The Net
This post was guest blogged by Mike Henry of the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 blog. Around 2005 I read about a blogger who made a lot of money blogging the Athens Olympics. It gave me an idea to register a domain and start my own blog for the Beijing Olympics, three years away. At the time I was working a […]
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Ramblings The Net
I made the cover of today’s The Province newspaper. I am featured along with Markus Frind of Plenty of Fish and super domainer, Kevin Ham. This has to be one of the fastest photo to print interviews I’ve ever done. Both the interview and photo session was done on Friday in time for the Sunday edition. The Province interviewed myself […]
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Business The Net
This post was guest blogged by Alan Johnson, who has just started to accept private ads over at The Rating Blog. I’m sure you’ve heard your share of opinions from people who say that a competitive niche shouldn’t be approached, since your chances at being successful are slim to none. I’ll spare you the boring introduction and will get right […]
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Fine Dining
With the pending closure of Wally’s Burger, we decided to forgo the normal Dot Com Pho to do a Dot Com Wally’s. However, there were some disagreements in the ranks. Many of the fellow dot com had already been to Wally’s upon hearing about its closure. Stephen recommended we all hit Tops Restaurant instead of Wally’s. Since Tops was just […]
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Ramblings The Net Videos
In The Sunday Province I will be in tomorrow’s edition of the Vancouver Province newspaper. Along with the Vancouver Sun, the Province is the city’s other major newspaper and the Sunday edition is their biggest issue with a readership of over 400,000. Getting old world media coverage is one of the best way to increase readership and expand your brand. […]
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Technology
Yesterday, the Fedex man dropped off a package from Apple Computers. Inside was a brand new Macbook Pro. Anyone who know me know that Apple isn’t on my list of favorite computer makers. To me, Apple is a music company that happens to make computers as well. The new Macbook Pro is the first Apple laptop to make use of […]
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Ramblings
The first time I looked at BlogStorm was back in July 2007 when its founder and chief blogger, Patrick Altoft, ordered a review for his then new blog. BlogStorm has grown a lot since then and recently underwent a complete redesign. With a new look comes a new drive to expand the readership so Patrick asked me to take a […]
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Business Ramblings The Net
Winner of The Waterman Pen Congrats goes out to Amanda of Mommy Mandy for winning the $80 Waterman pen from the promotional pens maker, 1234Pens.com. Now Amanda can stay at home and have a nice pen to write with. Congrats again. Thanks to everyone who entered. Look for a new contest soon. Want To Make An Easy $20? My buddy […]
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