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My Working Space
2008-01-16 03:46:00 I know I’m slow, but… Pro Blogger Darren Rowse posted a video of his home office and then asked people to post their own, just as he did the first time. John Cow, Neil Duckett, and Edward Khoo, among many others, posted their work areas, so I thought I’d do the same. My office from ... More About: Computers , Space , Working , Workin
Welcome, New Zealanders!
2008-01-15 22:00:00 I’m often looking at logs, Alexa, Google, etc. This morning, I noticed that (according to Alexa) JoeTech.com is ranked 616 in New Zealand. I think it’s pretty cool that enough New Zealanders stop by every day that this little blog ranks so high. In fact, I’ve decided to post about it, ...
An Open Letter To Spammers: Thanks, but no.
2008-01-15 18:50:00 Dear Spammers, I know you’ve been emailing me pretty adamantly for a long time now, and I really should have responded before now, but I felt it would be better use of my time to respond to all your emails at once, so here goes. My wife bought me a great Bulova 96G46 watch, so I ... More About: Computers , Communication , Open , Letter , Open Letter
Four reasons to visit an UberAffiliate and help me win
2008-01-15 07:05:00 UberAffiliate is having a great contest. He’s giving away 5 125×125 ad spots to those people who send him the most visitors from this morning through the 17th. I’m almost a whole day late to the game, but I’ve gotta try. Here’s four reasons you should help me win. 1. All you have to do ... More About: Reasons , Visit
Childish Gizmodo Staffers Make Us Look Bad
2008-01-14 07:16:00 This year, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada decided to recognize bloggers by giving some well known blogs access to the show much like they’ve given access to the press for years. This was a great step forward for bloggers. Now let’s take a step back. No really… Let’s let ... More About: Make , Gizmodo
ReviewMe.com Sucks and Google Finally Gave Back Some Page Rank
2008-01-12 12:04:00 ReviewWho? There’s nobody to review. JoeTech.com has been online in one form or another for 10 years. In that time, I’ve never sold a link from this domain. The only possible exception would be three paid reviews through ReviewMe.com. By the way, ReviewMe.com sucks and I will probably never see the money ... More About: Google , Page Rank , Page , Rank , Back
Fast Pitch Spams for Attention
2008-01-09 18:00:00 Fast Pitch (fastpitchnetworking.com) are dirty rotten spammers. I got an email to my business email address today, stating that a “colleague has invited you to connect on Fast Pitch”. I get emails from valid networks like Linked In all the time and it looked pretty non-spam, so I read it. The very first thing ... More About: Computers , Fast , Attention
Talk about flattery.
2008-01-09 07:07:00 Today, Mike of Bloggin-Ads.com announced that he has a new, professional, blog theme up. I reviewed Bloggin-Ads last month and although it didn’t look too bad to begin with, I wanted to see how the new theme looked and offer my input. What’s the first thing I saw when I got there? Not only ... More About: Talk
Reviews: Crenk.com, and Bernard Griffiths
2008-01-09 02:30:00 I wanna get Crenk-ed Crenk, founded on September 22, 2007, is a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing Internet products and companies. In addition Crenk interviews some of the leaders in the web space and offers insights into strategies of web 2.0 companies. Last month, Steven Finch asked me to review Crenk.com as part of my ... More About: Reviews , Bernard
Laptop, Desktop, etc. for sale/trade
2008-01-08 01:10:00 I have some stuff to get rid of and I have a yearning for a Digital SLR camera. My budget says I have to sell toys to buy toys right now, so sell I must. Here’s the ad on Craig’s List: http://phoenix.craigslist.org/sys/5317359 91.html Here’s my laptop I’m parting with: Here’s the camera I would like (or something close enough): So ... More About: Computers , For Sale , Desktop , Laptop , Sale
Snoop on John Chow and Entrecard Stickers
2008-01-06 23:30:00 I know I’ve spent a lot of time talking about Entrecard, but there’s a good reason for it. It’s a great site that is making waves in the blog community. I got my seller status token and my stickers all within a few days, so I figured I better post an update. First, the ... More About: John , Stickers , Snoop , Chow
How to Snoop Online - OR - No Retards Allowed
2008-01-06 01:22:00 Every once in a while, someone will come along and try to snoop through your web directory. What they’re looking for can often vary, but most times, you don’t want them snooping. After all, if you wanted them to find it, you would have put it on your site for them somewhere or ... More About: Computers , Online , Snoop , Allo
Review: Dot Sauce Magazine - A Must Read for Domainers
2008-01-03 18:21:00 If you don’t know what a domainer is, then chances are that you are not one. I’m a part-time domainer, buying domains pretty rarely, these days, but I still like to watch the industry and learn new tricks. This is where Dot Sauce Magazine comes in. It’s a blog about buying and ... More About: Computers , Review , Read
Win Another Hundred Bucks
2008-01-01 20:54:00 It’s 2008 and you enjoyed the contests so much last year that I decided to go bigger this year. I’ve contacted some great blogs and we’re working together to give you cash every month, starting now. It’s easy to enter To gain entries into the contest, just do any of the following: - Subscribe to ... More About: Bucks
A Look Back at 2007
2007-12-31 23:22:00 Since this is my first year of really blogging actively, I thought I would take a look back at everything that’s happened, some people who have given JoeTech.com link love, and talk a little about what’s to come for 2008. January Even though I was still figuring out how to blog and, quite honestly, still just rehashing ... More About: Back
5 Ways to Find Anything Faster Online
2007-12-28 20:06:00 Have you ever scoured the internet for a random fact, image, or a site you heard about, but it took you longer than you would have liked? There’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to find anything quickly on the World Wide Web. Here’s five things that should help: 1. Find that image You know ... More About: Online , Aster
1,000 Entrecard Credits Contest Winner
2007-12-25 09:05:00 It’s Christmas morning and the Entrecard 1,000ec contest is over. So if you’ve entered, I’m sure you’re chomping at the bit to know if you’ve won. I counted 1,055 entries, but unfortunately, I can only draw one winner for the 1,000ec. I don’t have a drum roll for you, but I do have a winner, thanks ... More About: Contest , Winner , Credits
Entrecard Store and What I Will Sell
2007-12-22 09:07:00 By now, I’m sure you’re familiar with Entrecard. One of the reasons Entrecard will succeed is their dedication to continued improvement and expansion, tied with their near-obsessive communication with members. Throw in a healthy dose of thinking outside the box, and you’ve got success on a platter. One great example of this ... More About: Store , Sell
Review: Earn More Money With Zlio
2007-12-21 02:10:00 A week or so ago, Peter Sewell of Zlio emailed me, asking if I would like to review the services offered at Zlio.com. He let me know that they had a new version in the works, too, but it won’t be ready until after the new year, and I was anxious to review something ... More About: Money , Review , Earn
JPGMAG.com Puts Amateur Photographers in Print
2007-12-20 02:47:00 I don’t think that I’ve yet mentioned that I am a amateur photographer, armed with a slightly older digital camera, little time, and some creativity. I think I have taken some good photos, but I still view myself as a newbie and I’m always looking for improvement. I could use a camera upgrade, ... More About: Print , Photographers , Amateur
Review: Turning the Tables on Bloggin-Ads.com
2007-12-17 07:37:00 Bloggin-Ads.com has a somewhat unique approach to blogging, and that is to review other blogs as it’s main source of content. At first, I thought this was a bad idea, devised just to get links back to his blog, but then I started thinking about how it can be useful and I felt a ... More About: Tables , Review
The First 5 Minutes of Cloverfield
2007-12-15 01:09:00 When Michelle and I went to see Transformers, I had never heard of this movie. The trailer came up and it was so mysterious. There was no fancy pants actors we recognized, nothing but a glimpse of something destroying the Statue of Liberty and a date: 01.18.08. With just over a month ... More About: Cloverfield , Minutes
1,000 Entrecard Credits (or 4 ads on JohnChow.com) Christmas Contest
2007-12-14 02:10:00 It’s time for another contest. This time, I’m giving away 1,000 (that’s ONE THOUSAND) Entrecard credits. If you have an Entrecard account, you probably already know that John Chow has one and it currently costs 240ec (that’s like Entrecard bucks) to put your card on JohnCow.com for a day. Just think… You ... More About: Christmas , Contest , Credits
I Broke My Phone. Choose My New One
2007-12-13 17:18:00 This morning, I dropped my phone from about 3 feet onto carpet. I’ve dropped many a phone before, but this is my first touch screen and I guess it hit at just the right angle this time. What new phone should I get? My phone is insured, but whenever this happens, I usually take ... More About: Phone , Choose
EntreCard.com: My smart move for the week.
2007-12-12 22:46:00 I plan to write a review of EntreCard over on my other blog, LinkBaitMe.com, and I might even include some nice tricks I learned on how to get a ton of traffic from the site easily, so look for that over there. For now, though, I just wanted to let you know that it’s there and ... More About: Smart , Week , Move
Review: NewestOnTheNet.com
2007-12-12 04:16:00 NewestOnTheNet.com is a blog by Fred Petersabout blogging, social media, internet marketing and any closely related topics. In Fred’s own words: I have created Newest on the Net to provide you with the latest trends occurring in our online world. This blog was born from my love of technology and my fascination with social networking, ... More About: Review , Then
The New Face of JoeTech.com
2007-12-09 21:10:00 I sat here and watched a lot of bloggers re-design their blogs. Shoe did it, Cow did it, and Chow did, too. Meanwhile, I sat here, really disliking the look and feel of JoeTech.com. It was time for a change. (click the images to view full size) I started with a click on an ... More About: Computers , Face
MyBlogLog Contest Results and My $100 Contest Winner
2007-12-06 18:20:00 Well, the MyBlogLog “Become a Pro Blogger” contest is over, and the winners have been announced Even though I didn’t win the grand prize, I feel like I’ve won in other ways which I will get into below. The winners: Site (community members added between 11/8 - 11/30 - some link to posts about the contest) Survival of ... More About: Contest , Results , Winner
GoDaddy and Squirrel Nut Zippers: A Love Affair
2007-12-03 23:27:00 I buy and sell domains from time to time. I’ve been a GoDaddy customer for a long time. Most of my clients are GoDaddy customers as well. As such, I often have a need to call GoDaddy for support. For at least a few years, the ONLY hold music seems to be the ... More About: Music , Love , Affair , Squirrel
Google?s Android in Action, and $10 Million in Developer Bounty
More articles from this author:2007-11-29 03:07:00 There’s been a lot of buzz in the past month about Google ’s “open handset alliance” for cell phone development called Android. In January, there were rumors of a Google hardware answer to Apple’s iPhone. The video below features a preview of android in action. Better still, developers like me get to add to the ... More About: Computers , Communication , Action , Developer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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