Tumultuous – I like that word. Tumultuous - Say it out loud! It rolls off of the tongue. Tumultuous. It’s a rather apt word for how life has been lately between preparing for the arrival of Malcolm Tennant, the demands of clients, family, podcasting, and the slow but deliberate revival of our network of sites. I would like [...]
Clearly Google AdWords Does Not Care About Trees
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Listen up Google AdWords team! As a long-term user I really appreciate it when you send coupons for free advertising to my clients and myself. It’s always a great way to make sure that we test out new features or simply to pull time away and devote a little time to tweaking our advertising campaigns [...]
TED Talk – Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I’m not usually one to delve into purely political matters on this blog, but I ended up on this amazing TED talk by Lawrence Lessig having read an article where Oklahoma State Representative Mike Reynolds said the following- It is not our job to see that anyone gets an education. It is not the responsibility of me, [...]
How Not To Apply To Guest Post (And 5 Tips To Avoid The Circular Filing Cabinet)
March 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I received the above application to guest post on my blog this morning, which set my teeth on edge. Everything about this generic, impersonal, templated application is an insult to the owner of any blog that receives it, and it would have ended up in the virtual circular filing cabinet if I’d had my morning coffee and wasn’t feeling [...]
Facebook’s Cheap Ass Valentines Day Gift Suggestions
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I don’t know who set the pricing range on Facebook’s Valentines Day Gift suggestions, but I’m fairly sure that most people would find a last minute $5 gift card for Starbucks to be more offensive than say… not getting them anything at all. Try my logic on for size. You know all those birthday wishes you [...]
Do You Disclose Sponsored Posts?
February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Do you disclose sponsored posts? You really should, you know! Disclosure isn’t something I’ve seen talked about a lot on the web lately, unless it’s people complaining about TechCrunch, or TechCrunch a throwing a rather pathetic hissy fit about biased reviews (see the comments for a good laugh). Disclosure appears to be something that seasoned bloggers just take for [...]
So You Deleted Your Comment… #TrueStory
It really gets my goat when I write an amazingly witty retort to a comment on Reddit, only to find the comment I’m replying too has already been deleted by the time I hit “save”. The world will never be able to appreciate the sheer genius of those replies. They simply don’t have the same impact when [...]