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wanna be an expert?

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:12:00 -0400

After six months of testing, Google is letting the public start using Knol, its effort to build an authoritative reference out of user contributions. When it was announced late last year (see “Google’s philosophy: Knol thyself“), Knol sounded like a cross between the anyone-can-edit give and take of Wikipedia and the individual contributions of expertise found on Squidoo, and that’s the way it’s shaping up.

Google lets Knol edge out the door | Good Morning Silicon Valley

Welcome to JustMeans! News, jobs, and networks for people who create change.

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:50:00 -0400

Welcome to JustMeans! News, jobs, and networks for people who create change.: Just created a profile here. JustMeans is a great example of harnessing the power of social networks for positive change.

socialmedia: the social advertising network

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:53:53 -0400

socialmedia: the social advertising network

CrowdSound - Listen To Your Customers

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:47:51 -0400

CrowdSound - Listen To Your Customers: Props to Guy Kawasaki for this referral. It is exactly what we need for our Realeflow retention program.

obvious yet so, so rare...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:37:00 -0400

“Skipping foundational steps in order to get to scale fast results in eventual collaspe. Building in steps makes efforts sustainable and allows for more creativity and innovations along the way.”

Excerpt from the book Instructions from the The Cook. Recipes for New Conversations by my good friends George Nemeth and Jack Ricchiuto.

Marketing | Social Networking | Blogging | OptimisticRebel.com

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:20:00 -0400

Marketing | Social Networking | Blogging | OptimisticRebel.com: Check out my friend George Nemeth’s new blog. He always gets me thinking. I’ve met some great minds through social networking thanks to George and others. My life is certainly richer because of it. I guess it just depends on how you use these tools.

Usury? Alive and well in Cleveland.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:44:00 -0400

Bill Moyers:

What were you thinking as you saw that report from Cleveland? [The segment preceding this interview with Greider covered exorbitant lending practices in Cleveland].

Bill Greider:

Made me angry all over again, even though I know the story. And then I thought, “This is usury.” This is a living example of what the Bible prohibited, which is the sin of usury. Most Americans have never heard of it probably.

Moyers:

Usury?

Greider:

Usury, to be clear about it, is rich people taking advantage of poor people by lending them money on terms that are sure to make them fail. All three of the great religions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, had a moral prohibition against usury because they recognized that society can’t function like that. People of great wealth and their institutions like banks naturally have the power to overwhelm people of lesser means. And you can’t allow that in a decent society. It won’t survive.

Nightmare on Wall Street: Washington Can’t Bail out the Sea of Red Ink

"Kronomy is the place where the collective global memory lives. It allows you to create events and..."

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:59:00 -0400

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Kronomy is the place where the collective global memory lives. It allows you to create events and memories on a life path that can be easily explored and linked with others.

Unlike standard social networking websites, which offer only static profiles that focus on the present, Kronomy’s simple navigation tools and advanced graphic interface let you travel effortlessly along entire life paths and explore events in depth.

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- KRONOMY Project

Jake’s dino Ace watching T-ball.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:22:00 -0400

Jake’s dino Ace watching T-ball.

leadinghands.org » Social Networking Sites

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:27:42 -0400

leadinghands.org » Social Networking Sites: Marc has a great list growing…

Twitter Search

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:40:00 -0400

Twitter Search: Great tool for twitterHeads.

Amazon Mechanical Turk - Welcome

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:27:00 -0400

Amazon Mechanical Turk - Welcome: Online project outsourcing.

So today I take this pic of a CMHA building across from Luteran...

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:12:00 -0400

So today I take this pic of a CMHA building across from Luteran Hosiptal in Ohio City. First I’m thinking what kind of quality of life can someone have in a place like this. Granted, public housing is better than the streets but there has got to be a better way. Especially with 5,000+ vacant homes in Cleveland. And the fact that the CMHA has got to be the most corrupt agency in NEO which is saying a lot considering the other crooked folks that “run the city” for their own (along with family and friends) benefit and profit.

Make Me Greek - Become an ancient Greek athlete : Presented by GameSnake - Find, Join & Start Pickup Games in over 100 sports in your neighborhood!

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:09:49 -0400

Make Me Greek - Become an ancient Greek athlete : Presented by GameSnake - Find, Join & Start Pickup Games in over 100 sports in your neighborhood!: Awesome promotion.

Are you commoditizing your email marketing?

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:37:28 -0400

While email is the best way to connect directly with consumers, most companies abuse the priviledge, sending messaging that isn’t relevant to the end recipient. As a result email is becoming a commodity.

Can it be saved? Brian Deagan, the CEO of Knotice (a company I have an interest in) and a thought-leader in this category thinks so and he has a plan. His expert opinion, Saving Email from Commoditization, was picked up by the influential 1to1media blog.

Extending the usefulness of email marketing lies with cross-channel integration, especially with the Web. Historically, the focus has rightly been on two primary themes: email delivery, and great content that leads directly to high conversion rates. But, in the age of optimization, companies become disengaged from their consumers the second they click on a link in an email. The situation begs the question, “What good is developing half of a relationship with a customer if you can develop a complete relationship?” If a consumer is sent an email with an offer for product A, clicks the link in the email, but moves away from product A to product B in the website, that action is valuable and can be used to reinforce the brand-customer relationship by serving the customer additional relevant content they’ll click and buy.

In an online marketing landscape dominated by vendors that cobble together different capabilities, finding a platform with a seamless transition from channel to channel is key. The future of online marketing is running a multichannel campaign out of one console to achieve a consistent, easy-to-manage brand experience for the user. That console can capture the marketing data, or incorporate it to campaigns.

If you’re ready for the future, today, check out Knotice’s Concentri.

Saving Email from Commoditization - 1to1media - 07/11/2008

A 3-column template system with spectacular typography and customizable, rotating images — Thesis Theme for WordPress

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:36:38 -0400

A 3-column template system with spectacular typography and customizable, rotating images — Thesis Theme for WordPress

Eight New Natural Wonders Named - Yahoo! News

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:16:40 -0400

Eight New Natural Wonders Named - Yahoo! News: Eight new natural wonders, including the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico and what has been dubbed “the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean,” have been added to the World Heritage List.

World Heritage Sites are named by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The sites, both cultural and natural, added to the list are deemed “of outstanding value to humanity” and deserve protection and preservation, according to the UNESCO Web site.

Mark L. Lundberg. 1963-2008. God rest his soul. He was a keeper...

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:01:00 -0400

Mark L. Lundberg. 1963-2008. God rest his soul. He was a keeper and one of lifes givers.

P.S. Mark has a twin sister. Just found out that another close friend and his wife had twins born on the day he passed away. I guess that is what they mean by the “miracle of life.”

Obituary: Mark J. Lundberg : News : Estes Park Trail-Gazette

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:53:00 -0400

Obituary: Mark J. Lundberg : News : Estes Park Trail-Gazette:

Obit for my first friend Mark Lundberg. He was a gental and gracious soul and that showed in his life’s work with children in need. Wish I had stayed in better touch with him.

Mark J. Lundberg, 45, of St. Louis, Mo., died June 29, 2008.
Mark was a loving and devoted father, son and brother. Mark was born in Berea, Ohio on March 8, 1963. He attended Berea High School and Wooster College.

Mark devoted his education and life experience to children with special needs and autism. He worked at the Aurora Public School System in Aurora, Colo. and Judevine Center for Autism in St. Louis. Mark loved the mountains, hiking, fishing, skiing and enjoyed visiting Estes Park with his family for the past 40 years.

How-To: Gathering Market Intelligence from Social Media - MarketingVOX

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:27:58 -0400

How-To: Gathering Market Intelligence from Social Media - MarketingVOX