In my recent podcast we chatted about Linkbait. Linkbait is simply the act of writing a headline for a blog entry or page that will generate a very high click rate and then publicizing that page. If you’re not sure how to write great headlines, start with this page of 10 Sure-Fire headline formulas that […]
July 26, 2007 | SEO | No comments
I just updated my email address on Yahoo and got this: WTF?
July 26, 2007 | Randomness | No comments
A quick article about how to record a remote interview and how to fix the audio levels after the interview. I got a few questions about the equipment I used to record the podcast interview with Tony yesterday. I recorded it remotely using Skype – Tony was in West Seattle and I’m in Sammamish. We […]
July 26, 2007 | Technology | No comments
This is a followup post to “Think you work hard? Think again.” which generated over 5,000 pageviews in a short time and almost took down my blog server this morning. It’s an audio interview with Tony Wright, the founder and CEO of RescueTime.com. The interview runs for just over 17 Mins. Click here to listen […]
July 25, 2007 | Startup Hacks | No comments
I logged onto my blog this morning and it wouldn’t load. I tried to ping the server and it was still up. Then I tried ssh’ing into the server and it connected. I hit reload again in my browser and starting mumbling WTF. Then I ran ‘uptime’ on the server and got something like this: […]
July 25, 2007 | Technology | No comments
I just got back from the Naked Truth panel and party in Seattle. It was loads of fun. I met John Cook for the first time in the flesh – he’s interviewed me about 3 times and we’ve never actually met. Also met Michael Arrington briefly. The panel was so-so. I think the general consensus […]
Looks like my choice to use WordPress.org on my own servers for my personal blog was a good one. Typepad has been down since 1:50pm. Unfortunately that means both Geojoey and Linebuzz corporate blogs are down. Dear TypePad member, The TypePad service is currently unavailable due to power issues at our co-location facility. This means […]
July 24, 2007 | Startups | No comments
UPDATE: This article generated over 5,000 page views in under 24 hours, so I’ve posted a follow-up interview with Tony Wright, RescueTime’s Founder & CEO. I’m participating in a closed Beta of Rescuetime.com and installed the software on Sunday. Yesterday sat down at my desk for 10 hours and then hit the site. Here are […]
July 24, 2007 | Startups | 6 comments
Rob Malda (aka cmdrtaco), the founder of Slashdot.org has written a rather schizophrenic piece on Slashdot about Alexa. He spends most of the article beating up Alexa, but is sure to include 5 links to the website in the article – two of them specifically asking people to install the Alexa toolbar. A while ago […]
July 23, 2007 | Tech News | No comments
Starting a software business? Looking for a software engineering process? You can spend a month getting your head around one of these: Agile software development Crystal Clear Extreme programming Lean software development ISO 12207 Rational Unified Process CMM ISO 15504 Or.. 2 seconds learning the Nike method: