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Anthony Weiner and online reputation management
Anthony Weiner, you’re ahead of your time. Your level of shameless and fearless exploration of sexuality and the body online is a foreshadowing of what the future will be like.Just about every teenager...
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How much would the Dollar Menu cost at $15/hr
According to a recent Forbes article, How Much Would A Big Mac Cost If McDonald’s Workers Were Paid $15 Per Hour?, it would become the Dollar-Seventeen Menu:If McDonald’s workers were paid the $15...
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The future of boating is sharing
My former business partner, Mark Harrison, and his lovely girlfriend, Jaclyn Baumgarten, have launched a boatsharing service named Cruzin.com — sort of like Airbnb for boats, watercraft, and yachts....
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24 tips for runners from David Willey of Runner’s World
I have read Runner’s World for year — often when I am not even remotely running at all. I read my new issue of Runner’s World at the pool today and came upon the following tips, a collection David...
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You must armour your online reputation
When high-end online reputation management experts like me get together and kibitz about prospecting new business we always talk about how much all our clients would have benefited from taking our...
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Are you surfing the social media marketing wave?
Social media marketing and digital PR consultants spend too much time paddling and not enough time surfing.Let me explain: it’s my opinion that social media and digital marketing strategists spend so...
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Recover from Google’s recent changes to search
People are freaking out about the new Google Search. Online marketplaces that have historically been very profitable in the past have dropped off a cliff for many companies, be it direct sales...
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How to survive city bike riding in Washington, DC
If you’re in an urban environment and have taken to the streets on a pedal bike, be it through a bikeshare scheme or on your own bike, you’re going to get yourself killed unless you benefit from my...
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Your customers’ friends’ friends are your best prospects
People I know know Miriam’s Kitchen through me and my volunteering there. That said, when I do volunteer I can’t help but share my time chopping veggies or serving my homeless guests.It’s really the...
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My Facebook Account is Temporarily Unavailable
I feel a deep sense of rejection. And yes, I am Jonesing a little bit. Not.
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Fall Pig Roasts by Green Pig Bistro
I just received an email this AM with the best news ever, though news I will not be in a position to take advantage of: I don’t need a roasted pig any time soon. But roasted pig is delicious and the...
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Miriam’s Kitchen’s volunteers are a secret ingredient
I don’t know if I have ever shared this with you buy I am featured in this Miriam’s Kitchen video about what it’s like to be a Miriam’s Kitchen volunteer. Please watch.Related articlesYour customers’...
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Stardom = Vine + Gummies + Nicholas Megalis
Gummy Money Yo my name is Nicholas And this is rediculous Got my gummy money And it is deliciousnessIs Saturday Night Live in his near future?Inspired by This Guy Has the Second-Most Followed Account...
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A new horse in the stable: a Purple 1995 BMW K1100LT
My Honda XR650L has been in surgery at Coleman Powersports for so frigging long that I ended up grabbing this 1995 BMW K1100LT touring bike from an ad on Craig’s List. She’s mechanically perfect — a...
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A decade on Audible.com
Yikes! I have been a member of Audible.com for ten-years — 10 years! “1010” years! X years! Well, I didn’t remember but the gang from Audible did.They only gave me $10 so there’s really nothing I can...
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Looking down the barrel of a Glock
My buddy Jim pointed me to an article titled An In-Your-Face Look at Handguns from Around the World by Amanda Gorence about an art project by Toronto-based photographers Peter Andrew, Simon Duffy and...
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Apple unveils the iPhone 5S
According to CNN just now:The 5S features performance upgrades including what Apple calls a dramatic increase in processing speed.It will have the first 64-bit chip in a smartphone — Apple’s A7 — which...
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Memories of 9/11 after a dozen years
On the 12th year after the September 11th attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, the Twin Towers, I thought I would re-post my memories of that day — actually, I live-blogged the day — I...
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LiarTownUSA (and Sean Tejaratchi) is real(ly amazing)
For an entire day, I was obsessed with the culture-hacks perpetrated on reality by Sean Tejaratchi AKA @ShittingtonUK on LiarTownUSA. I don’t know when, but I asked him, “Are you for real? (said as the...
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Inspiration not for running but for drinking
Thanks to Peter Shankman, Alex Lightman, DC Road Runners, and Potomac River Running and the rest, I have seen lots of motivational graphics aimed at keeping runners, obstacle racers, and CrossFit...
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James Franco on every book cover
My friend Minh Lê is a comedic genius, Let’s Put James Franco on All the Book Covers:Last week, when presented with the As I Lay Dying movie tie-in with James Franco on the cover, the internet let out...
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If Ayn Rand wrote When Harry Met Sally
There are more memes that the bookish comedic genius Minh Lê has created and hidden on BookRiot that I had never seen, never enjoyed — and Minh in one of my best friends! I am common law uncle to his...
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DC Metro map drawn to scale
Link to full-size image.Related articlesRedesigned Metro Map Adds New-Look Silver Line (washington.cbslocal.com)When the metro won’t leave (denytzock.wordpress.com)Google Maps Uses Drawn Version of the...
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Size-comparison between famous sci-fi starships
So cool, right? Via KotakuThis comparison chart, compiled by DeviantARTist Dirk Loechel, presents what he says is an accurate size-comparison between famous sci-fi starships. As far as I can tell it’s...
View ArticleHow to Register Your Authorship With Google
Nothing. The only “fee” they extract is your true personal information and your real name — which some say is quite a price to pay.More on GoogleRead the Article at HuffingtonPost
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Where have Google Apps gone on my Gmail?
If you’ve lost all your Apps on your Google Apps, then just click on the icon that looks a little too much like a phone keypad to be 100% clear as a UI icon cue.I have been confused since yesterday but...
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Google+ is willing to make some custom URL exceptions
If you don’t have the Google+ Custom URL you want, be persistent. I am now the proud owner of google.com/+chrisabraham — story to follow.Here’s what I originally found offered to me:I was beside...
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What Is Online Reputation Management And Why You Need It
Reputation management plays a critical role in organizations of all sizes, from freelancers all the way up the economic food chain to multi-national corporations. Modern consumers rely heavily on...
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