Do You Have Questions for Rick Klau of FeedBurner

February 28, 2007

Tomorrow afternoon, I’m interviewing Rick Klau of FeedBurner on a podcast that will be aired on Monday morning. This is your opportunity to go straight to the source. If you’ve got comments or questions for Rick about FeedBurner or… whatever… send me an email at aaron@b5media.com and I’ll get your question on the air.
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Habari Gani?

February 28, 2007

I lived in Africa for some portion of my childhood, so when I heard of Habari my mind kicked back into Swahili in which the phrase, “Habari Gani?” is a greeting akin to “How’s it going?” or more literally “What’s the News?”. As I flirt with treason, I look at the Habari Project – [...]

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HP Victory: One Small Step for Bloggers, One Giant Leap for the Blogosphere

February 28, 2007

The other day I posted about a friend, Thomas, who was caught in a customer service nightmare with HP. I won’t rehash the story as it was told here. In fact, I can tell you that much information was omitted (mostly inadvertently) and I don’t regret the story going to the front page of [...]

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The Digg Bury Effect

February 28, 2007

If you’ve got praise for Microsoft. If you endorse Republican policies. If you believe in helping people optimize their website using SEO. If you have anything positive to say about Netscape, Reddit or Yahoo! Suggestions – it’s time to stop relying on Digg for traffic.
Digg has come under increasing fire as they continue to tread [...]

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Puerto Rican Statehood

February 27, 2007

DCist points to the fighting chance that Puerto Rico might finally become a U.S. State. I support the addition of states to the Union. Puerto Rico is one. The District of Columbia is another complicated story being populated by U.S. citizens not having a vote in Congress. New York City skews the politics of the [...]

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WordPress Custom Fields Contest Extended

February 27, 2007

I know there’s some last minute interest in the contest I announced on February 1st and to give everyone a fair shake, the contest is being extended 1 month to March 30th. Remember, the rules state that the project must be new in the Feb 1 to March 30 timeframe. Older projects are not [...]

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BlogNetworkCamp SXSW

February 27, 2007

Because we like camelcasing things, I’d like to extend an invite to anyone who plans to be at SXSWi to join b5media, 451Press, Random Shapes and (add other blog networks) to BlogNetworkCamp. Jeremy has kicked things off with a little background and I’ve posted the event at Upcoming.org where you can RSVP.
Potential Topics to be [...]

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An Entrepreneur’s View: 5 Things Digg needs to do or it will die in 2008

February 27, 2007

I was guest blogging for my friend Aaron Brazell who writes Technosailor. We live near each other and run into each other at Starbucks living the Bedoin lifestyle.
We talk alot about the techology scene and I made the comment that Digg would be dead or made irrelevant by next year. So he challenged me to [...]

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5 Things Digg needs to do or it will die in 2008

February 27, 2007

The Future of Web Apps (FOWA) conference this week and Kevin’s presentation “The Future of Crowd Generated Media” got me thinking about how long Digg might last or stay relevant.
Granted, Jason Calcanis wrote a month ago about how Digg would “die a death of 1000 cuts”. He is right that they own the “Young [...]

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The Digg Mob

February 26, 2007

As demonstrated by the chaos that ensued on “the HP thread”, the Digg mob is essentially a classless, shameless group. I guess they have every right to be. But the reality is that people take on personalities and alter-egos far different than they most likely have in real life. This week is Digg week here [...]

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HP Gives Consumer the Middle Finger

February 26, 2007

Notice of Comment Moderation: If you are coming here from Digg and want to leave vile comments with nothing constructive to say, your comment will be immediately deleted. This is not Digg. This is Technosailor. Behave as you would in public. If you’re going to call someone an “asswipe”, have something to add to the [...]

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