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Aug
3rd
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SummerMash Austin Photos

I didn’t have a personal photographer following me around for the night like Pete did, so pretty much all of my photos feature Pete and I in some way. Enjoy.

SummerMash Austin…
Jul
31st
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SummerMash Austin. It was fun. Hey. It’s been heck trying to get a ride to the airport, the SuperShuttle left me high and dry, so I’m paying the “you got jacked” rate of $41 to get back to the airport in a rush to catch my flight…
Jul
30th
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Out of Pocket Today

As you read this, I’m probably on a plane to Austin for the SummerMash stop there.

I’ll be in town till about 3PM Thursday. Want to meet up? Leave a comment.
Jul
29th
Tue
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Obligatory Post Bragging About Stats You know, there’s nothing we bloggers like to do but brag about stats. I had intended to follow up the last couple day’s posts - I’m still noodling those ideas, it’s late, and I might just shoot…
Jul
28th
Mon
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Closer To Epiphany I want to express appreciation to all the commenters (here and on FriendFeed) on my last piece, as well as Darren Rowse, Duncan Riley, Steven Hodson, and Alexander M. Zoltai for bringing…
Jul
27th
Sun
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I'm at the Edge of a Eureka Moment Caught wind of another meme today. Richard MacManus over at ReadWriteWeb weighed in on a topic started by Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger. Darren had basically mused on a bit about how the…
Jul
25th
Fri
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A New Tech Politics Voice It’s been a minute since I’ve done a daily podcast on politics and technology; actually coming up on a year since the last “RizWords - Daily Politics and Tech.” The show ran for almost a year…
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Most Amazing Contest Ever Contests by corporations. I get an amazing number of these notifications by email from PR folks on a weekly basis. I’m curious though, since I don’t see a great deal of these ever hit the major blogs…
Jul
23rd
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This Might Explain a Few Things... I’ve been wondering why the local economy in Tyler, TX is better by far than the rest of the country. Perhaps I’ve stumbled on the answer… there’s a local patent troll company here. From the …
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If Tech Blogging Fails So Hard, Why Can I Buy Groceries? There’s this meme going around that tech blogging fails hard. I’m not sure who to blame for this one… obviously Scoble’s a likely candidate, but I think my compadre Steven Hodson in his…
Jul
20th
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Video Bloggers have a Different Ethical Code That’s a slight exaggeration. Things are done a little differently with rich media. I’m not sure why it’s acceptable for the audio or video podcast host to get paid for saying something, and it isn’t…
Jul
18th
Fri
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Terrorist Fist Jabs Replace “New Yorker Magazine” with Loren Feldman, and you have my editorial from last night.
Jul
17th
Thu
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Reason #8,232.551 Politics and Technology are Inseparable

I got an anonymous email just now from an unhappy HTC subscriber from Israel.

“I can’t contact HTC. It appears they’ve removed my country. I live in Israel, which is no longer listed on their…
Jul
12th
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Nerdcore and the Care-O-Bot Hey folks. A quick weekend episode for your enjoyment. I’ll have the MP3 feed going soon, but for now you’re still stuck with the video only feed.

In this episode, I talk a bit about Nas,…
Jul
10th
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Why Go Negative? Up until Steven Hodson joined up at Mashable, I think there was little contest with regard to who was the most controversial writer at the company (now, though he gives me a bit of a run for my…