Archive for the ‘This n That’ Category
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Ooops, we really didn't see that one coming.
Well, kind of:
This is just a little note to let you know that all our board members are fine. They sold enough stock before our entire little shack vanished.
As for our 50,000 employees:
We are glad to announce that the weekend is coming. ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
I won't go over all the great speeches and podium discussion at Blogworld 2008. 100's if not 1000's of other bloggers have covered this already via Twitter or in depth on their blogs.
I just want to sum up the things that stood out for me to make this a very ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Imagine a conference center that usually holds 100k + visitors - filled with nothing else but ~ 300 bloggers - many of them leading thinkers and influencers. That's what #1 of the Blogworld Expo 2008 looked like.
Of course bloggers are interested in growing their "tribe" or following and so a ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Today marks a special day on my calendar as I turned into an American Citizen.
I have arrived;-)
I visited this country the first time in 1983 and figured that this is where I will eventually end up. I don't want to bore you with the details and all the different Visa ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Here is a rather unique opportunity to get in front of the experts: Dave Taylor and Andy Beal will be hosting the Aloha Social Media Summit Colorado.
The event will be held in Boulder at the "Techstars Bunker" on October 6th & 7th.
It is labeled to be an un-conference. The price ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Guest Olympic Post From Rohit Bhargava
When I boarded my flight to Beijing, I didn't have a single ticket for any Olympic events and I wasn't worried. To understand why, I need to tell you about my best day during the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000. I was living there ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
My name is Jacques Rogge. I just woke up from a long and bad nightmare. I just spent 7 years being totally delusional.
Wishful thinking ruled
We had an idea that awarding the games to Beijing would make a difference in the lives of one of the wonderful people of China. ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Following yesterday’s criticism of Lenovo Olympic site “Voices of the Olympic Games” I am suggesting a different route. Something a bit more real.
I am focusing on the area of web videos. Everyone looks and talks about videos these days. They are a great way to start conversations. So it is ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
I waited a few weeks to look around the Lenovo site that was built around the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. I wanted to see how things unfold.
Lenovo created a group blog featuring 100 athletes sharing their experiences before and during the games.
Status Quo
Lenovo is a worldwide partner of the ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
+++Off topic posting+++
Sorry cycling fans but I had to publish a list of how the Tour de France teams should really be named. Their current team names are a bit misleading.
Here are my Top 10 in reverse order:
Balco VIPs
Eternal Youth Project
Secret Kettle
Liar Liar
Ben Johnson Brotherhood
Prozac Schmozac
Chemical Brothers
Bend It Like Armstrong
Asthma ...
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