Hola and thanks for reading.
FYI I’ve decided to switch up my online identity and therefore, this blog is dying … to be reborn in a remix mashup of all my blogs together at last in one spot. All new posts will live at Sparkplug 9.
Thanks so much for reading, and please join the party at […]

OK, I’ve moved my OPML to Google Reader from Bloglines and I’m going to give it a shot.
Based on the last 15 minutes use, it’s probably going to stick.
We’ll see …
Tags: google, reader, rss, bloglines, feeds, john koetsier

Consumer-generated Media has a nice breakdown of Steve Jobs open letter to early iPhone adopters who hit the roof when Apple recently announced the $200 price break.
Excerpt:

What an incredible year to watch and learn from CEO-level behavior in times of crisis and difficulty. First we had Jet Blue, faced with an impossibly difficult situation, […]

I’m on vacation for two weeks, so posting has and will continue to be light.
Last week the whole extended family was in Osooyoos, BC, for some lake and sun and family time. This week I’m working around the house on a major landscaping project with Allan blocks, and next weekend we have something special planned […]

MediaTemple (my host) just released an interface to control your entire hosting account via iPhone.
Pretty cool.
A little trendy, but I can imagine this being extremely useful when on the road. To be honest, I bet it’s easier to use than their current control panel, which I’ve never been able to fully understand.
Now we just need […]

I guess the title says it all … Akismet, which is a comment spam identification and deletion tool, is under the active menu, Manage, not under Comments.
Odd.
On a related note, I’m getting something like 5000 comment spam attempts a week, of which about 1 makes it through onto the site.
Two things that implies:

Akismet is stunningly […]

Just noticed tonight while checking Scoble’s take on the new Apple products that he’s only got 5 posts on his home page now.
Not enough, Scoble - you run more posts than that that in a single day sometimes. Having to click to a new page just to see what else was posted today is not […]

Aksimet must have gone down last night … I woke up to 40 emails from my blog.
(I set my blog to hold comments in moderation from people who do not have have prior approved comments … and email me when it does that.)
Seems to be back up this morning. Blogging without Akismet is almost […]

Just wanted to call attention to the fact that my buddies at Agile Media have started up a blog: Personally Speaking.
Agile is a really interesting confluence of traditional printing and modern media, nicely combined in a unified marketing package that is personal, personal, personal.
I’m looking for more great things from you, Peter & Rick!
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Today I trashed Creating Passionate Users from my bloglines feeds - holy mother that sucks.
Those who have followed the blog know that Kathy Sierra had some nastier-than-usual trolls in her audience whose words and actions seemed to be threats against Kathy’s physical and emotional wellbeing. You can find the details on Wikipedia. Most of the […]