I had an odd week in which I did a lot of work but did not make a lot of money.
I’m now a consultant?
More than a few times in the last couple of weeks I have been asked questions or have had to direct someone in one of the following.
- Blogs and getting one started
- Social Networking
- Online promotion
I’ve never given it much thought, but I guess I do have a little skill in doing those things. Sure, this blog isn’t that popular, but the other one is and I know what it takes to keep the readers interested and coming back. So there is that.
I did build a podcast from scratch to having over 3k listeners. Not entirely on my own, but I was part of the team that made it happen.
But I’ve never been huge on Social Networking above and beyond Twitter, but I know how it all works and I’m starting to play more on the Facebook and other things.
So, I guess I could consult on these. Too bad I didn’t make any money with the knowledge these times, but there is a really good chance that will change in the very near future.
Most of you have already friend’d me up on twitter and facebook, but if you haven’t, use the links on the right. I always follow back unless you are a spammer, so get to it!
I’m a Fluidapp usin’ fool lately. Boy, what a handy app to have.
Currently using it for.
- TwitLive.tv
- Pandora
- Grooveshark
- Hahlo (for twitter)
- Google Docs
If you haven’t checked it out in a while, there are quite a few cool new features you might like. You can now embed the SSB’s so they ’stick’ to your desktop or set them up to run off of the menu bar.
If you are on a Mac and running Leopard, you should really give this app a go. It’s really slick.
After this on Tuesday.
It made me think. Do I really bitch about IE that much? The more I thought about the more I realized that, yes, I do. IE6 has turned into the iPhone ‘07 bitch (you remember those, right?).
So, I can’t complain about IE6 anymore. Can’t really complain about the iPhone either (but I’m seriously thinking about paring down my twitter for some of the more serious offenders).
I could call to task one of the over 100 business within a 30 mile radius of me that didn’t even bother to send me some kind of reply when I sent in my resume. No, that’s too lame.
Maybe complain about money, or my complete and total lack thereof? Again, lame.
I really can’t think of anything else good to complain about.
So, it looks like I’m going to stick with the eradication of Internet Explorer 6 as my cause for the time being. I would like to refer to Mr. Hotdogsladies for a moment if you will allow.
And, in reference to the point made by Mr. Raditionman above, no, they haven’t. A quick check of the logs on 4 of my sites show that IE6 comprises over 30% of my total viewers, averaging 8.4% per site so far this month. That is a full third of people that read the words I write are doing so with Internet Explorer 6.
I would guess a fair number of those are stuck with it because their IT shops are stuck in a “slow motion stoke”, but it is people like me that will get them to trust, or at the very least, begin to test, Internet Explorer 7 or even (gasp!) Firefox.
I have mentioned that I am no longer supporting IE6. If I lose business because of it, so be it.
But, I will slow down on my bashing.
This coming weekend I will be heading north to Los Angeles for MTTS. I’m really looking forward to it.
We’ll be recording audio, I will, again, attempt video. Plus I’ll be posting a bunch of photos to my Flickr. And, if I can, I will be posting to Twitter.
Posts here from Thursday to Monday might will be lighter than usual.
On another note, later this week I will be giving the pressd section it’s very own Wordpress install right here at w(t)f. New feed and everything. I will post when that happens.
Cameras will be with me all week too. Hopefully I will get some stuff posted before MTTS.
Still not feeling like looking up the Roman Numerals. I present you today with
A random list of things
.- I made a mono-pod from string, a washer and a bolt. It kinda works, kinda.
- I ordered a mono-pod from Amazon this week.
- I haven’t taken a photo since MTTS. I think I need to start carrying my camera with me.
- I haven’t done any video since MTTS. Not sure I will be doing anymore.
- If you missed my tweets from earlier this week, Transmit is, in fact, better than sliced bread and wooden shoes.
- I’ve found a great use for Fluid. As a TwitLive viewer. I’ll show you how later or you can download it here (sorry, Mac only).
- I am again on the hunt for a decent Twitter client. Hahlo is pretty cool in fluid, but it doesn’t update automatically. I know I know, I’ll look at twitterific again.
- It’s truly amazing how much work there isn’t out there. I’ve been sending resumes like it’s nobody’s business and not even getting so much as a bite.
- My phone does turn by turn GPS. I just wanted to throw that out there.
I guess that’s about it for right now. I really need to get to the gym. Oh yea, let me know what you think about that TwitLive viewer. For best results, once it’s running, click the zoom button. You won’t see any of the extra Stickam chrome or, most importantly, the chat room.
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