NowPublic bought Truemors yesterday, and I became chairman of NowPublic's board of advisors. You can read more details here. These are exciting times! Thank you everyone for contributing your stories to Truemors and for visiting our site.
Jerry White is the co-founder of Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Newwork). His life changed in 1984 when he lost his leg in a landmine explosion while visiting Israel. After this experience he has championed the cause of survivorship and became a leader in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. In 1997 this organization, Jerry, [...]
I published an interview on the Sun Microsystems small business site called "Why the Best Service Is No Service." It features Bill Price, Amazon's first Global VP of Customer Service, explaining how to provide excellent customer service. He recently co-authored a new book, The Best Service Is No Service: How to Liberate Your Customers from [...]
Barak Obama and Hilary Clinton proposed the creation of the office of the co-president of the United States. Dave Winer joined Mahalo as the vice-president of marketing. Michael Arrington announced a conference called Kemo featuring startup life-science companies demonstrating medical cures in six minutes. Steve Ballmer donated $100 million to the Jane Goodall Foundation. Herman [...]
Please check out my posting on the Sun Microsystems small and medium business web site. My first (of many) posts there is an interview with Marten Mickos, the former CEO of MySQL who is now a senior vice-president of Sun. I'll be posting articles regularly on the Sun site and will let you know when [...]
In one of the more unusual appearances that I've been a part of, here is a "fireside chat" with Steve Ballmer at Mix 2008. (He sidestepped by question about Vista twice, so if you want the latest news about Windows, you'll have to go here.) Incidentally, he tossed my Air on the (carpeted) ground! It's [...]
Bob Sutton continues to fight the good fight against certified orifices. He started by literally writing the book about it. This time, he's created a test for you to determine if you have the client from hell. Click here to take the ACHE (Ass**** Client from Hell Exam). Luckily, he provides a path out of [...]
Triggit is a WYSIWYG web application for integrating third-party elements into websites. It enables people to drag and drop advertisements, Flickr pictures, and YouTube videos directly into their site without any skills in web programming. Triggit is free to use, and works on any site that accepts JavaScript. It does not require any downloads, access [...]
Saturday, January 12, 2008 I write this after a good night’s sleep—the first I’ve had since December 29. That was the day that incumbent Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced victory in the country’s elections and was sworn in as a nation listened, paralyzed with shock. Moments later, the radio system went dead. When broadcast resumed, [...]
Spokeo finds information about your friends—long-lost or not—and then tracks their online activities as they make updates. These friends don’t have to “invite” you, approve your friend “request,” or be a member of Spokeo. Spokeo is able to, for example, monitor their Facebook notes and shares, YouTube videos, Amazon wishlists, Flickr and PhotoBucket photos, Pandora [...]
This interview features the chief marketing officer and product manager of Compete, Inc. They discuss how Compete competes with Alexa and Comscore, site metrics, and SEO practices. Question: What exactly does Compete do? Answer: Stephen DiMarco: We have a diverse sample of 2,000,000 U.S. Internet users that have given us permission to analyze the web [...]
On November 6th, LinkedIn is hosting a live Q&A session with Dan Lyons (a.k.a. “Fake Steve Jobs”). I will be the moderator of the event. It is open to all although seating is limited. Click here to learn more. Click here to RSVP. I’ve never interviewed a “fake” before, so this will be fun! Date [...]
Frank Warren started PostSecret as a community art project in November 2004. Since then people have sent in one hundred and seventy-five thousand anonymous postcards. They are featured in art galleries, a music video, and Frank’s bestselling books: PostSecret, My Secret, and The Secret Lives of Men and Women. His new book is A Lifetime [...]
Jajah is a VOIP phone service that doesn’t require a download or headset. It enables you to make VOIP calls from any phone to any phone. The company recently introduced “Jajah buttons.” This product enables people to call you at no charge (or very low cost) by clicking on a button in places such as [...]
Coghead enables businesses to create, customize and/or use real, multi-user business apps in an easy, cost-effective way. Since Coghead is 100% web-based, employees, customers and business partners can use the apps from anywhere there’s an Internet connection. To help people get started, Coghead has just announced “Business Essentials”—a suite of simple, pre-built applications that every [...]
Steven Smith has spent the past ten years exploring how great leaders use ego differently than everyone else—how they work, think, collaborate, and who they are. The result of his work is a book he co-authored with David Marcum called egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset (or Most Expensive Liability). His work has been [...]
Trend Hunter is Facebook app from Trend Hunter magazine. It displays the “finds” of a community dedicated to spotting new trends and cool stuff. The app enables you to feature galleries of the latest trends or focus on your favorite category including: Technology Trends, Style & Fashion Trends, The Environment, Business & Marketing or Art [...]
Last night a cute blonde girl bought me a drink. However, she knew me because she’s my kids’ summer camp counselor. This incident got me thinking about how you know you’re old—today is my 53rd birthday. So I decided to start a list: You know you’re old when… A cute blonde buys you a drink, [...]
Pollection enables Facebook users to create online polls. People can then deploy these polls in their Facebook profile, MySpace page, blog, or website. They can embed images, videos, and sounds into the poll. They also control access to the poll: private, friends only, and public. One intended use is to create gossip, celebrity, and rumor [...]
LicketyShip provides courier-service shipping. Its prices are comparable to, and often less than, companies like FedEx, UPS, and DHL. Basically, LicketyShip acts as a aggregator of multiple couriers: it’s researched couriers’ reputations and prices for you. When you want to ship something, go to LicketyShip’s site to enter what you need delivered, where, and when, [...]