Egos

February 9, 2008 —

Last night we launched a topic-based feed aggregator with Guy Kawasaki. The technology making Alltop go won’t draw much attention from friends in the industry — we all but ignore personal relevancy at this point. But then there’s the Egos thing.

One of the topics aggregates posts from a mix of prolific bloggers and well-known personalities. The Egos title is intentionally baiting – Guy’s expecting a pretty specific reaction. “You’re pissed off if you’re on the list. You’re pissed off if you’re not.”

Off the record, I wouldn’t be too pissed to be on it. Some of the authors came out of my own reading list, and they weren’t included for their arrogance.

We also skipped over a lot of web types to keep the list from leaning too far towards web and overlapping what Thomas Marban is doing at popurls. So, I wouldn’t be too pissed if I’m not either.

Greg Storey isn’t in there yet, so there has to be at least a bit of human error.

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The right people

January 6, 2008 —

As Greg mentioned earlier in the week, the web industry is slammed. Everyone I talk to tells it the same — nobody can keep pace with demand.

Outside the industry, that’s called a good problem to have. Inside it, it’s frustrating. As the work becomes less and less mechanical, the effort required to find the right people becomes more and more difficult. The mindset to differentiate between done and done right has become as important as the skill set itself.

We’re losing someone who differentiates. (Jason is going startup mode.) So, once again, we’re experiencing the effort.

Which brings me back to the post at Airbag. Greg’s proposing a simple curriculum could help people *new* in the industry improve. It’s a great idea. Anyone who cares enough about the craft could benefit from something like this. An important side effect would be knowing who really does (care).

Maybe it would make finding the right people a little easier.

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More America, More Stephen Colbert

October 9, 2007 —

Tonight we rolled out one of the reasons for my post lag. I mentioned earlier (kind of) that we’ve been working on something for Stephen Colbert. As of a few minutes ago, It’s live.

MakeMeAmerica.com

This is the first project to launch since a recommendation from Guy K spiked our requests in June. That recommendation plus some attention from the design galleries helped get us involved in some pretty exceptional projects – can’t wait to launch a few more.

More info on the site here.

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