Congratulations, Internet. We Won the Day. Today, I feel like a proud poppa. I don’t want to get too celebratory and put out some kind of aura that our battle against SOPA and PIPA are over. In fact, neither are over. But I’ll get to that … Continue reading → Open Letter to Congressman Lamar Smith Regarding SOPA Championing An email sent to the House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), who insists on pushing the SOPA bill through committee. Dear Mr. Smith- This is an open letter which will be published online, and promoted on Facebook, Twitter … Continue reading → PSA: If You Pitch Me, I Will Blog It I get far too many pitches from PR companies. If anyone has paid any attention to this blog, they would know I never cover products, books or anything else along those lines. I don’t break tech news. So embargoed information … Continue reading → Your Fiefdom Doesn’t Matter (Or Get your Head out of Your Regional Startup Ass) There’s this thing called Protectionism. Protectionism is largely a political word used to describe the retreat to self-isolationism for the sake of preserving well-being. It was a word tossed around in late 2008 and 2009 after the market crash when … Continue reading → Dude, Shut Your Effing Social Media Mouth. It’s been awhile since I ranted. Like really ranted. I’m about to change that. <rant> It’s no secret that social media marketing has turned largely douchey. Self-important blowhards show up at SXSW, Blog World Expo and many other industry events every … Continue reading → Skunkworks Back in October, I announced my departure from WP Engine. At that time, though I didn’t talk about it on this blog, I decided to take some time off, more or less. Since 2006, I’ve been hard at work with … Continue reading → |