Archive for the 'blogging' Category
A friend of mine…I’ll call him Arnold Babar…is in the early stages of starting a company. Over a few beers the other night, Arnold asked me a few general questions about service providers we’ve used for various aspects of building the KnowledgeBid expert network management platform and other projects. A few came to [...]
One of the reasons my posting has slowed over the last month or so is because I have drastically cut down on my news consumption and a good amount of my posting was derivative of the random stuff I read on the web. I still check my Netvibes page every day or two, but [...]
So I finally made the switch over to WordPress from Blogger. Blogger served me well, but WordPress has features and flexibility that Blogger doesn’t have. It’s a lot easier to change the design and it generally functions much smoother. Blogger is actually a bit better with embedding videos, widgets, etc. but WordPress ironically has built [...]
I have been looking around for a Digg clone and came across a cool company called crispyideas that lets subscribers create customizable user generated/submitted content sites with voting features. You can see crispyideas in action on the Salesforce.com customer feedback page and news sites like PutVote and OSViews. Rates are a bit steep [...]
38 Pitches, Curt Schilling’s blog, has been silent since June 13th. Schilling, a $13m starter for the Boston Red Sox, posted on his loss to Colorado on the 13th, but hasn’t written about his blowout loss to Atlanta on June 18th (after which he was placed on the DL) or his subsequent MRI and [...]
The NewPR Wiki is an interesting wiki dedicated to blogging and other forms of…you guessed it…new PR. The best features seem to be the robust lists of corporate and CEO blogs. Blogs are normally used to keep track of things like news and gossip, but they are also really good for sneakier stuff, like [...]
I was flipping through my FeedBurner site stats today and noticed a couple of random places in my “Top Cities” statistic that piqued my curiosity and I checked my Top Cities list over the past month and saw some interesting results. My top 10 cities by readership over the last 30 days:
Chicago - 14.8%
New [...]
Arrington’s post about a police raid on Justin.tv piqued my interest enough to check it out. Kiko founders (a Y Combinator backed calendar start-up that auctioned off their software on e-Bay after Google Calendar ate their lunch) Justin Kan and Emmett Shear started Justin.tv five days ago. Justin wears a head-cam that is [...]
So I just went through my posts and tagged them all with topics (now listed in the sidebar to the right) and now when I see my post headlines in Netvibes and via Firefox toolbar, they are completely scrambled and almost in a perfectly inverted order, since I edited my most recent post first and [...]
I started this blog for several reasons, the primary of which was to have an outlet for my thoughts. Ben Casnocha had a good post a while back on the benefits of blogging, the focus & research it demands, and the benefit of forcing intellectual engagement. I agree with all of Ben’s points, [...]
KnowledgeBid- General Expert: Motorcycle DealershipsWe have consultations available for people intimately familiar with motorcycle dealerships. We would like to discuss customer buying habits and trends that have emerged over the last several months, as well as what you think is coming in the market. Ideal candidates will own motorcycle dealerships.
- Resellers/Users/Customers: Corporate Video Conferencing ProductsWe have consultations available for individuals that can provide updates on the sales trends and evaluations for the video conferencing market. Companies of interest include: Tandberg, Polycom, Cisco and Hewlett Packard. Ideal candidates will be a customer, user or reseller of video conferencing products.
- General Expert: Automotive Fasteners (OEM)We are interested in speaking to anyone who is familiar with the competitive landscape of OEM fasteners business in the U.S., as related to manufacturers like Cummins, Boeing, and Harley Davidson and in the UK with Ford's Premier Automotive Group (Jaguar/Land Rover/Aston Martin) and others. Ideal candidates will have deep industry experience and knowledge of the competitive landscape and trends within the industry.
- General Expert/Instructor: Deception & Social Engineering DetectionWe would like to speak with people who have experience training employees of financial institutions in the art of detecting deception/social engineering. Ideal candidates will have a deep background in instruction/teaching these types of techniques and strong empirical data that supports efficacy of their methods.
- Purchaser/General Expert: Human Resource Information SystemsWe are looking for people who evaluate performance management, talent management, and human resources information systems. Ideal candidates should be familiar with the popular vendors out there such as Success Factors, Taleo and other and be able to discuss advantages and disadvantages of the software and services.
- General Expert: IT ProcurementWe are interested in speaking with IT procurement professionals about trends they have seen in budgets and spending over the last several months. Ideal candidates will manage IT procurement budgets and make purchasing decisions for their organization.
- Retail Buyer: Shoes and FootwareWe would like to speak with retail buyers who deal with shoe purchasing. Ideal candidates will be department store shoe buyers or shoe buyers in other retail sectors. We would like to discuss trends in shoe retail and what you think will happen in the industry over the next 6 - 12 months.
- General Expert: Gaming (Activision)We are looking for people who can comment on Activision's outlook over the next 6-12 months. How will games lke Guitar Hero, World of Warcraft, Bond, Starcraft, Diablo and Call of Duty do? What would be expected in terms of subscriber growth? What challenges lie ahead? We'd be interested in talking to someone at a specialty PC maker like Alienware or a video game analyst with experience talking to investment fund managers.
- Dentists & End Users of Dental LaboratoriesWe are conducting a research project on the use of dental laboratories for various products, including crowns and bridges, and removable devices (dentures, cast partials, etc.). In addition to understanding general product usage and procedure trends, we are interested in the impact of new technologies, such as the CEREC system, and of foreign import products on the use of dental labs in the U.S.
- General Expert: Lawn/Garden Retail (Fertilizer)I am interested in learning about recent trends in the fertilizer industry regarding brands, recent consumer demand, and the extent to which consumers are "trading down" from recognized brand name products. Ideal candidate would be a Regional Manager of the Lawn & Garden department of a prominent retail store.
- General Expert: Motorcycle Dealerships
