Archive for August, 2005
Monday, August 15th, 2005
Most of the folks who read my weblog know I travel to New York City often, sometimes for business and other times for pleasure. A couple of times a year my wife has to go up for the NY Gift Show as well as the Extracts trade events for her business, so what could be […]
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Saturday, August 13th, 2005
Check out this new service called Meetro. Launched by Meetroduction, LLC, the software allows you to find like-minded individuals that are in close proximity to you. This could be interesting.
“Technically speaking, Meetro is radius and proximity based software. Untechnically speaking, it finds like-minded people around you instantly. Wherever you are. So whether […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2005
Well you have to admit, this is certainly interesting. Looks like the money is backing the podfather and company’s venture Podshow. $8.85 million to be exact.
Also, Odeo has secured some funds as well. Looks like things are starting to happen and people are certainly placing bets that podcasting will pay off in the future. […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2005
For those of you who enjoyed Wedding Crashers, you will get a kick out of this. On the Wedding Crasher’s website you can create your own personalized trailer using a photo of yourself or you and a friend, or anyone for that matter. My mother sent me a link this am with a trailer that […]
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Saturday, August 6th, 2005
Ian linked to a great post by Christopher Hawkins on the subject of working from home. I found it to be a very interesting and accurate read on the topic. Being a serial entreprenuer, I have spent alot of time working from home in my various ventures. My most recent business allows me to work […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2005
Here are two interesting tools that I found on a couple of the blogs I am subscribed to:
First up, is a really interesting launch called Feed Digest. I had recently subscribed to Peter Coopers blog, and although my eye would catch a post here and there, honestly I never really dug in to his world. […]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2005
Dave Sifry, CEO and Founder of Technorati has posted a two part summary of the state of the blogosphere based on what Technorati is currently tracking. Clearly, the statistics and insight show us that the blogosphere is growing at a rapid pace, creating an increasingly powerful expanding network of influence.
Part I:
* […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
Dave Pell on Odeo:
“I know that it’s called podcasting and that suggests the use of an iPod, but my favorite thing about the well designed Odeo is that I can just press the play button right there on the web page….
…It’s about the content, not the container.”
Isn’t that the truth. I personally listen to more […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
This is an interesting idea that I came across on Iconoculture. Italy’s Modulgraf Printing is releasing a wine label that will transmit audio information about wine. The concept works very much like a museum tour or a city tour. Wine purchasers can listen to information about a wine’s origin, what foods it will go […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005
On a completely different note, apparently England has a new licensing law for governing the sale of alcohol and the people who run the businesses are not down with what they need to do. There are over 100,000 establishments being put at risk of being shut down due to new paperwork.
More than half […]
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