I never thought I’d type the following sentence: I’m excited about a webapp that manages tasks and projects.
Yep. I just wrote that.
I’ve seen a million web apps that do slick, fancy things, and have dismissed them with a jaded “meh.” But today I was introduced to something that manages day to day tasks and lists. [...]
Last night I got an email from a old co-worker inviting me to check out SocialMinder, which said:
SocialMinder is an online assistant that helps you maintain relationships with your LinkedIn network.
I thought that you might appreciate a free invitation to the “closed” alpha test of SocialMinder.
SociaMinder:
* Scans your email headers and maps them to your [...]
Over the last few days, I’ve had a lot of time to think. Between talking with recruiters, networking, and doing freelance work, I’ve still found a big chunk of time where I’ve been alone with my thoughts. And when that happens, I tend to get ideas for blog posts. This one came to me while [...]
Well, you know how they tell you to write about what you’re familiar with? Here goes.
So, a couple of days ago, matchmine shut down. All 50ish of us have been working the phones, sending emails, and talking to friends trying to land our next gigs. Here are some of the tactics I’ve been using to [...]
We’ve mentioned the details here before, but I want to make sure to promote this as much as humanly possible. This Saturday, we’ll be having the second Blogstring.com Boston Pub Crawl. But this one will be something else……
Blogstring’s own @sarahwurrey has accepted a new gig in Washington D.C.. So, the pubcrawl will also serve as [...]
All new social networks and community-focused services face the same challenge: attracting a loyal user base. Having the latest and greatest facebook+twitter+flickr+whatever is great, but worthless without an active community of users. While there are many different ways to run a user acquisition campaign, this article will focus specifically on using a contest to attract [...]
Just a quick note to say that the Social Media For Social Change event here in Boston has released their second block of tickets. The first set of tickets sold out quickly, and it looks like there are only 14 left.
The event is to benefit Jane Doe, Inc. From the SM4SC web site:
Jane Doe [...]
You’ve heard of Saas- software as a service: things like salesforce.com where the software is hosted on the web rather than on the desktop, and users can access their account from any computer. Well, I’ve noticed a trend lately online that I’m calling Feature As A Business (faab).
Here’s the idea: some developers come up with [...]
Today I hit a breaking point. One of those rare moments in life when you break out of the autopilot that is every day human experience and stop. Something that you’ve taken for granted suddenly changes in your mind. Your entire construction of reality up to that point is called into question, and you are [...]
