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Funny WordPress Plugin Sneaks In
One of the annoyances we have at b5media is when people spell our company name wrong. We’ve even had our own people spell the name wrong. So annoying. :-) Somewhere along the line last year, this universal plugin snuck into our build. I don’t know where it came from or who wrote it. (whistles) It…
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District of Corruption Co-Hosts
Geoff Livingston and I at MashMeet DC Remix
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Thoughts on Investment and Incubation
On this week’s District of Corruption show, Geoff and I discussed entrepreneurship, incubation, investment and the role that a company like Launchbox Digital plays in a regional community. It all stemmed from Jimmy Gardner’s post titled Are DC Startups Developing a Complex? Launchbox provides a critical piece for a burgeoning startup community – namely, the…
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With Pete Cashmore of Mashable.com
Taken at the MashMeet DC Remix with Pete Cashmore of Mashable.
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b5media Hiring Support Tech
I am reposting this from the b5media posting that went up earlier today. b5media is currently looking for a passionate individual who is looking to work with our technology team. This position is a support role, and you would be supporting the day to day needs of our bloggers, channel editors and staff. While most…
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Conferencia FOWA 2008 en Miami
El pasado fin de semana fue la conferencia FOWA (Future of Web Apps) en Miami, FL, organizada por Carsonified. La conferencia consta de un dÃa de talleres y un dÃa de presentaciones. Lo último en desarrollo web fue presentado en esta conferencia. Entre las presentaciones más interesantes estuvieron las de Cal Henderson de Flickr (muy…
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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…
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BlogPotomac Registration Open
BlogPotomac is coming to Northern Virginia on June 13th and now registration is open. I will be there live blogging the event for District of Corruption and the price is reasonable for the speakers you’re getting. Lionel Menchaca from Direct2Dell, Dell’s social media outlet, will be keynoting and other known names (and friends of mine)…
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Distribución de Noticias via Twitter
Un gran número de medios tradicionales está utilizando Twitter para distribuir las últimas noticias y alertas. Muchos corresponsales también usan Twitter para informar de las noticias antes de que estas lleguen al medio. Aquà he tratado de condensar un listado de medios que utilizan Twitter, cómo lo utilizan, links a gráficos indicando la frecuencia con…
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Using Images Legally on Your Blog
Everyone likes to use images to spice up posts, right? Posts without images are boring (except mine, of course! :-)). The question comes up alot, “How do I use images in my blog posts legally?” It’s a very valid question and more and more people are getting in trouble for using images that are copyrighted.…