Month: May 2008

  • Accepted to Google News

    Earlier this evening, I received word from Google that this site would be included in their technology news site. This is significant because this site has been submitted multiple times before but never qualified. One of the more rigid requirements for Google News inclusion is that a site not be single author. In addition, it’s…

  • 7 Herramientas para estar Informado

    Esta semana vamos a presentar un gran número de herramientas para explorar la web social que te permitirán encontrar las noticias más importantes, el tema de último momento, nuevos amigos en Twitter y hasta crear tu propio portal de noticias. 1. RSSmeme RSSmeme te muestra las noticias recientes más populares, de acuerdo a cuanta gente…

  • The Power of Bloggers

    I subscribe to a handful of blogs that are completely unrelated to my niche. The reason behind these subscriptions are varied: historical niche coverage that I’ve done (for instance, politics when I got started), friends or associates, really killer blogs related to specific sports teams, etc. There’s different reason. Largely, though, my RSS reader is…

  • Apparently, Running a High Profile Business Makes You Stupid

    It’s simply fascinating that we look up to certain people who begin successful companies. Not to knock them, or anything. They obviously have something working for them. However, you’d never know it from their blogs. In fact, their blogs tell us that they are complete idiots. Examples. Biz Stone, founder of Twitter keeps a blog…

  • Do you really want to work in Venture Capital?

    I have heard this from many people I have met “I really want to be a VC”. First, why are you asking me when I am not one and don’t have a desire to be one? Let me direct you to some people in the industry and a few who left it to get a…

  • Technosailor Birthday Bash Meetup

    We’re coming up on four years here blogging at Technosailor.com. It’s been a fantastic four years and what better way to celebrate than with a party? We’re still putting some final touches on the plans, including securing a venue, but I can say, “Mark your Calendars” for May 20th. In addition to four years of…

  • Pardon the Dust

    Pardon the dust, we’re getting a facelift. Yep, after a year or more, we liked the theme we had and so we decided to build off of it. However, it’s much more geared toward “depth and varying streams” of content. I’ll talk a little bit more about this later, but for now, just pardon the…

  • Rules for Entrepreneurs: Business Card FAIL

    I have been to a lot of networking events in my life and I am sure you have as well. The one common element of going to these things is swapping business cards and collecting them for entry into the address book and then the trash…maybe you just skip to throwing them into the trash…

  • Facebook, Did you Get My Alimony Check?

    A month or so ago, I unceremoniously ditched Facebook. Kicked it to the curb. See, the relationship was already on the rocks. She was apparently running around my back telling other people about my habits and sending me crappy anniversary gifts like Zombie requests. I admit not being very loyal myself. I was having an…

  • Update on Me, b5media, Future Plans

    I hesitate to write this because it’s somewhat personal, and this blog has become anything but a personal blog. However, I’m going to write it anyway because people understand that, though there’s multiple writers here, this blog is largely still associated with me. And frankly, I’ve been asked a million times what is next. Back…