Monthly Archives: September 2006

Book Challenge

Jen posted a book challenge – pictures of our bookshelves. Since I like to amuse her, I’ve complied. This is a shot of one the bookcase in my downstairs office: This is a shot of the bookshelf in my upstairs … Continue reading

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100 Million Users, Wrong?

Wired writers must be on fire – Michael Calore has a great post up on the companies that are winning and losing the transition to a web 2.0 audience. Of course, it may just be that we share the same … Continue reading

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Paris Hilton & Value

During more of my meandering time, I wandered across a sharp and insightful post by Prince Campbell at Chartreuse about Paris Hilton’s popularity and value – I highly recommend you read on past this snippet, it’s a good perspective to … Continue reading

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Saturday Surfing

It’s obviously a lazy Saturday night for me, since here I am wandering the web catching up on what I’ve missed while I’ve been focused on projects. It was time well spent, though, since I came across the best post … Continue reading

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One Web Day

Today is the kickoff of a new annual event – One Web Day – to celebrate all that the Internet has brought into our lives. I like it too because I get to make a wish at the end For … Continue reading

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When Change is Good

It has been an action packed two weeks for me so I have been light on posting. The new MacEvents.com site went live Wednesday morning. The team at Clipper Web Development created a great new design and built some nifty … Continue reading

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Heavy Hearts

Five years later, it’s still relevant.

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Google v. Freelancers

Via Interesting People, Sally Richards brought up a great point about Google’s latest News Archive venture that has huge impact for freelancers, writers and photographers (links mine): I hope Google and its partners in this venture remember the terms they … Continue reading

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Breaking Free

After I published my post on golden handcuffs, I received a number of emails from people about money: specifically, the ability to write their own paycheck. While everyone liked the theory, I nonetheless received emails that were basically excuses or … Continue reading

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Golden Handcuffs

Food for thought this weekend – who is your lord and master? I find it ironic that Radio Shack would fire 400 workers via email on the eve of the U.S. Labor Day Holiday. For me, there was no clearer … Continue reading

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