When I’m asked what I do all day, I usually answer that I monitor changes in information and relay those changes to the appropriate people, at the appropriate time. Perhaps I could put an anagram on this process and call it JITI (Just In Time Information). The key to JITI is a combination of human knowledge
It seems that I’m finding out lately that “the more I know… the more I know I don’t know”. Yesterday was a prime example of how I learned about two things that I probably should have know about well before yesterday.
New PACER “Look & Feel”
First up… PACER is launching a new “look and
When you’ve looked at all of the great things that the web analytics tool Woopra does, you’ll probably never go back to Google Analytics again (and I really like Google Analytics). I’ve been monitoring the traffic on 3 Geeks for the past few months using Woopra, and I have to tell you that it is
I’ve been hearing that there is a new “spooky” website out there called Spokeo that is freaking people out about how much information this site can find about you using just your name or email address. According to the website Smarterware:
Spokeo is the new people search engine that’s freaking users out, because when
Today’s my last day in New York and I’m ready to get back to Houston where the bathtubs don’t sit in the middle of my living room, surrounded by two walls of plate glass windows, overlooking a park full of joggers. As I mentioned earlier this week, a few bloggers were asked to come to
A couple weeks ago, Bob Ambrogi (who has a great looking new site, by the way) reviewed Paper.li, a resource that creates a newspaper-like result out of specific Twitter accounts. Paper.li, or “Daily on Twitter” as they call it, does some pretty cool things, including automatically categorizing tweets into topics (Technology, Travel, Health, Crime,
The Official Google Blog mentioned that they are bringing one of their features out of the shadows in order to help searchers find sites that are related to those in the search result. According to the post, Google has actually:
offered a “Similar” feature on results for a while now as a way to discover
“The days of sitting in our rooms as marketers — defining our message — pushing it out there — are over. Now your brand is the sum conversations about it…. This changes entirely the rules of engagement.” — Marcel Lebrun, Radian6 CEO
While going over a Fulbright Forum PDF Presentation called “MySpace Is Everyone’s
Well, it has been a year since I plunked down $60 for a Magic Jack device, a cheap cordless phone, and a year’s worth of phone service. Last week, I got a notification that it was time to renew the service. I immediately pulled out my credit card and ponied up another $60 to extend my service
