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Re: ePals is looking at Doostang... How do I know? Twitter... Using Twitter for business intelligence

Schmoozii — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:03:45 -0000

i just signed up. Looks like a valuable tool. Thanks

Re: Burger Time [Commercial Break]

Schmoozii — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:31:07 -0000

I remember this game. Awesome when I was a kid and stupid now.

Re: Intro To CSS [Programming]

Schmoozii — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:58:14 -0000

Nice CSS references. Cameron Adams also has a nice tutorial over at Sitepoint

Re: I Want Sandy [Productivity]

Schmoozii — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:31:50 -0000

Sounds like a cool tool, but if you have time to send yourself an email, seems like you have time to create a reminder in outlook or google calendar.

Re: The iPhone Cometh . . . Again

Schmoozii — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:37:06 -0000

I couldn't agree with you more. Today I walked by the Apple store at the Biltmore in Phoenix. There was a huge line out the door, around the corner, to the street. They were letting maybe 30-40 people in the store at a time. I asked one of the guys in line, what's going on. He replied "their selling the new iphone, where have you been on the moon". These idiots were waiting outside in the Phoenix heat for at least an hour, just to get an iphone.

Why do they need it on the first day? Wait a week and you can walk in without any line. Geeks.

Re: 26 Key Innovations Of The Last 20 Years

Schmoozii — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:10:43 -0000

I didn't realize Linux came out 1 year after windows 3.0. Wow, talk about what a difference marketing can make. Comparing the marketing efforts of those two should be taught in every basic marketing class in the world.

Re: Donation Dashboard: Colloborative Charity Filter

Schmoozii — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:00:34 -0000

Donation dashboard is good because it shows you the "efficiency" for each organization. It shows you that if you donate to a group like second harvest 95% of your donation will go to help those in need. Compared to some of the other groups at 74% (no names).

Re: Simtel Home Phone [Commercial Break]

Schmoozii — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:54:07 -0000

The phone is stupid and I don't think anyone is paying attention to the phone.

Re: How Should Video Advertising Work?

Schmoozii — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:50:04 -0000

Nothing in life is free. Put the commercials in just like TV. Should be a certain percentage of the video.

Re: Building Better eCommerce Sites

Schmoozii — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:32:05 -0000

Interesting analogy. Elephants are the last thing I think of when I think of eCommerce and Amazon.

It's not fair to compare Amazon to regular eCommerce sites unless you are talking about other major sites with over 10 million in revenue. Most eCommerce sites are small mom and pops, or it is a side business to a retail store. These stores don't have the $7 billion Amazon has to hire analyst, SEOs, buyers, programmers, and the other 10,000 plus staff that Amazon employs. It's like comparing apples to oranges.

Re: Working At Home [Business]

Schmoozii — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:29:51 -0000

I tried working from home and just couldn't do it. Too many distractions from the TV, refrigerator, and dog. So I go to the local library everyday. Free wifi, comfortable chairs, and it's quite. I feel like I have a large office.

Re: How Much Is Your Privacy Worth?

Schmoozii — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:50:17 -0000

I've used Odesk before and I love it. The reason it is so successful is because of the transparency. Both the buyer and provider know what they are getting. The buyer is willing to pay on a per hour basis because there is not padding from the provider. The provider is willing to give a snapshot of the pc screen because they know they are working and will get paid for the job.

If you are actually doing the job you are supposed to do, then there shouldn't be any problems with letting the employer watch. But everyone that has worked in an office before knows that you are not working 100% of the time. Probably not even 50% of the time. How many times have you seen people checking personal emails, playing solitare, reading popular blogs, or just standing around the water cooler shooting the chit. Come on, be honest, we all know this happens. If you are a regular employee, then that's the price the employer pays to do business. But if you are freelancer, you are charging a premium and you should be delivering what you promised.

I'm for odesk and if my employer gave me the opportunity to work from home with an odesk type software, I'd take it. Of course I own the company so many I have a different perspective.

Re: Turing Test [Science]

Schmoozii — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:45:50 -0000

We are a long ways after from a computer passing the "turing" test. Programmers need to be able to at least write a code that can get past Captcha before they can even think about getting past a human.

Re: Internet Bootcamp

Schmoozii — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:48:37 -0000

What a great idea. I own a few websites and came here from Google reader, so It's definitely not for me. But I bet you could put this on a separate site, SEO the site, make it available from cd rom or printed materials, and sell it for $20. I've seen a couple infomercials selling this exact same information.

Re: 10 Firefox Plugins For Networking Addicts

Schmoozii — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:56:56 -0000

Thanks for the helpful tools. I'd like to add a couple to your list:

TinyURL - does same thing as Bit.ly Creator
Firebug - Awesome tool for web developers. Let's you point at the browser and see the code.
SEO Quake - Shows SEO data in toolbar for present site and search results
SearchStatus - Shows SEO data

Re: Contest: LogoBids Offers $100 For Best Wal-Mart Logo

Schmoozii — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:53:16 -0000

Walmart should of sanctioned this contest. It would of been fun and brought a lot of positive press (they need it). The winner gets $100 and a million dollars worth of free press.

Re: Blogging Insurance & Quoting the Associated Press

Schmoozii — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:37:56 -0000

No, bloggers don't need insurance. AP doesn't have a right to claim all news, what happen to the 1st amendment. I see this going to the supreme court with the bloggers winning. I'm sure there is a lawyer now working on getting it into court.

Re: Blogging Insurance & Quoting the Associated Press

Schmoozii — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:37:56 -0000

Re: The real market value of social networks: Facebook may rule

Schmoozii — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:37:58 -0000

#1 is the most important factor when calculating the value of a social network. Myspace users have to borrow $5 from their parents. Professional site users from Linkedin, Xing.com, and Schmoozii.com have professional jobs with disposable income.

Re: As the ConnectU case winds down, a new Facebook valuation is revealed

Schmoozii — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:22:24 -0000

$15 billion sounds crazy and $4 billion still sounds too high. IMO

Re: Pringo adds Microblogging to White Label Social Networking Xix

Schmoozii — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:27:12 -0000

This is going to be a hit, unless twitter or Ning builds a white label twitter site for users.

Re: NowPublic Acquires Truemors

Schmoozii — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:49:17 -0000

I wonder if Kawasaki is an investor in NowPublic or the acquisition was part of an investment agreement?

Re: Housekeeping: visual changes based on reader feedback

Schmoozii — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:21:56 -0000

It looks nice, but I usually see it from the reader so I don't remember the old look. Can you paste a screenshot of the old design?

Re: AT&T, AOL to Remove Child Porn Sites

Schmoozii — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:23:51 -0000

Seems like this would of been done back in 95. What took so long.

Re: Public Records Regularly Deleted, Report Says

Schmoozii — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:20:45 -0000

Is this surprising. The President of the United States, had his entire cabinets emails deleted around the time they were talking about going to war. They also used Republican Party email accounts to get around the law. This is old news.

Re: CNN Reporters are Aliens!

Schmoozii — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:27:30 -0000

yep, looks like an alien to me. down with the aliens before they take over our country.

Re: Twitter Officially Takes Summize

Schmoozii — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:18:08 -0000

Why did twitter buy them? couldn't twitter build the same think in a couple days?

Re: From Thirty Days. . . to Three

Schmoozii — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:09:03 -0000

Good, maybe she will get out and make some movies that everyone enjoys. lol.

Re: .me Registration Now Open

Schmoozii — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:53:50 -0000

Squatters, Start Your Engines. And They're Off.

All the good domains will be gone in a week. Would be interesting to see a live feed of the domains getting registered.

Re: Firefox 3.0.1 Released

Schmoozii — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:55:28 -0000

Thanks, just upgraded. I thought it was automatic, but I guess not.

Re: Holly Smokes Batman, two Digg clones sell for $3 million

Schmoozii — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:02:39 -0000

Can you say "dot com bubble"

Re: The New Facebook will actually come as a surprise

Schmoozii — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:05:44 -0000

The minimalist interface is a big improvement IMO. It should help in attracting older users that don't want to sort through the clutter.

Re: 52 Percent of Americans Would Rather Be Dead Than Disabled

Schmoozii — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:13:48 -0000

"Living with a severe disability that forever alters your ability to live an independent life"

what does that mean? Are we talking about being in a coma with no brain activity or are we talking about partial paralysis from the waist down. There is a big difference in the two.

Re: Logitech Introduces Keyboard for Wii for Easier Web Experience

Schmoozii — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:18:14 -0000

Great idea. Nintendo has really been stepping up since they released the Wii

Re: Borders Launches Audiobook MP3 Store With Free Offering

Schmoozii — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:20:33 -0000

Awesome, I hope they put a big dent in Simplyaudiobooks marketshare.

Re: Next to Watch: Jessica Simpson’s Sex Tape?

Schmoozii — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:25:38 -0000

I'm not surprised if she appears in a sex tape, but I would be surprised if it's with her ex. Any tape that they created would have been released a long time ago. I can't imagine someone having such a goldmine and not releasing it sooner when she was on dukes of hazzard and the mtv reality tv show.

Re: Fox News is A Lot of Things

Schmoozii — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:46:34 -0000

Fox news is crap, but CNN and MSNBC aren't much better. 24 hour news is not even news. It's just entertainment. If you want news you have to read newspapers, watch PBS, CSPAN, or listen to NPR.

Don't kid yourself with CNN.

Re: We Know McCain=Bush, So What’s the Problem?

Schmoozii — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:40:58 -0000

This video looks bad but I get the feeling that I'm not seeing the whole picture here. If the video does tell the whole picture then this is clearly wrong. City property and they are preventing freedom of speech. Sad.

Re: Fox News: Nothing But Racism, Sexism and Smears

Schmoozii — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:49:10 -0000

"As soon as Obama was even considered for the presidential candidacy, Fox had been showing their true, biased and racist colors by digging anything and everything up they could"

Come on, Fox has always been a racist network way before Obama got the nomination. Sean Hannity, Bill Oreily, Neil Cavuto, Brit Hume. Really, these guys didn't change one bit for Obama, they've done this for the past 10 years.

Re: You’re Just Not Pretty Enough

Schmoozii — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:26:38 -0000

lol, I take it that you disagree with China's decision. Come on, China is doing some pretty bad crap in the world and this is such a small issue. I've seen more press on this little girl getting pushed to the back then I have on China buying oil from Darfur, helping to fund the genocide while we (Americans) watch people get slaughtered.

Re: How Wrong is Fox News?

Schmoozii — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:31:43 -0000

Most people don't watch cable news for news. They watch it for entertainment. I don't believe anything I hear on Foxnews, CNN, or MSNBC. I watch them the same way I watch the comedy channel.

Re: Man Suffering from PTSD Sentenced for Resisting War

Schmoozii — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:03:24 -0000

Very sad news but it happens everyday. Too many people are going to suffer for the rest of their lives and the news never reports on that.

Re: Is Facebook Worth $15 Billion? Not Anymore

Schmoozii — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:43:12 -0000

$15 billion no way. $3-4 billion, hmm maybe. It's hard to justify that price because of the current customers are young and broke. There valuation is based on future value only and things can change very quickly in the future. 5 years ago Friendster was hot, they were crushed by Myspace, now Myspace may get crushed by Facebook.

I'd place my money on business networking sites like Linkedin. At least their members have spending money now. If they get rid of that subscription service, make it more social, and provide more content to their members. They will dominate the market.

Re: Social Networking for the iHipHop Community

Schmoozii — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:07 -0000

Thanks for the post, I'll have to check out ihiphop. If you're into business networking you may want to check out Schmoozii.

Re: Schmoozii is an Online Community for Business Professionals

Schmoozii — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:28:58 -0000

Arnold,

Thanks for the review of Schmoozii. Schmoozii is a play on the word Schmooze. I created the site with the intention of building an online professional association. Similar to what you may find at meetings for American Marketing Association (just an example) where there are people with common goals, discussing issues that are important them, without being stalked by recruiters.

We are only 2 1/2 weeks old now, so we are still making a lot of changes to the site. Stay tuned for exciting changes in the near future.

Br, Theron

Re: Pandora and Hulu Hack for Non-US Citizens

Schmoozii — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:09:23 -0000

Yep, it works for me in Japan. Turn it on and I can watch the episode. Turn it off and I get a message saying I need to be in the US to watch the episode. Great tool, I hope these guys make a lot of money.

Re: 2008/04/15/trulia-podcast/

Schmoozii — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:54:49 -0000

Trulia rocks. I was surprised that the other major real estate sites don't even have RSS feeds. Realtor.com doesn't have one and has left the door open for Trulia to come onto the scene. I wish them the best.

Re: Finally: Gmail Lets You Multi-Select Attachments

Schmoozii — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:26:35 -0000

Great feature. They could improve it by showing actual images (when selecting jpg,png,etc) instead of just file names.

Re: What LinkedIn Searchable Groups could be…

Schmoozii — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:17:44 -0000

This is something i requested a year ago. It's about time they get it.

Re: Obama Comes Out In Support Of Preemptive War?

Schmoozii — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:00:01 -0000

He can say anything he wants. No one will be as bad as what we already have.