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“The Man In Me”

I created a music video using Final Cut and wayyyy too many special FX and transitions. It’s silly, so feel free to laugh – I did!

Manage Your Name 101

A primer to personal brand management online I’ve gotten a few queries on how I’ve managed to create a strong online presence. If you Google my name, I appear as the top search result for the first two pages. I’ll share some tips. It helps to have a unique name. If your name is John [...]

Next-Gen Job Seeking

I don’t have the resources to develop this idea, so I’m posting it online in the hopes that someone realizes this vision. The traditional résumé (spelled resume in this article) is hopelessly stagnated. I wasn’t able to find how the resume was started, but it is an old french word that means basically, summary or [...]

The Future of Newspapers is in the Device

It’s no secret by now that traditional print is in steep decline. Newspapers and magazines continue to fall in circulation, leading to consolidation, the disappearance of local news, and a deeply unsatisfying experience to readers. Blogs, real-time search, and other tools are supplanting print media as the way many people are consuming news. They have [...]

Google Chrome OS

I’m behind on seeing the technical details of this one, but from what I’ve seen it seems like a good solution for a small problem. I wouldn’t let this replace a full-fledged laptop any day, but this isn’t for that. The open-source nature of Chrome does for notebooks the same thing Android has done for [...]

myTouch review

I finally took the plunge into really-smartphones with the T-Mobile myTouch. Previously I owned a Blackberry Pearl, and I was really interested in a Google-based phone, since I was using Google sync on my blackberry anyway to keep my calendars and phonebooks in-sync. So far, I’ve had it for a few days and so far, [...]

Farmers Market

find farmer’s markets in your area, presented by Kaiser Permanente! http://bit.ly/vx0l5 I made this!

SysAdmin day

if you didn’t know, today is sysadmin day. if you don’t know what your sysadmin does, the answer is everything http://sysadminday.com/

Map carrots

I’m thrilled about getting carrots on a map. It was harder than it sounds.

Google Voice future

pretty much exactly what i’d hope for with Google Voice is coming. the future is here. http://bit.ly/OqVwW

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