Posts Tagged ‘life’

Use Your iPad For Your Next Presentation And Make Life Easier

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

As I continue to be amazed at the way people are making use of their iPad , it occurred to me that the potential far outweighs the limitations.  For example, let’s say you have a presentation or speaking engagement coming up at one of the search conferences.  You now have a choice: bring your heavy laptop or bring your lightweight and ultra-portable iPad .  Not sure what to do? Here are some ways you can use your iPad at your next speaking gig, and then you can decide the best device to take

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Use Your iPad For Your Next Presentation And Make Life Easier

The Loss of Privacy in An Opt-Out World

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Anyone over the age of 30 who spends any amount of time online has to be aware of the gradual erosion of online privacy and how we are slowly moving to a point where our online life has become opted-in by default. … sacrifice your privacy on the altar faster than an Aztec Priest could ever rip out your still-beating heart … A disturbing trend among people in the valley and other technology centric locations is the subjugation or near-complete surrender of one’s work, one’s copyright, intellectual property, and sometimes complete self to the great computer singularity (a concept I am shamelessly stealing from Jaron Lanier ).

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Two New Plugins Worth Checking Out from Linkshare and EzineArticles

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

As I mentioned before, I’m a big fan of plugins. They help me manage and run Wordpress more efficiently and GTD. I’ve got a list of SEO Plugins for Wordpress , which is on living URL (hmm… 2008.

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Two New Plugins Worth Checking Out from Linkshare and EzineArticles

The Tales Silently Told By The Cannons Of Titles

Monday, February 8th, 2010

What Bestselling Authors Know About Writing Titles They vary by genre, but the majority of bestselling authors and editors return to the same hooks time and again to routinely sell obscene amounts of books. On the recommendation of Clayton Makepeace , a celebrity in the web’s direct response copywriting world, I decided to visit a bookstore and peruse the titles on their shelves and take note of what titles grabbed me. As Makepeace explains : “Just step through the front doors and take a deep breath: Can’t you just SMELL the money?

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Is Sarah Lacy Making Sponsored Posts on TechCrunch?

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Post Updated See End of Post If you read TechCrunch, you may have noticed a post this weekend about Blueprint Cleanse , a health product designed to cleanse your body. On the surface, the piece seemed to be a  “California” lifestyle piece; however, after doing a bit of research, it turns out there’s a lot more intrigue, questionable journalistic ethics, and deception involved here. This post is a bit long, but I promise if you stick all the way through till the end, I’m going to prove that Sarah Lacy lied about having paid for the cleanse product she blogged about about AND that TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington was romantically involved with a woman whose younger sister worked at the same cleanse product company .

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Is Sarah Lacy Making Sponsored Posts on TechCrunch?