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5 O'Clock Shadows

New Social Media Discoveries

October 6, 2007

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I’ve made a few discoveries in the last few days. So rather than waxing philosophical on this fine Saturday afternoon, I thought I’d share them with you.
Shelfari seems quite cool. Thanks to Brad P. for pushing me in the [...]

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Life as a professional trailblazer

October 4, 2007

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I’m a bit less manic than I was last night. Many things on the day-job side of life managed. Tonight it’s all about fun-job stuff that’s been piling up too.
As I wrote that sentence, I almost wrote “professional” [...]

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I feel like Flash Gordon…

October 3, 2007

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Originally uploaded by evo_terra

This is me in a manic mood I’ve finally realized that I’ve been piling and piling and piling things up, leaving them stuck in various folders Well now it’s crunch time, as I’ve fallen behind on some key projects [...]

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Knowledge versus opinion

October 2, 2007

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When I was a young man (a boy, really) I hungered to know things. It was important to me that I have an understanding of things and how they fit in the larger universe as a whole. I wasn’t [...]

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Five O’Clock Shadow 76

October 1, 2007

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Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Today was a good day. I haven’t been feeling like I’ve had many of those lately, so it was a welcome change. And rather unexpected, as I may have pulled 6 hours of sleep out of the Friday-Sunday insanity [...]

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2007 PNME After Thoughts

September 30, 2007

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So the 2007 “Podcast Expo” has come to a close. I’ve been fortunate enough to attend since the beginning, all three years. And I’ve already booked my hotel at next years event, the 2008 New Media Expo. Yeah… another [...]

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Customers, Service Providers, or People?

September 26, 2007

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Originally uploaded by evo_terra

The client/service provider relationship is a time-honored tradition. From this we have added many terms to our cultural lexicon, the greatest likely being “the customer is always right”.
I wonder.
No, strike that. I think it’s wrong.
As a customer, I [...]

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The Two Faces of Evo

September 24, 2007

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Originally uploaded by evo_terra

I have a confession to make. I’ve been secretly moonlighting on all of you. And while I cannot apologize for my actions, I can fess up and offer full disclosure. Hey, I did it for you.
Well… some of you. [...]

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The Electric Church by Jeff Somers

September 23, 2007

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I got up early this morning to knock out the final couple of chapters in Jeff Somer’s debut novel1, The Electric Church. Sucks that I have to buy books now, but such is life.
I picked up The Electric Church [...]

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Much on my mind

September 18, 2007

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Holy mother of pearl, but the last two days have been busy!
I spent the better part of this day cogitating on the following:

creating another silo in the company I work for
pondering the question of enhancing the experience of blogs, [...]

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Five O’Clocks Shadow 68

September 17, 2007

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I’m feeling rather frazzled today. Super long weekend (as those following me on Twitter know) and a slammed Monday like I haven’t seen in a while. So this is going to be a short one as I’m going to [...]

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Dresden Files needs to go

September 15, 2007

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I consider myself a fan of science fiction. That status is open to interpretation, as some people equate “fan” with the original meaning of an abbreviated version of “fanatic”, which I am certainly not. And I recognize others are. [...]

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Recap of the Conversational Marketing Summit

September 12, 2007

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I’ve just sat through two days of meetings, presentations, case studies and drinks with some of the smartest minds in advertising, marketing and new media. The venue was the Conversation Marketing Summit hosted by Federated Media.
All things considered, it [...]

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Throwing in the towel

September 6, 2007

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Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Enough of this roller-coaster. Time to be greatful that I live in a world where heroic medicine can exist with traditional medicine. I’ve been sick for seven days now, rolling from one version to another. Whatever this is, or [...]

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Am I missing something about the new iPods?

September 5, 2007

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Originally uploaded by evo_terra

For today’s 5OS (and yes, I’m feeling much better), I thought I’d follow suite and talk about the latest iPod released by Apple. But I’ll take a slightly different approach than you might have seen.
It’s obvious to me that [...]

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Holiday sickness sucks

September 4, 2007

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Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Well my Labor Day long weekend sucked major donkey dick. Yours?
Well, it didn’t all blow. The flu that took me out on Friday certainly blew. The only highlight being when Mur Lafferty called me from the Pimps and Hos [...]

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I Have No Time for That

August 30, 2007

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Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Today’s five o’clock shadow is… A CULT CAST! Yep, it’s been a long LONG time since I put one out. But now the office is ready, I had some free time and thought… why not?
If you’re new to the [...]

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The magic of online video

August 28, 2007

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Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Today I discovered the magic of online video. OK, truth be told, I discovered online video a long time ago, but it was over the weekend when CJ showed me how to get Stickam working. As for the magic, [...]

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13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale

August 22, 2007

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13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale

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I recently completed the print version of David Wellington’s 13 Bullets. Thanks to David for sending me a copy of the book, and for keeping it as a free online serialized text story. For today’s Five O’Clock Shadow [...]

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No, you don’t need to know everything

August 20, 2007

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When someone comes over to my house and says something like “Here, boy” to my dog, I don’t bother to correct them. Yes, the dog is female and yes, the person is wrong. But so what?
Trust me. The dog [...]

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