Archive for October, 2007
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007Good Magazine has a spread on world retailers who operate the most square footage across their stores. Some of the companies that made the list (like Walmart and McDonalds) are not suprising to see at all. Here’s the image (click to enlarge):
A few things I DID find suprising:
Some of the others on the [...]
Top 10 ways to create a 301 redirect
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Tonight I redirected a new domain my brother-in-law purchased back to his main site. He and his wife are chiropractors in Ottawa (just setup, may 401 till it’s propogated!) and the new domain is a little shorter and easier to type in than their full domain name (PrestonFamilyChiropractic.ca).
So I thought I would take [...]
Thought of the day
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Hello everyone!
I’ve been out of town a lot recently (with the day job) as well as launching a new blog (MichaelValiant.com – warning, not food related at all!) so I apologize for not being around here much.
Thanks for the comments (that took me forever to moderate)!
I will re-kick things off with a thought for the [...]
The Ultimate WordPress Plugin List
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007While I’ve always believed in working hard once I’ve set my mind to something, I’ve spent a lot of time over the past year or two trying to teach myself how to work SMARTER as well.
One of the ways I try to do this is by automating my daily life as much as possible. [...]
Future of the Press Release
Sunday, October 14th, 2007My mini-holiday is quickly coming to an end (will be back in the office on monday) and I’m trying to get my brain back in the game tonight by catching up on some RSS reading (shhh. Don’t tell my wife!)
Unfortunately, typical to my partially type-A personality, my light reading quickly became heavy research on a [...]
Blogging / SEO tip of the day…
Thursday, October 11th, 2007I have a quick Blogging/SEO tip for today:
I finally figured out what went wrong with my template. Thanks for all the suggestions, but it looks like it was my own error in the end (not that I thought it was going to be anything else!)
A snippet of code I put in to prevent a [...]
My Daily Twitter – 2007-10-08
Monday, October 8th, 2007cool… click around once it loads! http://tinyurl.com/ynq99t #
@chrisbrogan you can Always blog what’s on your mind Sometimes you just have to deal with the results. #
Glad to be home, Atlanta was too humid. #
#1 question I was asked at the Big Seminar was "Why would I want to use Twitter [...]
Why continue learning?
Monday, October 8th, 2007You only pay for education once.
You’ll pay the rest of your life for ignorance.
The Big Seminar – Georgia ‘07
Monday, October 8th, 2007I finally arrived @ home last night around 1 am, tired but pumped after a great weekend in Georgia. The Big Seminar was great. What made it so great you ask?
The People.
Yeah, capital ‘P’ – People. All of them. If any of the people I met, connected with, or chatted with [...]
My Daily Twitter – 2007-10-03
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Pros and cons of Facebook opening up to Search Engines… http://tinyurl.com/yuu5q5 #
multiple versioned IE: anyone tried this? http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE #
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Off to the BigSeminar in Georgia
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Tomorrow’s going to be a long day of travelling.
I’m heading to Atlanta to attend Armand Morin’s BigSeminar. Many of the shows attendees are merchants of ours, so it is always an interesting show to attend.
Unfortunately I’ve gone and let my passport expire. I haven’t been out of the country much in the past couple of [...]
Facebook the next Wikipedia?
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Is this blog about Facebook.
No. It just so happens that Facebook is big (like Oscar Meyer big!) and I’ve been having a number of Facebok related conversations lately…
And this blog IS about the conversations.
So, Over on MarketingConversation.co I’ve been talking some more about Facebook opening up to Search engine traffic and what may or [...]
My Daily Twitter – 2007-10-02
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007So I just finished watching the Jim Carey movie ‘23′ and I look up as the movie ends and the digital clock above the TV says 1:13… eerie #
Haven’t had a podcast in a long time. Decided to jump back on the bandwagon, but this time in video… look out world, here I stumble! [...]
And so the journey begins…
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007Click to Play
Ok, it’s been a while since I published a podcast or played with video and I figured it was high time to get my hands dirty again.
This is a test video, for me to stretch out my ill-used video editing muscles… I guess you could think of it as a pre-show episode; and [...]
Office A.D.D. or, Email – the Brain Grenade
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007I just came across a fascinating article on MensHealth.com regarding the frantic pace of office life now-a-days. I’ve copied some of the most interesting information below, but recommend heading HERE to give it a read in full (you’ll find more information and tips on overcoming problems):
“Our brains field more data than ever before,” says noted [...]
Future of Social Media
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007Do you see Social Media as the platform of the future web? Or just another tool, integrated into the infrastructure?
Let me know what you think and I’ll write my answer in the comments later today.
23
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007I just finished watching the Jim Carey movie 23.
As the movie ended and I hit the power button on the remote, I glanced up at the digital clock above the TV…
It read 1:13, which my influenced mind read as 23. eerie.
hmm… now that I think a little bit more about it…
www.michaelvaliant.com/ = 23 characters!
Todays [...]
My Daily Twitter – 2007-10-01
Monday, October 1st, 2007Good business article on interpersonal skills: http://davidmaister.com/articles/1/47/ #
Web 2.0 at it’s best… I’d love to see this for more languages! http://livemocha.com/ #
Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my blog today @BeckyMcCray! As your blog usually does you’ve left me with food for thought #
Celebrating 1ShoppingCart’s 1 year anniversary as part of [...]