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One of my friends who is also a Linked In Contact wrote me this email in response to Linked In's automated updates :)

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Greg wrote:
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GROUP UPDATES:

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* Caroline Meeks has joined Women 2.0
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Geez. I had no idea. I won't ask about the new features.

(Sorry, but it couldn't be left alone...)

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02:22 PM, 24 Jul 2008 by Caroline Meeks Permalink | Comments (0)

Another Correlation, Richard Feynman and Paul Graham [www.jakevoytko.com]

(photo by phatman of flickr)

Another reference to go along with my previous post notes how Richard Feynman's description of the NASA engineering process,

"The usual way that such engines are designed (for military or civilian aircraft) may be called the component system, or bottom-up design"

coincides with good programming practices. Jake Voytko notices that Paul Graham says something similar in ANSI Common Lisp,

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posted in OpenACS / .LRN

01:00 PM, 13 Jul 2008 by Dave Bauer Permalink | Comments (0)

Don't Bother with SEO. Did it Ever Work? [www.cincomsmalltalk.com]

(photo by Irini Soulki of flickr)

Jeff Jarvis says that as Google makes search more personalized, search engine optimization will be less relevant.

"What does that mean to brands? The world gets confusing once more. But I think it means that true relevance becomes more important than SEO tricks"

James Robertson says it has been irrelevant for awhile.

"Trying to "optimize" for Google (et. al.) is a game whose relevance is vanishing."

I agree, it has always been irrelevant if you were actually providing useful content for your visitors.

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posted in Business, Blogging

10:40 AM, 08 Jul 2008 by Dave Bauer Permalink | Comments (0)

My new Wii Fit

(photo by by lynnftw)

I have a new Wii Fit!!! Nope, I’m not going to post a video of me hula hooping so you are safe on that one. I’m not even going to post pictures of my graphs.

Lots of things suck about the Wii Fit game. You can’t string together activities so you waste a minute or two between each activity. You can’t share your data on the internet so you can’t compete with your friends. But I assume they will fix these problems and charge me another $39.95 to get a new version.

The board itself works remarkably well. It's amazing how it can tell where my body is and it's cool to have visual feedback on my balance as I do the yoga poses.

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07:33 PM, 06 Jul 2008 by Caroline Meeks Permalink | Comments (0)