From the archive

July 2008

65 posts

Is how we find blog aritcles changing?

Blogger Louis Gray has been studying the referrals to his blog and has noticed that getting linked to by a large blog site or influential blogger doesn't drive the same level of traffic as it used to. The move in traffic generation has been to the aggregators like Techmeme, Reddit, Digg etc. There is also a large shift towards readers

A Big Thank you to Godaddy.com!

Since 2005 Godaddy.com has been the primary sponsor of the Geek News Central Podcast. They have understood the Podcast Advertising market from the very beginning and have committed 100’s of thousands of dollars into the Podcast Advertising Space. While I was personally responsible for bringing GoDaddy into the Podcast Advertising Space, they quickly understood the power of the medium and

Technorati as Blog Search and Conversation Tracker DOA

Today I deleted well over 100 custom searches I have been doing on Technorati for a very long time. Simple reason is this, the site is useless. I have given them every chance to scale and fix their issues.

GNC-2008-07-09 #389 Awareness Campaign Continues

The July GNC Awareness campaign continues. Listen to Win during the Listener Drive! I also reveal what party RawVoice is sponsoring at the New Media Expo! Please Support my Show Sponsors!: [Save 10% off on any order at GoDaddy.com!] Use Code Todd [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.] Twitter Me http://www.twitter.com/geeknews My Facebook Profile

Airlines are Nickel and Diming us to Death!

Is it just me? Or is everyone that flies on a regular basis, getting pretty sick and tired on how the airlines are nickel and diming us to death. I have flown nearly 70,000 miles since January 1st and it seems that nearly every flight I take things are getting more ridiculous.

I will not be getting a new iPhone!

My wife hinted at the fact that she would like a iPhone. This encouraged me to consider getting two new iPhone’s on July 11th. But that conversation has quickly faded when we saw the plan pricing.

One Laptop Per Child Organization Cannot be Trusted!

Update: In part due to this blog post the OLPC finally responded and resolved the issue. On July 25th the OLPC replaced and delivered the two missing Laptops. I want to thank the help desk team member who took the initiative to make things right!

How much is Google stockpiling?

"This is not the first time Google has fought the disclosure of user information it had been stockpiling." This is a quote from a CNN article I read this morning about the most recent ruling in the Viacom vs. Google lawsuit, in which Viacom is asking for $1 billion in damages from Google because some of their copyrighted content has

GNC-2008-07-04 #388 Explosive 4th of July Podcast

Where did all the amazing news come from a 4th of July show you will not want to miss plus the chance to win $400.00 in the month of July!! Please Support my Show Sponsors!: [Save 10% off on any order at GoDaddy.com!] Use Code Todd [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.] Twitter Me

Are Broadband sales REALLY Stalling?

I have seen several articles out today regarding the slowing of adoption of broadband in the U.S. I find the theory that sales are "stalling" to be a bit suspect. I, through the grace of some miracle, have high-end DSL (6-8 down, 3-5 up) in my semi-rural location. A friend who lives in the heart of the Big City near

Getting Blocked of 50% of My Life.

I am a big web user. I get on my website and write or podcast everyday. I get most of my information through many places. I Twitter and Plurk and Pownce and many other social keywords. Today I am in the car dealership getting maintainence on my car. The process was going to take 3 hours to do, so I

What is the advantage of a tender process

It has been tender central at the day job recently with the sales teams answering multiple tenders from corporate and government clients. It has meant long hours and frustration for everyone with the promise of extra business if we win. Statistics suggests that we will win 1 in 3. Over my time in IT I have seen hundreds of tenders

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