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Why You Can't Buy Viral Marketing

2008-08-08T14:24:43Z

This is a really great article by Dawud Miracle. He really brings it back down to earth that viral marketing isn't a product or method that you can just go out and buy or do. Instead, it's an organic process that is created as you do the work of...

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Companies Catching on to Telework, but is the Corporate Culture Ready?

2008-07-29T02:30:57Z

So far I've worked for both public and private companies, for large government organizations, and for myself. I've also been a telework proponent for years. I can say that, without a doubt, I've been most productive when I'm allowed to dictate m...

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Weekend Project: Find Your Real Purpose

2008-07-25T23:25:43Z

I found this post by Steve Pavlina rather randomly, which is sort of cool, considering the topic of the article. And I figured that, since we're headed into the weekend, it would be a good time to post something a little different at Matt's Cupp...

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Pre-Configured Linux Distros for VirtualBox

2008-07-22T19:47:40Z

Another good resource for those who want to play with Linux without committing a box to it. And "pre-configured" always has a nice ring to it. clipped from lifehacker.com If you've been checking out the newest VirtualBox beta for Mac OS X, o...

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Posterous is Minimal Effort Blogging

2008-07-21T02:00:07Z

I know I can always turn to DemoGirl when it comes to finding cool and useful online tools. Here's a great screencast of super easy blogging platform Posterous. Similar to Tumblr, but even easier to use, I can definitely see a growing audience f...

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Seeding grasses

2008-06-25T13:08:52Z

I keep taking picture but haven't had time to post them. I was watching the wind blow the grasses out by the pond today. We've now definitely moved from spring flowers onto summer flowers.

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Father's Day

2008-06-15T20:45:20Z

Father's Day brunch at the folk's place.

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Thai Curry House

2008-06-15T16:54:14Z

Went to a very good Thai place last night for dinner. It's in this strip mall and the sign on the outside just says "Thai Curry House", but inside it's about as authentic as it gets in the Upper Midwest. The food was grand and the decor really bea...

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hail obliterates our plants

2008-06-03T23:26:26Z

We had some crazy weather on Saturday. Thankfully no tornados, but hail that came out of nowhere. We had local radar up looking at a few patches of clouds and suddenly we hear a light clack-clack. My wife just got the car in before we were seeing ...

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Petal Drifts and Learning to Whoosh!

2008-05-26T15:40:51Z

The petals have started to fall from the tree out front. It's amazing that just yesterday there was a petal here and there and today the petals have blown into our patio in large drifts. That seems to be a common pattern in nature, a tentative sta...

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