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Re: Station Fire In Photos on eecue.com : Dave Bullock / eecue

adora — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:18:00 -0000

Aaaaand...cue flashbacks from the 2007 San Diego fires. =]

Seriously though, stay safe. Keeping you guys in my thoughts.

Re: Would You Advertise Yourself on MyCityFaces.com?

jbruin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:31:44 -0000

Lisa, for the most part I completely agree with you. It begs the question, though, since those of us who sell services make it point to promote ourselves via our own web properties, why would we want to ignore another site that might bring in new business? Of course I haven't created a profile and I don't intend to, but I'd hate to not be considered for a job just because the person looking for a contractor wasn't looking on the sites that I already engage with.

Re: Ask Twitter, the Best Way to Find Great Answers

adora — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:31:41 -0000

Brynn Evans is doing some really fascinating academic research on social search: http://brynnevans.com/blog/

Re: Would You Advertise Yourself on MyCityFaces.com?

adora — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:25:28 -0000

I spent a few minutes browsing the site, and the social media reductionist in me doesn't see a need for a service industry profiling site. Profiles are not a destination, they are an extension into a network to encourage users to check out your blog / website / home base / whatever. Sufficient networks already exist (Yelp, LinkedIn), and I don't see MyCityFaces changing Internet search behavior en masse to look for service people on their site instead of Googling "San Diego $industry."

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

adora — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:46:16 -0000

Link goes to this page, which is a Citibank upsell. This is marginally better than when I thought it was a 3rd party ad, but still setting a dangerous precedent.

EDIT: Now that I'm looking at it, I'm pissed that the whole reason why I was logging into my account was to check to see if I had any included travel insurance. Dammit, I hate marketing.

Re: Adorkable Geeks - Mark and Bill’s check-in interview from last week...

adora — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:57:16 -0000

Holy crap, there have been almost 1000 more views since I checked the numbers on this last night.

Re: Adorkable Geeks - Reality Fan Forum - EP2: 10/5 “Do You Like...

adora — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:27:06 -0000

Mark smacks people upside the head ALL the time now. I think he's made it his signature move.

Re: Adorkable Geeks - The Amazing Race “bike commercial”

adora — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:26:21 -0000

I can't tell if Mark's scream near the end is primal, wookie, or "nooooooo".

Re: A little tiny progress

gemalynn — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:52:12 -0000

Thank you! There are defintely things I would like to add to my blog. I'll be in touch :)

Re: A little tiny progress

adora — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:30:22 -0000

I'm sure you've made tons of changes since writing this post, but the site looks great now! If you ever have any "how do I do X in Wordpress" questions, feel free to shoot them my way. =]

Re: Adorkable Geeks - And for the record, we were the only team who...

adora — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:19:08 -0000

You are absolutely right. I'd never heard that word before and got applicable results when I googled that spelling. Thanks for the correction!

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

adora — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:28:44 -0000

I think this guy is hilarious. I've added his 365 project updates to the Comics folder in my RSS reader. =]

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

adora — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:12:02 -0000

Hmm, Wordie isn't importing correctly. Will have to tweak on that...

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

robertgaal — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:02:23 -0000

Web apps to be precise, across all browsers, but how we'll do that will remain a surprise for now ;) Good to see you guys enthusiastic about this.

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

adora — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:18:17 -0000

Whoa, really? That's excellent! Will it specifically track only web "apps" or web usage in general?

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

adora — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:17:31 -0000

I don't think Wakoopa's designed to be that detailed of a productivity monitor, but you do present a good point. I found and installed Pageaddict for Firefox, and will start posting domain breakdowns next week.

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

bryanpayne — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:45:20 -0000

Weak. Guess I'll have to do the same.

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

adora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:40:43 -0000

If Wakoopa had this image in an RSS feed, I could automate it...but unfortunately I have to cut it out of my weekly status email and post by hand.

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

adora — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:04:20 -0000

And please let me know if I'm way off base here, since I haven't seen anyone else on twitter waving a red 1984-esque flag (haven't read too many other blog posts yet rather than Messina's that I quoted earlier).

Re: What’s in Ze Bag

adora — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:06:08 -0000

Rob,

I'm a huge sticker fan myself, but I realized the other day that I've never used a single sticker from StartupSchwag. If it's not something I'd want to put on my laptop, I'd rather not even include it in the bags. I'm going to start sourcing one or two super nifty die cut or clear film stickers (or a button?) instead of trying to include so many different companies.

Don't get me wrong, we love and appreciate every company that has ever been kind enough to participate in the schwagging, but it's time to address the fact that we're not fulfilling what you guys want.

Getting the "other branded items" is a whole different beast, since most startups can't afford to print up that much stuff. As Roddy says below, "we're working on it," but this has definitely been the hardest demand to meet.

Regarding our latest shirts...all the feedback (that I heard, anyway) on the Pownce shirt was that it was the best one we ever sent out, and although I'm not a fan of the color of the Friendfeed shirt, it's still a service just about all our subscribers use. Part of the model (and fun) of StartupSchwag is not knowing what you're going to get, which inevitably leads to not getting your absolute favorite service each month, but we'd ideally pick companies that will be more hit than miss. Perhaps we can implement some sort of profile functionality so that we know what services you guys use the most so that we know what schwag would be most appreciated. /me sets mode #Lisa +brainstorm

I agree that there are big improvements that we can make, and I'll be dedicating some cycles to figuring out how to make StartupSchwag more valuable to a broader sample of people.

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

adora — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:59:39 -0000

Even better, the email to submit items for review is admin@company.com.

Re: Reality and a Nightmarish Kissing Blunder

jbruin — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:13:31 -0000

Lisa, I really appreciate your comment. It's a struggle to know what's best, but I definitely think that I might try password protecting some posts as an experiment. Of course I'll give you the password if I do! :)

Re: Reality and a Nightmarish Kissing Blunder

adora — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:20:24 -0000

You should never completely stifle yourself to save ruffling someone else's feathers. If writing openly about your relationships stresses you so much, perhaps you could start password protecting your posts, or (and I almost loathe to suggest it) start a private livejournal where it's easier to control who has access. I definitely don't want you to stop writing!

And if you haven't seen it, this post on the extremely public breakup of Chris Messina and Tara Hunt might really open your eyes on what it means to be open: http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/so-open-it-hurts

Re: Startup Schwag 2.0

adora — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:06:55 -0000

Super job, topherchris!

Re: Lisa Brewster | Tumblelog

adora — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:47 -0000

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