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Speaking Engagements for this Week

Three different speaking engagements this week. All in Houston for a change!

1. TSPRA (Monday)Web 2.0 Trends for Public Relations Professionals on Mon 18-Feb-08 11:00 AM
2. BMA (Thursday luncheon) What Social Media Means for B2B Marketers on Thu 21-Feb-08 11:30 AM
3. Sullivan Group (OTC Marketing seminar) OTC Marketing Seminar on Thu 21-Feb-08 2:00 PM

Also note that tomorrow night, Tuesday, is Refresh Houston with Stephen P. Andersen. The Force Behind Star Wars: Turning Design Ideas into Reality on Tue 19-Feb-08 6:30 PM

Top 10 Multiplayer Worlds

Top 10 Massively Multiplayer Online Worlds. People should talk about Club Penguin more!

Link Post

  Washington Monument 
  Originally uploaded by eschipul

Link Post:

1. Ben on why Associations should NOT be on wikipedia (although overall he is for it). I agree, the culture on wikipedia is rough. We put a ton of energy into getting this amazing man into wikpedia and the community could have been more helpful IMHO)
2. Google slammed for privacy and Battelle's defense of google
3. Rubel's attention crash - and he has cut way back on blog posts since going to Edelman. Can't blame him.
4. Spin and ChrisPirillo making WAY too many reference to the interminably long Charlie the Unicorn goes to Candy Mountain youTube video. (9 Million + views! = earbug warning.)

The photo of the Washington Monument? No bearing on the link post, just a photo from my walk about in DC yesterday. Here as a speaker for the Bulldog Reporter Media Summit.

neurofibromatosis

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  Originally uploaded by Reggie Bibbs.

And then there are some whose courage is just so awesome all you can do is salute.

"Just Ask!" indeed.

Thanks Reggie!

Thinking About Reverse Salients (Still)

"A salient is a protrusion in a geometric figure, a line of battle, or an expanding weather front. As technological systems expand, reverse salients develop. Reverse salients are components in the system that have fallen behind or are out of phase with the others"

A reverse salient simply means that through no particular action, there is a huge demand for a particular invention. There is a portion that is out of phase. Identify and solve it. Fun stuff. 

Thanks Marc!

Presidential Candidate Web Sites Reviewed on Slashdot

Slashdot, the largest geek oriented site in the world, has a post comparing the presidential candidates web sites.

Reviewing the Presidential Campaign Websites

Yes slashdot (also shortened to /. ) is alpha geek focused. But it is a definite lead in to NYT and the Post. So it is worth the time if you are interested in politics.  One last note - if you are not used to the slashdot site, flaming is ...er... somewhat normal behavior.

BarackObama - This Campaign is About You!

BarackObama.com - with the social networking component at my.barackobama.com - is the best political web site I have seen yet. No, it does not focus on the corporate donor. But it sure as heck does focus on individuals who want to get involved in his campaign.

I know very little about this candidate. I do know from a geek perspective that he just made a very bold move.

Yahoo! Releases Pipes to Consolidate RSS Feeds

Yahoo released a new product called Pipes. Pipes aggregate RSS feeds into one big RSS feed based on what you want. I like it! But not everyone does.

Joost, Wikiseek and Zoominfo

Interesting items from bloglines:

1. Joost - the guys who do skype do TV. So this should be fun! Currently in beta. Via bb.
2. Wikiseek - I like this as I regularly search google with "term term wikipedia" so that the top result is from wikipedia. Same with Amazon searches through google. Maybe wikiseek can help.
3. Zoominfo - this one is showing up more and more. They aggregate information about PEOPLE. Not always accurate but still interesting.

Reconstruction: Theories/Practices of Blogging

Reconstruction: Theories/Practices of Blogging