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Entries from June 2006

ESPN’s Peter Gammons recuperating from brain aneurysm

June 28th, 2006 · Comments Off

In case you hadn’t heard by now, ESPN personality and baseball writer extraordinaire Peter Gammons has had a brain aneurysm, and is currently resting at a Boston hospital after surgery. While he is, of course, a Red Sox fan, he’s always someone I pay attention to as he is clearly so very well connected that […]

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Looking for World Cup while at work?

June 27th, 2006 · Comments Off

Something I haven’t seen blogged or discussed that much but is very, very cool is that ESPN has allowed for free use of its ESPN 360 product for free at this address through July 19. You know you want it.

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BloggerCon IV: Photos

June 24th, 2006 · Comments Off

My photoset on Flickr can be found here, if you’re interested.

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BloggerCon IV: Making Money

June 24th, 2006 · Comments Off

Lots of good discussion going on in the “making money” session that seems to always show up at BloggerCon events. The point that keeps coming up over and over again, that your “personal brand” is where things come from. I can’t agree enough. I wouldn’t have ever reached a point where I was asked to […]

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BloggerCon IV: Saturday A.M.

June 24th, 2006 · Comments Off

Things are moving right along on Saturday morning here at BloggerCon IV in San Francisco, with a slightly smaller crowd (a) it’s Saturday and b) it’s 8 something in the morning) than on Friday. But folks are rolling in the room bit by bit, and we’re talking about some examples where people should be “filled […]

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LiveBlogging @ OTD

June 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off

If you’re looking for me, I’ll be liveblogging BloggerCon IV in San Francisco over at my work blog, Open The Dialogue, with my partner in crime, Chris Thilk. See ya there!

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BloggerCon IV

June 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off

Out in San Francisco for BloggerCon IV. Sorry so slacking lately, lots of great things going on, hope to be back up to speed soon, got lots to share.
If you’re in town for this, hit me up via email or IM, or catch up with me at the event Friday and Saturday, should be […]

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Remembering to renew

June 12th, 2006 · Comments Off

A few years ago, before it was as easy as it is today to manage multiple domain names and such through hosts such as GoDaddy and others, I managed to let one domain slip through my renewal-ready fingers when I missed a renewal notice, and as luck would have it, by the time I got […]

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Go Sting!

June 5th, 2006 · Comments Off

This morning, I rec’d an email from my pal Jon Selikoff, saying “Maybe he can get The Police back together now?”
Of course, looking at this on my BlackBerry, it was a bit out of context not seeing the image that was attached.

What a guy. Check out the original article here.

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Sopranos eh while Big Love exits in a big way

June 5th, 2006 · Comments Off

Okay, so I’m a pretty big fan of HBO’s Sopranos, so much so that I’ve been lucky enough to have it as part of my beat at TV Squad. Last night’s finale, which I didn’t have too much of an issue with, isn’t resonating so well with most of the commenters over there, and the […]

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