Before I begin, I want to thank Mari Adkins and Janice Thomason for taking the time to comment on the last entry. I lacked on replying to your comments, but know that I agree with both of you and will be better responding in the future. Now on with the latest entry. I’ve been doing [...]
The difference between success and closing next year…

The silver bullet for marketing a successful business”¦doesn’t exist. Sorry to disappoint you. There’s a world of difference between closing in six months and seeing year two come and go. A lot of it is hard work, timing, patience and the ability to adapt. I’m going to say this over and over again over the [...]
Siliconera Redesign Launch
If you’re a fan of video games, you’re probably a fan of Siliconera, one of b5′s largest sites on the network. For those of you who came to Social Media Club DC, you’ll remember the video from the Siliconera author, Spencer Yip, in my presentation. The ground rules for the design project was “fun”. It [...]
The Technosailor Design Process
Last week, I launched the new and improved layout of this blog. I mentioned Lisa Sabin created the look. She deserves a lot of credit for taking very vague conceptual ideas and turning them into the layout and design that is being showed off here. Lisa describes the process of doing the Technosailor design work [...]
Technosailor Version 7 Hits the Street
I’m really, really happy right now because we’re begininning the three year anniversary celebration a little early here. Back in March, I started to discuss the possibility of a professional theme with the fantabulous Lisa Sabin. I gave her some of my ideas and in essence let her go to town creating something suitably professional [...]
Finding a Designer is Hard
I announced yesterday that I am planning on selling Technosailor. That in itself is hard, but figuring out the next step in my non-b5media life has proved slightly treachorous. I have Emmense going on over there that I plan to build as I can, and turn it into a WordPress resource/consulting site. It also has [...]