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Author: Aaron Brazell

  • It's Not Necessarily Who You Know

    In the world of social media, there has been a dramatic shift in how business ideas and implementations get done. David Armano touches on it today where he suggests that knowing the influencers will get you much farther in your effort. In that case, it’s up to all of us to find them. Perhaps take…

  • Technosailor.com Review and Disclosure Policy

    At Technosailor.com, we rarely do product or software reviews. Instead, it’s all about the actual benefit that comes to the business owner or entrepreneur from the product or service. Usually, it takes time for benefits or problems to come out. Though I am personally an early adopter of many technologies, I limit the number of…

  • 10 Things You Need To Know About WordPress 2.8

    WordPress 2.8 is the latest installment of the WordPress platform, scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 10. Millions of sites are powered by WordPress including the BBC, CNN, the NFL, the New York Times blogs, and that’s just a few of the big names. Ok, so there’s a new version.  So what?  There are…

  • A Tale of Two Cities: How DC and San Francisco Are Handling Citywide 311

    Without a doubt, I am a data whore. I love raw data. I love APIs. I love finding interesting ways to mashup data. With the new found craze in government for openness, led in no small part from the Federal level and work endorsed by the Obama Administration to work pushed forward by Sunlight Labs,…

  • Changing the Currency of Influence via Search

    There is no doubt that Google is the king of search but how did they become that way? In the old days (you know, before PageRank was dubbed irrelevant), the idea was that the number of links to a site, particularly by more “powerful” sites increased the relevance of an indexed page in the Google…

  • WordPress and WordPress MU to Merge

    This is the first year I did not attend WordCamp San Francisco, the annual event that is the largest of the WordCamp gathering. It seems like I’m missing the announcement of some big news. Matt Mullenweg announced during his State of the Word speech, thaa going forward, WordPress and WordPress MU (Multi-user) would be merged.…

  • "A New World Awaits"- Obama on Cybersecurity

    This is a guest post that I solicited today after President Barack Obama’s major cybersecurity announcement. I felt it was important to get the views and opinions of someone in the field. Enjoy! ~editor Today President Obama announced the creation of a White House cybersecurity coordinator position and discussed the 60-day Cyberspace Police Review conducted…

  • Trends in Publishing, Advertising and Paid Subscription Model

    The economic downturn is hitting everyone hard. Online content models and advertising is one of the harder hit areas. Long before the beginning of the market freefall, advertising revenues began declining. Evidence shows that, while print and television advertising is declining at an incredible rate, online advertising is not faring much better. The saving grace…

  • Happy Memorial Day!

    Hopefully, by now, everyone is having a great long weekend, time spent with family and friends, and enjoying the sun. I decided that I wanted to do something different this year. I went to Antietam National Battlefield which is about an hour north of where I live outside of DC. I brought my camera and…

  • White House Ushers In a New Era of Encrypted Openness

    From the Department of Irony’s Press Secretary, we at Technosailor.com World Headquarters were forwarded this email from the White House announcing it’s new Open Government Website. Clearly, a new era has arrived. We look forward to more transparency of this sort. ;-) From: White House Press Office Date: 2009/5/21 Subject: White House Announces Open Government…