Demo 08 was held this week in Palm Desert, CA. For those that do not know about DEMO, it is the high powered gathering where startups can demo to venture capitalists, press, and other influential technology elite. Since my fortunes are used for mundane things like a mortgage and not angel funding, I simply watched the Read More
Changing a WordPress theme can be a pain… not anymore
I am in the process of a making the switch to a completely new Wordpress theme. It feels like changing the tires on a car while the car is moving. Any blogger who has made a complete theme change or who is constantly tweaking their theme knows the feeling. You only get a final visual of the update when you publish it live. Read More
Prime Angus Filets: Links this Week 1-11-2008
More on Twitter Sam Harrelson mentions my Twitter post in his daily Affiliate Fortune Cookie podcast and provides some great insight on how he uses Twitter as a communication tool. My takeaway from his recommendations are that Twitter spam and self-promoting broadcasts are the same unwanted communication as the Read More
Prime Angus Filets: Links this Week 1-4-2008
The first week of 2008 has gone in a blur. It took all my will power to not spend too much time this week reviewing the many eye-popping 2007 stats posts. After all, I know that the key to John Chow's 2007 success has been action, not daydreaming about somebody else's fortune. Here are some of the articles that I found Read More
Buying a blog is different than buying a website
Earlier this year, I did a post on Flipping Website Real Estate for Profit. The market for buying and selling websites is even hotter today. The Sitepoint marketplace and Digital Point marketplace are flowing with buyers and sellers. Buying a website, building it up, and selling it for more is a business model that works. Read More
Yet Another Social Media Profile… But It’s Google
Yesterday I created a new profile that may eventually help to plug me in to the social network of the future. I created Bob's Google Profile - not to be confused with my Orkut profile. Google has recently deployed and stealthily launched several new features that hint at their long-term social network strategy and that Read More
Community love with MyBlogLog and BUMPzee
I have been incredibly slow to build out my community connections and social bookmarking here on my blog. If you are going to have a successful blog, you must actively participate in a relevant, engaged community. So I've been joining everyone of the many social networking sites and social bookmarking services. Soon I will Read More