent me a link to Viewzi which has some interesting search UI’s that I think advanced users might actually use. Unlike Cuil I don’t think they spent 30 million and ended up with a product that thinks the best picture for me is a picture of Elliot Spitzer.

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How to Use Twitter as a Marketing Tool with Tweet Pro

August 6, 2008

So my friend Cesar Serna launched his new site this week and is making his first tool Tweet Pro available. If you don’t know Cesar he used to work for Greg Boser aka Webgeurilla. I was in on the beta program and had a chance to put the tool thru it’s paces this weekend.

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Firefox Extensions

January 4, 2008

Here’s a list of Firefox extensions I have installed, if you know of anything cool I’m not using drop it in the comments below:

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Organizing and Prioritizing Your Feeds

January 3, 2008

A few weeks ago I saw a post on Sphinn about organizing your feeds with a three dimensional approach. I use something similar but with a trick I learned from GTD.

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What Websites and Programs Do You Use to Get Things Done

January 2, 2008

Michael Arrington has a great post listing what web 2.0 websites he couldn’t live without. I don’t know that there are any sites I couldn’t live without but there sure are a few I use that make my life and my day more productive. I’m also not going to limit myself to web 2.0 sites, [...]

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Why You Still Need to Be concerned with Bandwidth and Download Speeds

August 31, 2007

So after coming back from a vacation after SES I was reminded bandwidth and download speeds are still very much an issue.

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Twittering at SES

April 5, 2007

Ok I’m going to be testing out twitter at SES if you think you might want to connect with me twitter is an option. Here’s what you need to do.
1) go to twitter and sign up
2) go to my profile and add me as a friend
3) next week send me a direct message (the link [...]

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I’m This Close to Dropping Google Reader

March 28, 2007

Look I’m already annoyed at reading the regurged news, but there are some feeds I have to subscribe to, but dammit google reader when I mark it read I’m done with it, don’t show it to me as new again. I’ve marked some feeds read half a dozen times already today, stop wasting my time [...]

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Testing Twitter

March 12, 2007

If you’re looking for yet more ways to hone your cyber stalking skills to lazer pinpoint accuracy, are willing to be a participant in in my laboratory experiments, or just want to do it because all the other cool kids are, go be my friend over on twitter.
graywolf on Twitter

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Taking Advantage of Video

February 20, 2007

One of the things I try to tell many clients to try is experimenting with video, however they, usually shy away citing the production costs. However if Google can get away with a low production value combined with humor I think everyone can

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Yahoo Pipes for Non Programmers

February 14, 2007

I’ve been playing with Yahoo Pipes on and off for the past few days and have to say it’s incredibly cool, wicked, and way powerful. Problem is if you aren’t a programmer it might as well be written in Woodland Elvish, cause you’ll never figure it out. I’m no master programmer but I get by [...]

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Technorati, Wordpress and Related Posts

January 31, 2007

If you’re a wordpress user you probably know the incoming links section of your admin page. It helps you find out who’s linking to you. However every so often you may see some old posts from your blog, or someone else’s blog pop up, I’ve often wonder what causes it. After spending few days watching [...]

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Gmail Is it Big Enough

January 29, 2007

So I’ve been living in a brand new Gmail account for almost a month now, and I’ve grown used to it but I, see a problem on the horizon I’m going to run out of space.

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Testing SphereIt Widget Plugin

January 28, 2007

I’m testing the Sphere it Widget Plugin, you’ll find it down at the end of each post with a little sphere icon. You may have seen this on sites like TechCrunch, GigaOm. To see it doing it’s thing visit Google’s Policy on No follow and Reviews is Hypocritical and Wrong
I’ve also gone through and cleaned [...]

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Linkedin and Gmail

January 23, 2007

Now that I’ve almost completely surrendered to web based Gmail I’ve adjusted my work habits to allow me to get the most out web based life (yes Matt Cutts you were right ), I’ve even gotten over my me, me, me instant gratification and am using Google Reader. However one thing I really miss is [...]

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Are Ajax Applications Immune to Clickbots

January 22, 2007

I’ve been playing with GMail and Google Reader lately and becoming more accustomed to the AJAX/Javascript interfaces. Which got me to thinking how good are they at separating humans from clickbots.

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Top 50 Baby

January 21, 2007

Thanks y’all

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