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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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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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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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It's a Read/Write/Execute Web and We Just Live In It
I hesitate to put any kind of definition around the versioning of the web. The fact that the internet world has to quantify the differences between the so-called Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 is silly at best. However, there is no doubt that there is a vast degree of difference between the web that was…
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Tech Community Worthless to Economic Recovery
One of the most notable things about the dot com bubble burst is that the innovations and technologies established in the late 90s and early 2000s spurned the comeback of the economy and the establishment of a new economy of business and internet value. We called it, for better or for worse, Web 2.0 and…
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But Once You're Gone, You Don't Come Back
Here’s the question of the day. If your name is mentioned in some kind of conversation, whether on the internet or offline, how do people identify you? Are you the founder of a company that does something? Are you a blogger? Photographer? When they hear your name, do they associate you with a movement? Are…