18 Key Firefox Extensions That Improve Online Productivity

I’m shocked companies still use Internet Explorer as their standard browser for business. I’m not about to go into a rant about how Firefox is more secure or how it wins in the speed tests, but if those reasons haven’t convinced you to switch your browser or your company’s browser to Firefox, then I have… Continue reading 18 Key Firefox Extensions That Improve Online Productivity

A Mini-Case Study: How to spice up your business card and Get Noticed

Yesterday, I was an attendee at the 2008 Chicago TECHCocktail Conference. It was an amazing conference with some amazing speakers (one of which, Gary Vaynerchuk, will be making a guest post soon). But I’m not here to talk about that. I’m here to talk about business cards. Most business cards are dull and lack any… Continue reading A Mini-Case Study: How to spice up your business card and Get Noticed

Blogging: Apparently it's good for your health, according to Scientific American.

Normally I talk about tech and entrepreneurial trends, but I couldn’t resist talking about this Scientific American story when it popped up on my Google Reader. Apparently, blogging provides significant physical and psychological benefits derived from the creative and expressive writing. This is even more interesting when you consider a New York Times article last… Continue reading Blogging: Apparently it's good for your health, according to Scientific American.

3 Facebook Groups Web Entrepreneurs should join (Because they're useful)

There are very few entrepreneurial groups on Facebook that don’t offer something you can’t find on another website or are extensions of someone’s blogging. These three, however, peaked my interest because of the resources and discussions occurring in each of them and I highly encourage everyone to join them. Don’t forget to comment if you… Continue reading 3 Facebook Groups Web Entrepreneurs should join (Because they're useful)

Micro-hoo-book! has potential. But the (unlikely) combo reeks of disaster.

Tech rumors are always fun to follow. Today’s tech rumor is that Microsoft will buy Yahoo!’s search business and ALL of Facebook. And as you may have guessed, there has been nonstop chatter on the subject. Robert Scoble really got the ball rolling when he started theorizing on the synergies of such a deal, primarily… Continue reading Micro-hoo-book! has potential. But the (unlikely) combo reeks of disaster.

Six Ways to Protect and Enhance your Image on the Internet

(thanks to Mazy for his help on this article) Just three or four years ago, a person could have successfully managed separate online and offline lives (and yes, separate reputations). There was general anonymity to what you did on the internet. You could do the things you wouldn’t normally do in the real world on… Continue reading Six Ways to Protect and Enhance your Image on the Internet

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The next generation of social networks, Part 2: The components of social networks and the potential of all that information

A few days ago, I wrote the first article in a series on the future of social networks. Last time, I framed it within Web 3.0. If you haven’t read part one, a quick recap of Web 3.0: Web 3.0 (or whatever buzzword you like) is about taking the information we have on the internet,… Continue reading The next generation of social networks, Part 2: The components of social networks and the potential of all that information