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Re: Social Media 101: Owning your name

jeremyvaught — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:13:02 -0000

Yeah Chris. This is why I made a new post as you probably saw in the opening line. I thought about this some more, and obviously not everyone can have their name. So I think you are on the right track, make a new one, or some variation of yours.

I'm lucky in that the other 7 or so Jeremy Vaughts that I'm aware of are clearly not too quick to pick up new Social Media platforms. But then again, how can they compete with jeremyvaught.com/.net/.org/.tv. :)

Re: Thesis Ups Its Game With New Design Options

jeremyvaught — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:11:21 -0000

Oh? This is interesting. I've been using Wordpress since b2evolution and was thinking of dabbling with Expression Engine. But your post puts a serious dent in that. :)

Thanks for the WP encouragement, Jon.

Re: say my name, say my name

jeremyvaught — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:05:23 -0000

This isn't a story, so my apologies about that. This is just what I do because I'm bad with names as well, but like you say, they are powerful.

So to emphasize how bad I am about this, what I do without thinking about it, is I'll hear someone's name, and literally moments later want to use their name, and I can't for the life of me remember. I realized I was just not focusing on retaining that information. So now, I focus on retaining that information. When they say their name, I think, "ooooh, their name, remember that." And then I'll say it in my mind now and then while we talk. I try to use it out loud before they depart. And I always practice on my food servers, this keeps me in practice, and gets me better service. win/win!

Re: Where does innovative thinking take place?

jeremyvaught — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:02:22 -0000

Nice! I didn't realize my suggestion was so deep. :) I enjoyed the post, thanks for the mention!

Re: How to Blog Almost Every Day

jeremyvaught — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:45:00 -0000

I'm all about the small camera. I had a Canon Powershot I used and loved until I accidentally left it in my pants in the wash. So I thought I would upgrade to a Sanyo Xacti. It's a better video camera, but the net result is MUCH less video AND pictures. I need another Powershot.

Thanks for reminding me to look into that again.

Re: How to Blog Almost Every Day

jeremyvaught — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:33:58 -0000

This applies to #2. About a year ago I quit listening to the radio in the car. And I am always amazed how my mind starts to really focus on things that I don't otherwise think about while doing other things. But I think that's it, I'm doing other things. In the car, not so much.

And it doesn't need to be waterproof, but I always have to keep my pad of paper ready. I used to use Jott.com before they started charging... actually, now that I say that, I should go back and investigate if it's worth paying. Calling is less accident prone.

Re: How to Blog Almost Every Day

jeremyvaught — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:36:12 -0000

I'm printing this list off and putting it above my desk. Great stuff Chris, as usual.

Re: placeholder

jeremyvaught — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:24:15 -0000

comment test. booya!

Re: Good progress today

jeremyvaught — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:03:04 -0000

haha, if I get stuck I'll be sure to ask. :) Thanks for the offer. :D

Jeremy

Re: Good progress today

jeremyvaught — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:25:50 -0000

Hi Arik!
Thanks for the comment. Yes, I do realize you are continuing to build. You are doing a great job. And if I said I thought of it first, I misspoke. I meant that I thought of it a while ago, have been thinking about building it, and now I'm working on building what I've been thinking about. I also doubt I'm the very first the think of the idea. I just thought of it before I found Topify. But finding you inspired me to start mine. :) Thanks for the inspiration. :D

And I'm all about the incremental improvements. That's what I plan to do as well. I worked with your fellow Frenchman, Loic Le Meur, at Seesmic for over a year, and I have adopted his style of building an app by getting a little core out there, and building from there. I think you guys are doing the same thing.

Finally, I only bring up Topify because you are getting a lot of press right now. I'm using it, as you pointed out, and the value I get from it is great. A large part of this is an experiment for me as I've never written my own web app before. So I'm learning a lot in this process.

Thanks again for your comment! Perhaps we'll meet at a Twitter app conference one day, there is enough applications out there now to host it's own conference. :)

Jeremy

Re: Mashable on Tumblr - Jon Stewart Shakes His Fist at Twitter “Let’s...

jeremyvaught — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:29:55 -0000

haha, I'm not John Stewart fan, but that was actually funny.

Re: Flickr Opens Up Video Uploads for Everyone

jeremyvaught — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:33:24 -0000

go on, I'm all ears...

Re: Flickr Opens Up Video Uploads for Everyone

jeremyvaught — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:32:06 -0000

I'm a pro user of Flickr. Partly, because that's where my friends are. My roughly $20 a year gives me huge value. I have about 2,500 pictures there, tagged, grouped, and awesome. I know of nothing free that compares outside of hosting it myself, and that costs a lot more than $20 a year.

Re: Flickr Opens Up Video Uploads for Everyone

jeremyvaught — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:07:27 -0000

Flickr is for pictures. That's what I use it for. I've uploaded a couple of videos, but it's more an afterthought than an intention. But I still post all of my pictures to Flickr.

Go with what you know, and Flickr knows photos. Having said that, I also like the clock idea, and am looking to see how things will develop with that tool and the community.

Re: Desi Auntie wanted: Casting Call

jeremyvaught — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:14:03 -0000

I'm not Indian, neither dots nor feathers, and I'm no auntie, but I'll sign myself up. I bet I could do it. ;)

So do tell Sukhjit. What were you in a commercial for and when was this? And I can understand if you don't want to say you were in a STD commercial or something like that. lol

And on that note, why don't YOU play the role of an Indian auntie. A little Hollywood magic to make you look older. You already play the Indian part well.

Re: Unboxing: My Mimobot Valentine

jeremyvaught — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:28:44 -0000

Oh my, offer a treat and get repliers coming out of the woodwork. :)

(also Sukhjit, no video in the rss if you put it there.)

Re: Startup Weekend Opens Up

jeremyvaught — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:45:43 -0000

Good call, Andrew. Although I'm sure it is tough to let your "baby" go. And I'm not talking about the other Jeremy.

Re: Twitter Shenanigans

jeremyvaught — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:01:53 -0000

My litmus test is simple. I read 2 or three pages of their tweets. If they have even one interesting post that provided me value, I will follow them back. That being said, I also periodically go back through who I am following, and if I can't dm them, they are not following me. If I still value them by name at that point, I continue to follow, otherwise, I drop 'em.

What get's me is that some people, I have received probably 3 or 4 emails to follow them, they are clearly following and dropping only later to follow again. Drives me nuts.

Re: Visiting Amritsar and Celebrating a Birthday

jeremyvaught — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:37:11 -0000

I LOVE your laugh at the end. Fun stuff. :)

Re: 34 Days into the 120 Day Challenge

jeremyvaught — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:08:47 -0000

Andrews,
Good on 'ya for taking this up. I have done 8 sprint triathlons and also hope to do a couple more this year. One day I want to do an Ironman, but not right now. So as a big guy that has done 8 tris, and a half marathon (first full later this year) you really should take a day off a week. You said yourself you should, and you should. You also said you need to stay healthy for this to work, and those two thing are competing against each other. I'm also a big guy (I ran my 1/2 marathon at 235lbs in 2 hrs. 22 seconds), which means we need to take good care of ourselves or the injuries could be compounded.

I solute you for your efforts. I too am revamping my exercise plan.

See you (in shape) soon!
Jeremy

Re: 5 Free Crowdsourcing and Web 2.0 Tools for Small Business.

jeremyvaught — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:10:27 -0000

Love the NASA story! And great post Christine! :)

Re: Unboxing: Anhu Shoes

jeremyvaught — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:48:56 -0000

Simply amazing, is there anything you CAN'T unbox! :)

Re: http://www.purplecar.net/2009/01/01/happy-new-year/

jeremyvaught — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:52:13 -0000

oh.... I've got plans! Happy New Year to you too!

Re: Adventures in Ultralight Packing

jeremyvaught — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:55:02 -0000

Wait... so you only wash your clothes every 6 days?

Re: Social Media 101: Owning your name

jeremyvaught — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:02:35 -0000

Ribeezie is actually a great name to go with. Very memorable. And probably easier to spell than "Vaught" :)