The Better Mousetrap

It’s about that time now… This is one of the few times of year where we all get together and eat a ridiculous meal.

Today is Columbus Day. To Canadians this is also known as Thanksgiving.

Strangely enough I never thought a Texas Tech football coach would get me thinking about digital vanity. Why do we think our comings and goings are so revolutionary? Are we becoming shades of dishonest as people when our various status updates after adding clients / co-workers to social media networks?

This blog is really a meta blog about how to find topics to blog. Hands down my favorite thing to do is get up on google reader. My writing is typically a reaction to something I have seen and occasionally I get into scuffles on twitter.

There are so many clichéd expressions about waiting; early bird gets the worm, a stitch in time saves nine, you snooze you lose. The goal with conveying urgency in these expressions is to tell what foolishness happens when you do not seize an opportunity.

The internet is an exciting landscape, but I would argue that the web is the zestiest part. Many people do not realize the web and the internet are not one and the same.

Open source software is great for security because all of the world can see it. Holes or backdoors are exposed and there are enough people to contribute to fixing it.

I actually met Richard Stallman once, very briefly. He was giving a lecture at the University of Texas where I once attended.

Web marketing success is not an add-on to developing your site, it is an add-in.

Nouns are out of style now, links cannot be long, nobody emails pictures around.