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This post is not so much about Apple stealing a design from a Sci Fi show, but rather about how big sites manipulate your average Internet Joe into wasting his time on nonsense. The anatomy of the manipulation starts with a catchy headline, followed by a weak thesis, and asks the reader for the final [...]

This awesome wide angle shot is curtesy of Adam Silver There are certain topics that are seldom discussed in polite company. Religion, money, and politics for example. In this session, we will discuss all three. There are primal drives that turn ordinary customers into rabid advocates for you and your brand. Apple, Starbucks, and Oprah [...]

This post is written for an audience of one (Dror), but I think the principles apply to most companies looking to make a splash. Continue reading at your own risk. :-p While attending NMX/BlogWorld, I had a chance to meet with the boys from Cemmerce. I had no idea what Cemmerce is, but the Founder Dror and [...]

 The Incredible Triberr-Man, by the marvelous John Garrett Let’s start out by admitting that Triberr is a very weird and unique social network. It takes people few days to get used to it, but I think after you watch this video you get that time down to an hour. To help you get there, Petra Fisher and I sit down for [...]

My brother from another mother, Justice Mitchell, posted on his Facebook timeline something about him being a freak. Here’s that post, captured for all eternity (or until the interwebs go away, whichever comes first). It was a link to an interesting little app called Social Me, which analyzes your Facebook activity and spits out a really fun, [...]

If you search Huffington Post for the phrase “This article originally appeared in”, you get over 11 thousand results. That’s 11 thousand pieces of duplicate content. Of course, this is one of million examples I could have listed. Every big site, from Forbes, to Mashable, to RWW, to you name it…sais they’re doing us a favor [...]

Yeah yeah – the 24th and the 25th days of December get all the hype! But what about the 23rd? What’s with 23 you ask? Well on December 23rd I release my 23 LinkedIn Tips guaranteed to create a better new year for you! Guaranteed by who? Well by Santa and all the elves. Yes [...]

I’ve been suspecting it for a while, but only mentioned it in confidence. But now I know…top players in the blogosphere are keeping Triberr a secret. Hehe…get it? “Top” secret? Get it? oh, nevermind…moving on… :-p Of course, I’m biased, but I dare you…I double-dog dare you to find a platform that came out in the [...]