Monthly Archives: September 2012

After a tweak in its UI, Acqhire (or, Acquihire) seems to be hockey sticking

[Latest in the accidentally continuing series on "the journey of the buzzword, acqhire (and its variant spellings)"] The 12 readers of this blog have followed the journey of  the little buzzword, acqhire, first coined here in 2005, as recounted by … Continue reading

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What I said (or, wish I said) to AP editors yesterday

Yesterday, I was on a panel during “social media day” at a national meeting of AP media editors. (Confession: I had to look up what a “media editor” is – news editors from media including print, online and broadcasting, as … Continue reading

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Idea to File Away for the Future: A Wiki Your Customers Can Use to Create Custom eBook User Manuals

Yesterday, Wikipedia added the “ePUB” file format as an export option for collections of Wikipedia articles you want to compile. This may not sound like something new, as the ability to compile — and even order a print-on-demand version of … Continue reading

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Slideshow: Photos I took at XOXO Festival in Portland

[See this earlier post for information about the event I attended over the weekend (Sept. 15-16). I'll be posting more about it in the coming days.] Related posts: XOXO Festival: Flickr Slideshow rexblog nano The Tumblr-fication of Google Reader While … Continue reading

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Notes from XOXO Festival: Be Brave Misfits

[Note: Not a direct quote, but my rough translation of what was just said during a XOXO Festival talk by the talented Emily Winfield Martin (@MsEmilyApple, emilywinfieldmartin.com). Emily recounted her journey from setting up an Etsy Account to becoming a big-time … Continue reading

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