Monthly Archives: April 2008

Monthly Archives: April 2008

What is Squidoo?

By Howard Yermish | April 26th, 2008
Brain child of one of my favorite authors, Seth Godin, is Squidoo. Read and learn. Squidoo concept: Everyone is an expert on something. How can Squidoo benefit you? By creating a “Lens” on a topic, perhaps what your business sells, you position yourself as an expert. And it also can improve link popularity if the [...]
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Going to the Edges: Amazon vs. Woot

By Howard Yermish | April 25th, 2008
Amazon sells everything that can be sold. It is the ultimate shopping site. Nothing beats it. Customer experience is awesome. Prices are good and shipping is quick. And if you are a merchant, you can even set up your own shop on Amazon. You can save stuff in your shopping cart, you can group shipments, [...]
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PDA Nostalgia

By Howard Yermish | April 25th, 2008
I got my first PDA over 10 years ago, a PalmPilot 5000. I spent the better part of a weekend mastering Graffiti. I took it everywhere and kept track of my contacts, tasks and appointments. I even took notes on it. I sync’d it at least twice a day and charged overnight. A couple years [...]
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Dunbar's Number

By Howard Yermish | April 24th, 2008
There are hundreds of social networking sites with more arriving every day. Perhaps you have been invited to a few, “friended” some people, connected to some people you know or once knew. Social networks get more interesting the more connections that you have. More conversations, more opinions, more people, more, more, more… In the real [...]
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Conversations or Selling

By Howard Yermish | April 24th, 2008
If you called me up right now and tried to sell me something I would hang up. If I called you up right now I would expect the same thing. If you were looking for something and Googled to find me as the expert, you might send me an email. And if I responded like [...]
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Jury Duty

By Howard Yermish | April 23rd, 2008
Every few years we all get that summons in the mail: jury duty. Today was my day to serve. I was all ready to go to the courthouse and perform my civic responsibility. But alas, I was not needed. I was excused. So far in the five times that I have been called to serve, [...]
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Have your blown your mind today?

By Howard Yermish | April 23rd, 2008
If you have a webcam, this site will blow your mind: www.hrp.com You navigate the site with hand gestures and your webcam. Not quite “Minority Report” but certainly moving in that direction.
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The Machine is Us/ing Us

By Howard Yermish | April 23rd, 2008
This one has been around for a while, but if you haven’t seen it, it is worth a look. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video The video was created by Dr. Michael Wesch, a professor of digital ethnography at Kansas State University, and his work was given a “Rave [...]
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DIGG for the DOGS

By Howard Yermish | April 23rd, 2008
For those of you who just cannot get enough cute dog pictures, Purina has launched a targeted DIGG clone in Pet Charts. Find popular stories, photos and videos about pet related content. Woof. And if you are looking for more social networks just for pets: (post more of your favorites in the comments) Dogster Pawspot [...]
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Model Citizen by Guy Kawasaki

By Howard Yermish | April 22nd, 2008
On the subject of being a good human, Guy Kawasaki brings us this article on Entrepreneur.com: Model Citizen: Here are 5 ways to be not just a better entrepreneur, but also a better person.
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