Entrepreneur billionaire Mark Cuban posted an interesting challenge on his blog. He's started a contests of sorts... post a business plan in the comments on his blog and if he likes it, he'll fund it. There are a couple catches, like the business has to be cash-flow positive in 60 days, and profitable in 90 [...]
SitePoint is selling 5 downloadable PDF books for $29.95 (total!) in an effort to raise money for bushfire relief. If you're not familiar with the fires ravaging through Australia, there's a summary below. I already have almost every SitePoint book written and still contributed. 100% of the proceeds go to help the bushfire victims. It's [...]
Ma.gnolia, a social bookmarking web application (very similar to Delicious), has had a catastrophic failure and lost all of it's data (including backups). The founder Larry Lalff has posted a letter to members replacing their website. The website was completely taken down, while engineers attempt to reconstruct the database. See the letter below: Dear Ma.gnolia [...]
This is a cautionary tale about a company I used to be a brand evangelist for, but am now teetering on the edge of disgruntled. I have been wearing Levi’s jeans since I was a little boy. They always fit, they last a long time… they’re just damn good jeans. I can’t explain the overall [...]
I am now a Qualified Google Advertising Professional. I took the exam today, along with Brant Kelsey and Katie McGinty, from Kelsey Advertising & Design. We've been going through the lessons in the Learning Center studying for the exam, and we all passed by a wide margin. What is a Qualified Google Advertising Professional? A [...]