Technorati Loses Feeds

May 30, 2007

Has anyone else noticed that the new Technorati doesn’t have search feeds any longer? I mean, I’m open to correction but I certainly can’t find them. And I’m not the only one. It’s actually been a bit of a conversation around Mesh.
What’s Technorati thinking? I ask again, is Technorati really the authority if they leave [...]

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Pingomatic and Google

May 30, 2007

Many folks choose to use the Pingomatic to ensure that when the post a blog entry, as many search indexes such as Technorati and Feedburner.
however, what I find interesting is that there are a large number of “dead” services in the list of indexes pinged. For instance, Pubsub is listed and they’ve been dead for [...]

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Lessons in Management: Have Many Friends, Few Allies

May 30, 2007

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friends are important. Friendships allow a healthy organization to function smoothly. The companies where the management team considers each other friends is a healthy organization that is thriving. At b5media, we have become somewhat famous (at [...]

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Intelligent Design and Stickiness

May 29, 2007

Stickiness is the term we use that describes when visitors come to a site and come back again. If a blog has great stickiness, chances are that readers typically find very interesting things there and they bookmark it or subscribe to the feed. Most sites are not very sticky though. They may have moments of [...]

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Lessons in Management: Underpromise, Overdeliver

May 29, 2007

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. -Sir Winston Churchill
Everyone has a boss. It doesn’t matter if you’re the person taking orders at a drive through or a CEO of a multinational company. Everyone reports to somebody in someway.
The CEO has to go before the board and answer questions. Someone once [...]

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Why We Hired Mark Jaquith

May 28, 2007

There are subject matter experts; then there are Subject Matter Experts™. Mark Jaquith is a Subject Matter Expert™. Rarely do companies get the opportunity to get the caliber of talent that embodies Mark. So, naturally, we’re thrilled to announce that Mark is joining the b5media ranks this Friday (June 1).
For those of you who don’t [...]

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Lessons in Management: Get Your Hands Dirty

May 28, 2007

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. -Adlai Stevenson
Looking back on other jobs I’ve had, the managers I have always had the most respect for and consider to be “the best” managers I’ve had have been the ones that don’t mind getting their hands dirty. On [...]

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WordPress Podcast

May 28, 2007

For those of you with nothing to do, pop on over and have a listen to the WordPress podcast where I was a guest cohost for a second episode in a row. It was a lot of fun. Charles is a great guy to record with.

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Lessons in Management: Take Ownership

May 26, 2007

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it. -Rudy Giuliani
When you own a house, you end up paying for everything. You pay for the new roof you have to put on. You pay for the deck off the back. You pay for the swimming pool. And you pay when your foundation is cracked [...]

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Lessons in Management: Push the Limit

May 26, 2007

Hell, there are no rules here–we’re trying to accomplish something. -Thomas Edison
Over the past eight months, the tech team at b5media has accomplished amazing things. We created a new corporate website in under 2 weeks. We’ve figured out how to fix problems of scaling. We’ve created internal tools for our VCs to see our performance. [...]

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Lessons in Management: Let Go

May 25, 2007

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their result. ~ Gen. George Patton
It has been 8 months since I was catapulted from a volunteer, giving of my time on evenings and weekends, and working a thankless desktop support job at a large company, to [...]

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