I am so fired up to get talking about politics again–and it shows through in my latest appearance on the podcast Dylan Brody’s Neighbor’s Couch. We talk about my web business for a while–I happen to be the web guy behind that site–and then we turn to why I call myself a “green libertarian“, and […]
Across the Blogosphere
5 things you didn’t know you could do with Twitter
The Next Web has highlighted 5 things you didn’t know you could do with Twitter. in a recent post. the 5 things are: plan your meals, track your packages, post to Evernote, add to Google Calendar, and track your weight loss. Pretty neat.Check out the post for details on how those work. I didn’t necessarily […]
OTB Caption Contest
I entered the Outside the Beltway Thursday Caption Contest this week. I’m hoping the prize is like a million dollars or something, but regardless of any money or fame that may come from my entry, I achieved “first commenter” status for sure. And no one can ever take that away from me. Once I win, […]
100 Free and Useful Open Courseware Classes for Web Workers
I’m all about learning, and not so much about school, which means that online education is good cheese by me. I seldom go so far as to absorb whole courses online, but I’ve been educating myself on the web for 15 years now. And I’m pretty brilliant. So there’s that. A site called Bachelor’s Degree […]
Lance Uncategorized Across the Blogosphere, Education, Social Media, Working at home
(Nearly) Comprehensive Guide to Comedy Podcasts
I listen to quite a few comedy podcasts, all of which are included in Joe Berkowitz’s A Seriously Comprehensive Guide to Comedy Podcasts. His guide starts out with a lot of detail, and then the size and depth of the reviews shrink as you get nearer to the end. I’m assuming this is because for […]
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Advertising on Facebook made simple
Jeff Bullas has created a nice simple guide to getting started advertising on Facebook: How To Advertise On Facebook In Ten Minutes For Less Than $10 A Day In 10 Simple Steps I don’t have anything to add really, other than that it made me want to get started advertising on Facebook! :-)
Lance Uncategorized Across the Blogosphere, For My Clients, Social Media
Places to List Your Local Business for Free
One of the simplest things you can do to put your locally-based business website to work for you is to add or update your information in the many free business directory sites on the web. Taking advantage of free business listing sites offers a few benefits, namely: You get to make sure all the sites […]
Lance Uncategorized Across the Blogosphere, For My Clients, Local Business, Social Media
Reason #1 Not to Blog: "I don't know what to post about"
In my ongoing series of posts debunking reasons not to post (it has been ongoing for about 17 words now), I’m taking out the biggest and lamest one right off the bat. This is the excuse, often implied more than stated, that one simply does not think they have anything to post. Fortunately, this one […]
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Everyone's Saying to Blog Daily, and So Am I (and So I Am)
WordPress Challenges Bloggers to Post Daily in 2011 The headline says it all. And then the article says some more, and then there are links…well, you know how this works. I’ve been a bad blogger for a while now, for a few reasons. (I tried doing it for no reasons, but it just seemed stupid.) […]
Lance Uncategorized Across the Blogosphere, For My Clients
Lessons From a Blue-Collar Millionaire
This is a cool story from Inc. about a guy who has revolutionized what’s normally a pretty standard-issue business: the local pizza joint. Lessons From a Blue-Collar Millionaire. Thanks to Ruth Schwartz for bringing it to my attention.
6 reasons why you need to get on Twitter
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(Lance comments on) Roger Ebert on Universal Health Care
I’m safe on board. Pull up the life rope – Roger Ebert’s Journal Film critic Roger Ebert’s second blog post on health care reform has received almost 1000 comments; my comment is probably near the 600 zone. Here’s a direct link to my comment, but it’s copied below anyway. The more important place to start […]
Lance Uncategorized Across the Blogosphere, Politics and Government