Huge thanks to TechCrunch and and Sarah Lacy - I opened up my (physical) mailbox today to find a signed copy of Sarah’s new book, titled “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good.” You guys made my day!
Saw a contest on TechCrunch giving out some free copies of the book if you leave a comment, […]
I’ve written previously on how the print newspaper is a dying breed, and how web clips are worth far more than print clips. Today I’d like to go into why traditional newspaper operations still have much to learn about the web and why they will have to adapt in order to survive.
Anyone reading […]
Technorati, in case you’re unfamiliar, is the ultimate blog search, directory and ranking site. They have created the ranking system for the blogosphere, and to be in the illustrious Technorati top 100 is to be known as one of the influencers of the Internet.
Technorati current tracks 112.8 million blogs and more than 250 million […]
The New York Times is reporting that a daily print newspaper in Madison, Wis. is moving to an almost purely online format.
They are pretty smart – clearly this is the trend. In a digital world, print newspapers are becoming already irrelevant. They say the future is here now, just in isolated pockets. […]
A guy named Jim Killeen went ahead and turned the idea of Google-ing your own name (something everyone has done at least once) into a documentary entitled “Google Me” staring 7 Jim Killeens. Here’s the trailor:
Funny enough, myself and 16 other Adam Singer’s created a group in 2006 to connect us all on Facebook (see […]
Many people after reading the title will already know what I’m going to say. I’m (obviously) referred to often as “the web guy.” At work, at home, in social situations, wherever I go people love to refer to me in that way. I don’t have a problem with it at all really, in fact it generally leads to some interesting conversations. Unfortunately, for those not versed, I do find the communications barrier to be difficult at times.
It’s hard, sometimes nearly impossible, to describe things on the Internet without using other terms from, well, the Internet. And it’s even harder to catch people up on basic concepts that most of us active on the web already understand, and then go into the more complex ideas of what we’d actually like to do. You can’t tell someone to Google something face to face.
The 4×4 meme post has been floating around the blogosphere. Essentially it’s a simple way for bloggers to share a few fun facts and personal details they might not otherwise get into on their site. Here at TheFutureBuzz, I generally don’t get too much into personal details, so this is the perfect excuse […]
The following is a true story that happened to me in my office last week:
It’s late in the afternoon and I’m immersed in a project when the phone in my office rings. I pickup, and low and behold – it’s a sales call. Not really too much of a shock, I get sales […]
The Internet, and the blog platform in particular, have created unprecedented opportunities for personal branding. There exists space for superstars in every industry to deeply carve out their own personalities and passions and display them clearly and articulately.
Marketing professionals, artists, philosophers, photography lovers, tropical fish hobbyists, model airplane aficionados, culinary experts – […]
Procrastination is something many people suffer from daily. Fortunately, it’s also something that is purely mind over matter to overcome.
Typical procrastination excuses we tell ourselves
I’ll do this tomorrow, there’s not enough time to do this today.
I work better under pressure, I’ll wait until it’s almost due and then the work will be even better.
This […]
