Posts categorized 'Business'

4 more tips for working remotely

I accidently published my last post too soon. This morning I published the last 4 tips. Enjoy here: http://evolvingwe.com/social/x-tips-for-working-remotely/...

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You can’t afford to play Santa Claus with your customers

image Customers are engaged throughout the lifecycle of your product.  Before you ever release a product they are speculating, spreading rumors, and squeezing information from job openings or press releases. 

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in.telligent 2008... Will you be there?

You like it hot don't you?  Why not come to Dallas in October for the In.Telligent conference?  Sessions will range from social computing stratagies to education about the latest technologies.  But really you'll get to meet more people like you and share best practices that you can use...

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7 things you can't say on the Internet

image George Carlin passed away yesterday and, in honor of him I'm posting a list of 7 things you can't say on the Internet.  Standard "this post does not reflect product direction or the views of my employer" disclaimers apply.  :-)

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Developer wants to make money? No way!?!?

If you've been spammed by a Facebook app then chances are you've experienced one of the Slide applications. Yes, these are the people behind Funwalls and SuperPokes. Turns out that they aren't seeing the ROI they'd like from these time wasters. Slide Says It's Done Releasing New Facebook Apps - Silicon...

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Bring me a hotfix for the weather oh, and the Internet noise

What a wild weather pattern we're in out here.  Seriously, I pitched in the snow today at our baseball game.  It looked something like the picture to the left... except replace real fans with homeless people that wandered by on Capitol Hill in Seattle. 

Today's post is another grab bag of my recently shared items.  Enjoy!

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From "asshattery" to remembering Kozmo.com in the year 2000

Time to check on on things I've recently found interesting. This post is brought to you from Google Reader by my Feed Inserting plugin for Windows Live writer. Get your copy here. People don't realize it, but Xbox live is one of the worlds largest social networks with a true API and great applications...

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The reason for your low click through rates

If you manage a community or sell ads online you'll be shocked varying levels of quality found in ads submitted by advertisers to pitch your community. You may then have then had a conversation with some of these advertisers about click through performance. Sure, you could give them raw data that shows...

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ESPN Turns Off Ad Nets

On one hand ad networks offer publishers and networks the ability to simplify and hand over inventory, but on the other hand... online ad management is going in the direction of becoming a commodity that publishers will be less and less likely to pay a middle man for. Reading between the lines below...

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From Futurama to Profiteering Widget Users

Well, duh, if you take away crapware that OEMs were being paid to install by default then you are going to have to pay more for your laptops. I think Sony should be getting positive press for this. Well, actually think they should flip the default. "Click Here to Save 50 with TONS OF GR8 APPZ" Sony hates...

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