Congratulations to our friends at Techvibes who launched the new design of their website today! The new design is more user friendly and the content is easier to pick out from the featured members and advertising. I like the new look. As mentioned in their email...
A small business group that I participate in has pulled together a panel for SXSW. It’s about how to create your own small biz mafia to rule the world (or at the least to rule your niche and get support from peers). For our session to be selected we need some...
Facebook is “a social utility that connects you with the people around you.” What does that mean? It’s a place for friends to hang out online. Are you a business professional looking to capitalize on friends hanging out online? Sounds dirty...
July 3 we announced the Pull a Face for PutPlace contest and the 5 finalists have been selected. putplace.com/pullaface to vote. And, if you want to avoid pulling a face because of lost data. Back up baby! PutPlace is one option and you can get 2 GB of free storage in...
The social bookmarking site Del.icio.us has refreshed it’s look and domain name. Check out http://delicious.com/ Or watch this short Flickr Video on Delicious 2.0: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deliciousblog/2718285703/ Delicious, if you’re listening. I...
ExpressionEngine is one of the tools that we at Boxcar love to use to create websites. We’re advocates for sure, which is why we’ve decided to join with Hop Studios and Venn Communications to bring you the EE Roadshow: an ExpressionEngine training event....
or What to Write When You Are Wiped I must say that July has been a hectic month. I have been in 4 different cities. A new place each week. My favourite was Portus 2008 in Dallas where I spoke about the phenomenon of podcasting and participatory culture within the...
Online press releases can be an effective way of reaching journalists, bloggers and industry-related media sites. With online distribution your press release may also end up on popular news aggregator sites like Google News and Yahoo News. Still unclear about why you...
My guest post is live on TechVibes: “Is Pottermania Dead?” July 10-13, 2008, I was invited to Portus 2008: A Harry Potter Symposium for academics, educators, students and fans. Dr. Henry Jenkins of MIT and I gave the two luncheon keynotes. From...
On April 3, 2006 I wrote a longish post about a crazy idea I had: buying futures of gasoline. The game of finding lower-priced gas is just a diversion from the pain of having to buy it in the first place. Maybe we kid ourselves that we make out ahead of the game....