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Re: How To Use Your Niche Statement To Propel Your Business

Ted Wahler — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:57:43 -0000

Good post @Angel. Just one point of clarification, you stated "(FYI: BranchOut is Facebook’s version of LinkedIn)" but specifically from the FB app "This app was not developed by Facebook.".

Just a small point of clarification in this era of FB being overwhelmed and changing the privacy rules in inexplicable ways. I am not convinced that the vetting process for FB developers is solid.

Thanks for the thoughtful post. Be well

Re: Nominate Us For a R.E.C.S.S.!

Ted Wahler — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:47:49 -0000

Name.com has been very responsive to my Customer Service & Support needs for over a year now. I think that Name.com is a company that gets service and support, and I for one really appreciate it.

Keep up the great work. Be well.

Re: SM Cinema is inviting student film makers to join "Big Shot" project

Ted Wahler — Sat, 22 May 2010 11:52:38 -0000

I love this inititative. Best luck to everyone who participates. Thanks for the post Azrael. Congrats on a great idea SM Cinema.

This is a topic that interests me a lot. Is there a list of "reputable colleges or universities" with film programs in the Philippines? What is the reputation of the Big Foot film school located on Mactan? If anyone knows a good resource for the state of filmmaking in the Philippines pleas post a link in this thread or drop me a PM (FB). Thanks.

Keep safe. Be well.

Re: What I learned at WordCamp Phoenix

Ted Wahler — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:06:51 -0000

Excellent report and a thorough list of convention best-practices to start a great dialogue. Having seen you speak several times I am sure the audience walked away with a very valuable experience. You are a vital part of the Wordpress community and provide a lot of value to it. Thanks for the post.

Be well.

Re: Twitter Lists: Frequently Asked Questions and Strategies

Ted Wahler — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:33:20 -0000

Twitter is limiting the number of entities (@'s) that you can add to a particular list to 500! Why?

As a grown-up man I am no stranger to taking responsibility for my own life and my own actions. If my shoebox happens not to be the same size as the shoebox next door that is ok. If my list is totally unmanageable that is my choice. Maybe I do things a little differently. Remember the Apple 2002 slogan, "Think Different" - well, I for one do.

My list of Drupal CMS developers, companies, and groups is topped-out and Twitter can not argue that there are only 500 of them in the whole world. That would be absurd. @Scobleizer has topped out his lists of; tech-startups, web-hosting-and-cloud, iphone, my-favstar-fm-list, tech-pundits, and entrepreneurs. An incomplete list is not really that useful.

Seriously, we all know that Twitter is hosting lists as a way to crowdsource marketing data so what is the harm of larger lists? Are they going to charge higher fees to the list buyers because these are highly refined? It is not even a valid assumption because the 500 are just the first 500 that you add and not really the (marketing) best.

It is no secret that individuals maintain separate Twitter accounts given the almost universal option to monitor several accounts from most Twitter clients. For me separate accounts have been a workable way to manage affinity groups and various business entities. I thought that maybe the Lists function would make this practice obsolete. Not at a 500 @'s limit.

Re: Why The Twitter List Limit Should Stay @ 500

Ted Wahler — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:19:33 -0000

Just my two cents.

My list of Drupal CMS developers, companies, and groups is topped-out and Twitter can not argue that there are only 500 of them in the whole world. That would be absurd. It is no secret that individuals maintain separate Twitter accounts given the almost universal option to monitor several accounts from most Twitter clients. For me separate accounts have been a workable way to manage affinity groups and various business entities. I thought that maybe the Lists function would make this practice obsolete. Not at a 500 @'s limit.

Re: Shomal Kebabs & Curries by Hossein

Ted Wahler — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:22:02 -0000

You did another great job reviewing a restaurant in a way that makes it feel familiar to the reader. This is a realy valuable service that you provide.

For someone who has never been in that restaurant you have made it much easier to enter and take a chance eating in a new place. This is helpful to both the reader/potential customer and to the restaurant itself. Customers get exposed to a new dining option and the restaurant gets a honest and straightforward review from a great writer. Even if you were to find some fault the restaurant would be smart to address the shortcoming and invite you back to show off how responsive they are to the customer needs.

I will add Shomal Kebabs & Curries by Hossein to my must visit list when in the metro area. Thanks for the tip :-)

Keep-up the great work!

Be well.

Re: Life on a Pencil: My Paypal Limited Status Ordeal and Being Reinstated Again

Ted Wahler — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:41:10 -0000

Looking back on everything what do you think that you did that you could have done differently to speed the resolution of this matter?

It may be a good topic for a separate post to approach this topic as an expert now and give a 1, 2, 3, 4 step-by-step tutorial on how to handle this situation effectively for anyone who may experience it in the future.

I am glad that everything is finally resolved. Great topic.

Be well.

Re: Incompetent Enough

Ted Wahler — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:14:57 -0000

Bryan,

You are experiencing a natural anxiety about crossing over one of life's first major thresholds. There are others like true love, heartbreak, marriage, the birth of your first child, raising a family, health challenges, financial challenges, death in the family, etc. etc, etc. It is a given that you will be faced with these things and like any other skill you lear, you will learn how to cope and succeed in these times as well.

Do not approach these passages with a defeatist mindset:
defeatist |diˈfētist|
noun
a person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure.
adjective
demonstrating expectation or acceptance of failure

There is an appropriate quote here:
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. -Henry Ford

My saying is, Stop focusing on what you are not able to do and focus instead on what you are able to do. Find your passion.

The way I try to live my life:
What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. -Unknown

Bryan, know that you are facing a portal in life, know that you will pass through that portal one way or another, and decide to pass through the portal confidently while forgiving yourself for any shortcomings.

Be well

Re: My Top 10 Tips for Good Leadership

Ted Wahler — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:30:16 -0000

This is a great topic and I can see that you have a good handle on the topic.

Politics aside, good leadership from good parenting on down through life is so important. It is great to see young leaders like yourself emerging.

Thank you for writing this important topic up.

Be well.

Re: Contextual Related Content Widget for Blogs Released

Ted Wahler — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:51:49 -0000

Well written. A great introduction and review to a good tool. Thank you for writing it up.

Another similar tool that you may like to check out and review also comes from near me called Lijit (http://cli.gs/abmLyN) . You can see Lijit in action on my friend Dave Taylor's immensely popular site AskDaveTaylor.com

Be well.

Re: How to Photoblog & Vlog from the Mobile Phone

Ted Wahler — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:15:55 -0000

This is great. I would love to see a step-by-step tutorial on this.

Are you uploading the phone video from the phone or going through a pc on the way to uploading?