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The Three Constituents of Government Engagement
The other day, I had a chance to speak with Congressional staffers on Capitol Hill about blogging and social media. It was an interesting opportunity that few people get, but I was honored to be given a chance to have that opportunity. It was also interesting to me that, the Democrats had a different set…
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Five Years of Blogging
In years past, when I reached milestones such as the one I’ve reached today – five years blogging here at technosailor.com – I’ve made a big deal of it. I’m not going to do that much today, however. These anniversaries become mundane after awhile. I will however, thank you for reading. Things are often sporadic…
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Andrews Air Force Base Air Show 2009
This Sunday, I spent a cold and dreary day at Andrews Air Force Base for the Joint Services Open House, an event I try to make every year. Here are some pictures from the day.
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SixApart Engaging WordPress, and Other Thoughts on WordCamp Mid-Atlantic
It was a brilliant day on Saturday at University of Baltimore where Jimmy Gardner and I kicked off the inaugural WordCamp Mid-Atlantic. I have been to half a dozen or more WordCamps since the first one in San Francisco in July of 2006. Without being at all conceited, because it had nothing really to do…
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My Remarks to Congressional Staffers Today
I’ve been invited to speak to two groups of Congressional staffers today. In about 30 mins, I’ll speak to Republican staffers at the Capitol Hill Club. Later today, at 1:30, I’ll be speaking to the Democrats in their Capitol Building office. The topic is Blogging, microblogging and social media and the event is hosted by…
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Mobile Apps – Gold in Them There Hills?
For those of us waiting outside the Finnish Embassy earlier this week to get in for Mobile Monday (a.k.a. dcMOMO)””all that was missing was the velvet rope. “œOkay, we’re only going to let 20 more people in””to the rest of you, we’re sorry.” Me lucky. Geez. You’d think it was a not new club. Well,…
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The Rule of Brand, SEO, Trust and Marketing
Almost five years ago, I started this blog without much idea what was going on. In fact, in many ways, it was an opportunity to pass time at work, in a job that I cared little about and that I was doing little more than doing time with. I setup a WordPress blog, went to…
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WordCamp Mid-Atlantic Approaches
WordCamp Mid-Atlantic is five days away (May 16) and things are beginning to fall into place. This is my first attempt at event organizing and I definitely have learned some tough lessons along the way. It’s also been tremendously helpful and rewarding for me. I’m looking forward to this thing coming in to land though.…
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The Death of Newspapers. Or Not.
Note that this is a multiple page post. If you are reading in some feed readers, you may not get the entirety of the article unless you come to the site itself. The question posed over at Friendfeed asks, “Are blogs killing newspapers?” The answer, quite simply, is no they are not. I have talked…
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New Book Deal In the Works
Just a note that I’ve been approached by a major publisher to write a sizeable book for a notable series that they own. Clearly, I’m being a little sketchy on details until the deal is done. It will, of course, put my back against the wall for a period of time while I try to…