Archive for April 2009

.extendr launches premium

I’ve been working on a project called .extendr for a couple months and I am happy to announce a premium version of the service. Details below.

Nearly 1/3 of Web searches look for people, but the average person’s online footprint is spread in too many locations to make an effective introduction.
.extendr brings all your links [...]

Be useful and intersting, get followed

For individuals, I suggest twitter DOES NOT matter until either your friends are on or you find feeds pertaining to something you’re very interested in (e.g. Pro Cycling or something). Until then stay with the masses and point fingers at how stupid the notion of Twitter is. Hey, most every news story I’ve herd in [...]

Interaction explosion w/ Introduction angst

Slides I’ll be delivering tonight at Ignite Minneapolis. I am looking forward to it.
The climate around .extendr
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Users Want Social. Brands Want Media.

Remember when we bought our meat from the corner store owned by the Carlson family? Remember when that meat was raised by the Anderson family from the next county over to the east? Remember when you could go talk to the owners of what you bought and consumed? Remember when you could develop relationships with [...]

A billion dollars from merging traffic?

I wonder if the way we drive sheds any light on how we can or do embrace innovation. I wonder why on the highway in big cities we crowd up at the beginning of merging entrance and/or exit ramps. I wonder if that sheds any light on describing why we don’t see any more innovation [...]

Review, Business Striped Bare

Branson writes, at least I assume it’s him writing, with what seems to be a natural and casual pace in this book. Upon opening the cover you’ll find that he’s placed some of his lists from his notebooks I presume. Line items include the purchase of 747’s and such. I found it a very effective [...]