Feedly Kills Google Reader and Most News Readers

Posted by on Sep 15, 2009 in Blog, feed reader, feedly, google | No Comments

Feedly, the new Firefox addon is absolutely fantastic. Admittedly, I’m still trying to figure out how this beast works, but it is so easy to use, fast, powerful that it is most surely a game changer in the news reading world. Feedly has quickly become my default start or home page. Just recently heard about ...

McClatchy Financials Mixed: Specialty Sites Bright Spot in Earnings

Posted by on Jul 31, 2009 in Blog, Uncategorized | No Comments

“McClatchy continues its transition to a successful hybrid print and online company. Our digital audience continues to grow impressively. Average monthly unique visitors to our websites were up 30.1% in the second quarter following 26.7% growth in the first quarter of 2009. Still, the recession is impacting our digital business. Our digital advertising was down ...

Advertise.com Sucks: They’re Stealing Your Traffic

Inspired by Jeff Jarvis and his recent book WWGD and his saga with Dell Sucks I was compelled to share my story. I’ll cut to the point here. Advertise.com provides a platform for affiliates to steal your hard earned traffic. Want to know how? Read on… A few months ago I began running display ads ...

Google Aims the Laser Sight Straight at Microsoft – Windows in the Cross Hairs

It was bound to happen. Google unveils an OS to compete with Windows. I’ve always thought that Open Source was the Enterprise Software Giant Killer. It’s like viral coding. The open source community provides the coding muscle and Google provides the marketing, sales, and professional services. If Microsoft didn’t see this train coming ten miles ...

Startup Soup

Posted by on Jun 13, 2009 in Blog, Uncategorized | No Comments

I’ve been thinking a lot about how successful startups get started. Is it the founders or is it the product/service or the region they operate in and I think it’s all of these. To begin a successful startup needs great founders. Where do you find these people? Usually they are friends, former co-workers, or business ...