The Toshiba Satelite M35X-161 laptop served me well over the last four years. But the Celeron 1.3 GHz CPU has not been keeping up with me lately.  I needed more horse-power. Enter the Dell Latitude E6500.

I surely thought Twitter was for the birds after creating my Twitter account back in early 2007. As an entrepreneur, I find that time and resources need to be well targeted and purposeful. I could see no purpose as I stared at the blank screen. This was not a resource for me. Today, I can [...]

Stop scaring off Twitter followers and invite them to follow you with a well thought out Twitter profile. Generally when you follow someone on Twitter they will either follow you automatically or investigate you and then decide. Let’s look at some ways to configure your profile to encourage people to follow you, rather than scaring [...]

Tuesday was the 18th Web Innovators Group meeting. The Scene A free meeting of over 600 people. The event is sponsored by the Venture Capital firm Venrock. There are a lot of VC’s on the floor as well as folks in every related Internet line of business you can think of. Most attendees are in [...]

You are following friends, friends are following you, but who got left out? Ever want to compare who is following and who is not? Twitter Toolbox is the answer A nifty Firefox (and Flock) plugin that adds a sidebar with three tabs. Compare Twitter followers and following in three ways Who are you following, that [...]

The Twitter micro-blogging service inspires folks to create new services and tools. Let’s look at a sampling. TwitDir – allows you to search for Twitterers. TwitterMap – shows a Google Map of Twitterers and their Tweets. TwitterVision – shows a Google Map live view of Tweets around the earth. TwitThis is a plugin to allow [...]

Connections. That is the reason to attend these types of events. To connect with people in person and the ideas that they represent and share. Networking online is great, but you have to meet people face to face. Who did I meet again? Stephen Turcotte of Backbone Media. Laura Fitton of Pistachio Consulting Chris Brogan [...]

Twitter? Sometimes the only way to learn something new is to try it. That is the approach I chose with Twitter. Here is the story. I opened an account in April 2007 (not an early adopter) and abandoned it out of shear ignorance. After meeting my Twitter evangelist friends Chris Brogan and Laura Finton in [...]

97th Floor just released a cool social media tool for Firefox users (which should be everyone). I guess from the 97th floor, these folks have a good view of the social media landscape. That is what this tool will do for you. Social media for Firefox places five indicators down in the status bar, near [...]

Last night I attended the WebInnovatorsGroup in Cambrigde, along with 600 other folks. Nine new technology companies were showcased, most of them just breaking onto the scene. I sat in the audience listening to the six minute descriptions of each business, with the ear of an investor, multiple consumer personas, reseller, vendor or as part [...]