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delayed

No shocker here. My flight to D.C. is delayed about an hour. I’m scheduled to have a 2 p.m. podcast with HotJobs’ Dan Finnegan, so I’m getting a little anxious about getting checked into my hotel and to the conference on time. Of all the interviews I have set-up, Dan may be the most interesting. [...]

shrm pre-game

With carry-on bag packed and ready, I sit in bed on a Sunday night prepared for a Monday morning flight into Washington, D.C. for the SHRM conference. The show officially started for the masses today, but a prior engagement kept me away from the opening of the exhibit hall and Colin Powell. I really wish I [...]

friday humor from a vw bumper

seo is not mcdonald’s

We live in an on demand world. Successful businesses are built on deliverying quality goods and services sooner rather than later. Fast food. Mobile communications. Overnight delivery. You name it, we want it … now! Search engine optimization doesn’t live in this world. SEO lives in a gated community, stuck somewhere in time around 1955. It’s [...]

aol behaving badly

Hats off to The Consumerist for posting the following phone call recording of an AOL user attempting to cancel their account (5 mins): Not sure of the validity of this audio, although it sounds pretty legit, considering the legal speak at the end. Stuff like this really emphasizes the transparency of companies these days. One screw [...]

shrm t-shirts

The T-shirts I’ll be wearing at SHRM next week turned out really well:

craigslist is ready to take your piddling, little town by storm … and they’re just gettin’ warm

Paid Content.org is reporting that Craigslist has added 100 U.S., international markets to its arsenal. New targets include cities like Akron, Ohio and Laredo, Texas. New internationals include Portugal and Helsinki. Up until now, small market newspapers and niche sites could rest comfortably in their state of monopolism. Not anymore. Don’t fall asleep on Craigslist. ~~~~~~~~~~