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Give to hurricane relief efforts
Today, Instapundit is hosting a massive blog fundraiser for the areas and people affected by Hurricane Katrina. The response is overwhelming- countless people have chimed in with a host of charities that deserve our support. Rather than link to a larger charity though, I thought I might add to the fundraiser by linking to an…
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Congrats, Tom
Congrats to my friend Tom Biro for landing a great new gig with MWW. Biro, one of the ‘bloggiest’ people I know, is now Director, New Media Strategies for the New Jersey-based PR firm. Here’s his announcement. I first ‘met’ Tom via our mutual friend, Bob Cox, and since have had the pleasure of working…
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Mickey Kaus and the infalability of Malcolm Gladwell
To be honest, I think it’s getting past time for somebody to infuse some much-needed skepticism into Malcolm Gladwell‘s writing. As much as I love and respect Gladwell’s writing- his book, The Tipping Point, is one of my all-time favorites- he’s coasted far too long on an overwhelmingly unchecked public image. Call me cynical, but…
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Various housekeeeping notes
In keeping with my recent rail against Technorati, I just updated the part of this site that automatically linked Technorati search results from the post (it was right over to the left there, under “Comments”). Now, I’m linking you to results from Icerocket, a search engine. It’s just a trial, so let me know your…
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Retail heaven or Dell Hell: Before you expect a blog to solve your customer service woes, try some basics first
Considering the serious amount of blogjuice generated by Jeff Jarvis’ 520-part Dell Hell series is generating in (and out!) of the blogosphere, I thought it only fair to relate two extremely positive customer service experiences I’ve had lately, starting with most recent and going back through earlier this summer. Then, I’ll talk a bit about…
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Win ‘Undeclared’ on DVD!
Want to win a copy of Undeclared on DVD? Check out my other blog, Network Landscape.
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Anybody out there using Orb?
Help! I’m wondering if any Orb users out there can give me a hand with tech support issue. I’ve got Orb installed on my Windows XP pro machine, but each time it attemps to log on it gives me a maddening error- saying “Orb cannot retrieve your login information.” I’ve already tried restarting Orb, uninstalling…
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A humble request
Dear Blogosphere, Please, please, please, STOP using the word “mashups”. It’s a stupid, ugly word, much dumber and lamer than the word “blog.” And you’re using it way, way, way, too much.