Connecting the dots of life and business

Today is the first day of 2011 and like most I spent some time reflecting on 2010.  I’m pretty happy with what I accomplished, but a glaring hole was my blog.  Glaring doesn’t really state the size of this gap, I literally didn’t post once the entire year… as in ZERO.  With so many people [...]

Remember when gmail invites were all the rage? That was a hot invite to get. The latest rage seems to be Pownce. Today, I received an invite from a blogger who’s name is the best I’ve seen in recent days, Jeffro2pt0. But Pownce wasn’t the first invite I’ve found from another blogger. Rob gave me [...]

I mentioned in this site’s first post I’m not new to blogging (just going hard again on a personal blog). My business partner is a top 3,000 blogger and I’ve started two group blogs (More Than Derby- Louisville, Kentucky’s first city blog and co-founded Outside the Valley a web 2.0 review blog). But quickly, I [...]

Gauging someone’s popularity in school was measurable by your spot in the lunchroom. Online, we have several metrics to see where we sit in the blogsphere. I’m currently in the corner with my stromboli and chocolate milk. I know it, I’m fine with it, but I’m not staying here forever. I want to move closer [...]

Rarely, do I come to the defense of my local newspaper, the Courier Journal, but one of their sports bloggers was kicked out of press row during a NCAA post-season baseball game. According to Brian Bennett, the Gannett-hired blogger received a memo on Friday stating the following (my bold added): Since blogs are considered a [...]