Web Strategy Micksup

On holidays and playing my dads facebook scrabble while he gets another cold beer on a hot day. Twttr feels like work… #
Happy 2009! http://piurl.com/_rM : current location #
A bit wobbly on New Years Day but very excited about the year to come. Nap time now though. Then maybe some basketball this afternoon. #
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2008-08-14 Anna & the Moving Truck 004

Originally uploaded by peglatz

As you can probably see, I’m not blogging here much anymore. Not because I don’t care, but because I’m actually so busy doing web strategy work now - which is really a lot more fun [...]

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fahrenheit burn

Originally uploaded by mrtwism

It’s been a while since I wrote on this blog, but this issue is crucial.
Elias has written a great post about the Internet Filtering issue here in Australia and I wanted to have my say.
Summary - In an effort to [...]

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Morning Exercise Video

Originally uploaded by Tavallai

Q. What do you get if you cross a mental aerobics class with the hefty world of enterprise business without the need to get on a plane?
A. The Enterprise 2.0 Forum
Great news is that it’s on again.
Tuesday, February [...]

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QANTAS Boeing 747SP, Wellington, 1981

Originally uploaded by PhillipC

Last week when I was flying to Brisbane I tried to access the Qantas club of which I am a paying member.
I was denied.
My client had booked a Virgin flight (startups saving money, which is good [...]

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Dual Screen wallpaper

Originally uploaded by bigmick

I haven’t blogged here for ages. But I am blogging. I’m just doing more of it on the Pollenizer blog then here.
Personal experiences and non-Pollenizer quarterly board committee unanimous triplicate approved posts will still go here.
But, in way [...]

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fountain pen.JPG

Originally uploaded by Bright Meadow

Laurel asked a great question which I’ve answered many times one-on-one over the years but never blogged.
How do I blog?
Well, there is 99 ways to skin a cat and more to blog. But here are my normal blogging methods. [...]

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I had a magic moment and thought I’d share it.
I use Flickr Fan by Dave Winer to get photo feeds from AP and Alliance France Media. It sends to my desktop and screensaver amazing pics from media photographers around the world within 15 minutes of them being uploaded. It’ amazing. You can see events [...]

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Startup Options For 2009

Originally uploaded by bigmick

There is lots of talk about VC’s being the bringers of doom for startups, self-fulfilling prophecies and money falling off the planet.
My brief take on it is that things have changed. Not terribly much, but terribly. We’ve gone [...]

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Carrot Cake

Originally uploaded by rexipe

I saw the email below in my inbox and realised a few times that morning I’d been talking to clients about how to encourage your customers/users/peeps to do things. How to get them to sign up, fill in their profile, add [...]

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I’m back from 2 weeks working overseas and 2 weeks holidays. Had an amazing time and will be back blogging at full pace soon.
I miss all my geek pals and geek projects and am fully charged and ready to get back into it.
More news shortly.

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in flight internet

Originally uploaded by bigmick

The World Just Changed
Wow!!!!
I’m on board next to a Six Apart guy and he pulls out this brochure from the seat folder thing and it says;
Wi-fi with Wings - Gogo
“WHAT???”
“Inflight Internet”
“No way!!!”
So for $12.95, I’m blogging from the clouds between [...]

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good guide - no iphone?

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Good Guide launched a few minutes ago and it’s amazing. They research thousands of products and you can search to see if they are good or evil from an environmental, community, responsibility, niceness point of view.
Wow.
Very [...]

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Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen - Safety Pin

Originally uploaded by Marshall Astor - Food Pornographer

The panel format here at TechCrunch 50 #tc50 is really useful. You get to see a good demo, then here smart, experienced people deconstruct it.
There has been a lot [...]

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BRT_2873

Originally uploaded by Bryan Thatcher

Great dinner last night in San Francisco with some good tech people. Great wine, great Thai (Basil on Folsom) and great talk.
Dan Kaplan was there (in real life for the first time) and gave some to-the-point insights. I get the feeling [...]

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