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Doug Vanisky

The Best Clients Find You

Six months back into the consulting game, I’m sure of one thing. The best clients find you.
Why’s that? Because the best clients know what they’re looking for. So when they contact you, they know, or at least think they know, you might be just what they need. Even if you’re one of several being contacted [...]

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Cycles = Madness

Yeah. I mean, this is one of those things that I don’t know how you can even begin to describe. It’s mad. It’s brilliant.
But it’s funny. And going back to the story thing again, it tells a story in a manner you believe. It’s like sure, these bears would really behave like this in the [...]

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When One Door Closes …

Another door opens. Or maybe both doors open. Or maybe you think both doors are closed but they aren’t really doors. Or maybe they are doors, but not the kind of doors you think they are.
Doors, like looks, can be deceiving.

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Let’s Hear it for New Dorks :: Entrepreneur State of Mind

A lil bit of new media/new dork genius from Grasshopper. (@grasshopper) Sweet.

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Not Feeling So Lucky

Today, I got an email encouraging me to follow Lucky on Twitter. But why would I want to? They don’t provide a very compelling reason.

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Billie Jean Impersonator :: She’s Just a Girl Who Thinks That She is The One

By Severine Robic.

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Twitter Drama

We live in such a reactionary society. The fact that, in this day and age, people (Congress?!) will argue against universal healthcare in the U.S., when so many other ‘modern’ societies consider this a basic right, is just the tip in the iceburg. Everyday I get a little bit more scared that we really are [...]

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Beginning My Thesis

As I warned I would likely do, I’ve moved this blog onto the Thesis platform.
With the built in SEO benefits and great reputation among some awesome blogs, I figured I had little to lose for the rather spartan type design I like for this environment. I needed a bulletproof platform that I could stay on [...]

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AwayFind :: Get Away from the Inbox, Get Found When Needed

The real power of AwayFind is found in the ability to set filters to be notified of important messages via email, IM, Twitter DM, text, or even voice message.

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Twitter vs. Buzz. What’s better? THE ANSWER TO YOUR BURNING QUESTION.

Buzz is too different from Twitter to be ‘better.’ Better depends on both the intended use and the user. Better means you can tell all your clients to use one and not the other.

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Vancouver on Your Desktop

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Looking for a way to find out exactly what Olympic events are coming up next? Trying to follow results while working?
Olympic.org has a great desktop widget to enhance winter sports enthusiasm. Use it to track events, results, breaking news, and more.

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Seriously, For Assistance, Get Siri

There’s a great writeup about Siri over on ReadWriteWeb.
Siri, a virtual personal assistant, will recognize your voice query and either give you the answer to your question or connect you to the right web service.
As far as digital convergence goes, this is a doozy. It communicates with communication mediums for you. According to RWW, ‘Siri’s [...]

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