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Thoughts on Blogging
Do you blog? I’ve been blogging for 7 or 8 years now. I have a food blog, and I once ran a photography blog. I ran the 1ShoppingCart blog for a couple of years. And there are others. There are 2 things that I’ve learned about blogging: 1. It’s a lot of work. 2. If [...]
Music at Work
I’m often asked variations on: “What’s important to know about designing good software?” One answer? Good music piped through good headphones! Really… Know the music that gets your blood moving, but doesn’t act as a distraction and get it into your ears. Top 10 reasons why you should wire in to music while working: It [...]
Hacked for 2010!
Well, looks like someone didn’t like my blog – and my web traffic from Russia and China have both spiked in the past month… Coincidence? Perhaps, but someone brought me down… Until I have time to sort out templates, and plugins etc. I’ll be looking a little vanilla. Unfortunately I’m not much of a ‘remember [...]
New Year @ MichaelValiant.com
2009! Where on earth did 2008 go? My baby turns 1 year old in a few days and it really does just feel like a few weeks ago that I was in the hospital as she cried for the first time (she raised hell when she got a needle in the leg… what can I [...]
Is Product Management the same as Community Management?
One of my coworkers read my post yesterday and, stopping me in the hall said “But isn’t your job (Product Management) basically the same as a community manager?” I’m just going to cut straight to the chase with this one and say it… No, Product Management is not the same as Community Management (unless the [...]
Community Manager
I’ve spent a good amount of time this week looking into the roles of Web Strategist and Community Manager and the one thing that I can say I’ve learned without any doubt is that the responsibilities that fall within these roles seem to be as varied as the companies that staff them. For instance: Some [...]
