August 2008
Daily Digest 08/30/2008 →
Opentape
Opentape is a free, open-source package that lets you make and host your own mixtapes on the web.
Upload songs (via web or FTP), reorder, rename, customize the style, and share…
Twittad Launched This Week - Monetizing Twitter →
Earlier this week Twittad launched a new advertising platform for Twitter. It’s a very ingenious idea - one that Twitter itself should have thought of and probably should adopt to start…
Ubuiquity from Mozilla - Friday Video →
This is an absolutely fantastic addition to Firefox. Watch and be amazed.
Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.
June 20, 2008 — Friday Video
May 30, 2008…
Why Entrepreneurs Love a... →
And What Would Happen If Commercial Aviation Was... →
Computer viruses make it to orbit (BBC)Techmeme →
30 Free High Quality Wordpress ThemesSmashing... →
Iowa Web Awardstj mapes →
Site Updates - Need Feedback →
I am working on some updates for this site and am looking for some feedback…
First off is the Daily Link Digest - do you like that? I think it creates value by having me filter news for you. I just…
GTDInbox - Firefox Plugin →
Hold the applause - my Inbox has been at 0 for one month. It feels great.
While being productive with email is great - I found an excellent plugin to take my GMail inbox to the next level of “GTD”…
Calling All Home Based Business OwnersSmall... →
Daily Digest (weekly) →
10 Suggestions to Improve Google Reader
From Louis Gray…
1. “More Like This” Suggestions
2. Eliminate Duplicate Feed Items
3. Add Negative Keywords
4. Share Items Without Subscriptions …
BarCamp Des Moines Tomorrow! →
Well, I’ve been meaning to post about this for the last two weeks and I’ve put it off. But it’s never too late to spread the word!
So what is BarCamp?
BarCamp is the ultimate geek…
Announcing the 2008 Iowa Web Awards →
Today we announced the 2008 Iowa Web Awards - an effort to honor all the hard work being done by all our local web gurus. it’s pretty much just like the Webby’s only local to Iowa.
Here’s how…
Discussing Microsoft move to West Des Moines on... →
You’ll see me in there somewhere. I think they misspelled my name and may have taken my “corn and pigs” comment out of context. But all in all they did a good job with the story…
11 Things Startups Should Know About Enterprise... →
Building Windows, not wallsAll about Microsoft →
Microsoft Data Center in West Des Moines, IA →
Microsoft *officially* announced its plans for the $500 million West Des Moines data center it is building.
Here are some details… - “Next Generation” facility - 50-75 workers at $70k annual…
Daily Digest 08/21/2008 →
Video Search Engine Optimization (VSEO) Session
“According to comScore, nearly 139 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 83 videos per viewer in March 2008, viewing a total of…
Backlash from NewsomeVarsity Blue →
Daily Digest 08/20/2008 →
10 Suggestions to Improve Google Reader
From Louis Gray…
1. “More Like This” Suggestions
2. Eliminate Duplicate Feed Items
3. Add Negative Keywords
4. Share Items Without Subscriptions …
Burnout: It’s an issueZane Safrit →
Hack Your Wii for Homebrew Apps and DVD Playback... →
U.S. Government Agencies Using WordPressMark on... →
Daily Digest 08/19/2008 →
20 Free eBooks About Social Media
It’s interesting what you can find when you look around a bit on Google. I thought I’d look for a few new ebooks to read. I found 20 different ones that…
WordCamp in a nutshellWebware.com →
The New Mint.com Launches: Site Redesigned, But... →
Web Strategy: The Evolution of Brands on... →
Report: Fees may sink Pandora soonWebware.com →
FireNES Adds Tons-O-Nintendo Fun to Firefox - Time... →
First Android Phone Just Approved By... →
Daily Digest 08/16/2008 →
SmartyPig vs. TrustyPig: When brand enthusiasts attack!
Mike Ferarri, one of SmartyPig’s founders, expressed to me that he didn’t think there was any possible legal recourse since TrustyPig…
Daily Digest 08/15/2008 →
25+ Tools For Accounting and Budgeting
There are a growing number of online services dedicated to helping users manage their finances. There are many benefits to using these accounting…
6 Reasons Diigo is Better Than Delicious →
This is a hard one for me… But I’ve stopped using Delicious as of yesterday. Delicious was, probably, the first Web 2.0 application that I started using it. I remember “back in the day” trying to…
Daily Digest 08/14/2008 →
TinyTwitter Gets Pics and GPS | SheGeeks
Today, the devs of TinyTwitter have pushed out a great new update with one feature I’ve been waiting for since I saw it on Twittelator for the…
TrustyPig - A Webjacker Gets Pwned - Brett Trout /... →
Webjacking is the illegal practice of stealing a legitimate websiteâs design and confusing potential customers into believing they have stumbled upon the legitimate site. Once at the bogus site,…
Shady TrustyPig Changes Ripoff Site Design..... →
In what can only be seen as a victory for everybody who has ever had their site design ripped off, the creators of TrustyPig have at least changed their sites colors and logo on their main blog to…
TrustyPig changed their site (but I still don’t... →
But Iâm not prepared to shut up about this just yet. Yes, theyâve finally decided to change their site, but what TrustyPig did was still utterly despicable. If they are willing to steal…
WHY SHOULD YOU WRAP YOUR ASP.NET SESSION OBJECT |... →
Disqus Blog » Introducing the New DISQUS →
WordPress Plugin 2.0 Weâve been working on improving integration with platforms. Available now, the new WordPress-Disqus plugin 2.0 features the following:
# Comments are indexable by search…
7 Months Into My 2nd Stint as a Startup CEO -... →
As I set out to apply these lessons the 2nd time around, I promised myself that I would periodically stop to write an update. I had meant to do the first update after 6 months at socialmedian but we…
TrustyPig Hogs Design From SmartyPig |... →
This is another classic instance of design knockoff. Chinese mp3 players knocked off the iPod. Apple knocked off Xerox. Microsoft knocked off Apple (I joke). For what reason, you ask? Because the…
Gartner Analysts Decry Facebook, Twitter Bans at... →
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and other social applications that allow for messaging and collaboration in the workplace should not be banned, argue two Gartner analysts. Though not quite ready for use…
Free Twitter Backgrounds from TwitterBacks.com →
I built this site to help you have a more professional look for your Twitter presence. These backgrounds aren’t for everyone. In fact, you may hate them. That’s fine, I encourage you to use the specs…
TrustyPig steals SmartyPig website « nerdflood →
We donât have many web 2.0 products coming out of Des Moines these days (you can read my commentary about that here). So when something hideous and wrong happens to one of our few entrepreneurial…
The SJ Report: Random Romanian company, TrustyPig,... →
I couldn’t believe this when I saw it. This Romanian company, TrustyPig has COMPLETELY ROBBED its brand and Web design from a company that I hold dear to my heart - SmartyPig, How can TrustyPig be…
Brand Hijack - Blogging →
Yesterday I posted about a Romanian company, TrustyPig, ripped off a local Des Moines web startup SmartyPig. After that, I made a call to action - for a Social Brand Hijack. It had ten steps -…
Bookmark for TrustyPig - Social Brand Hijack by... →
TrustyPig steals from HappyCog — Jason Robb →
A brand hijack is in full swing. More brand hijack info here. Get involved and smash the TrustyPig brand!
JustBrady: TrustyPig.com ? →
Noticed today on a twitter discussion that a new pop up website, trustypig.com, totally ripped off and copied their entire site design from smartypig.com. What a blatant move!
Smartypig.com is a…
