Geno on May 8th, 2009

After a six-hour drive (and a pleasant stop in North Carolina) we have arrived in Myrtle Beach, SC! I’ve been worried about the weather ever since the date I booked our room here — this trip is a Mother’s Day gift for my wife, who loves traveling, beaches, oysters, etc — but it’s not too [...]

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Geno on April 22nd, 2009

Earlier today eMarketer has published some interesting data on blogging, bloggers and blog readers. In their report they’ve looked at the US blogging landscape. While many bloggers fo live outside the United States, here are the two main reasons why it is important to know what is going on in the US: (i) According to [...]

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Geno on April 19th, 2009

I have just returned from a family trip to Baltimore. We’ve enjoyed the city, and the concert we’ve attended on the Saturday night. We have also for the most part enjoyed the hotel at which we’ve stayed (at least my wife and my daughter have), but there were 3 things that I believe were unacceptable [...]

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Geno on April 19th, 2009

I have just returned from a family trip to Baltimore. We’ve enjoyed the city, and the concert we’ve attended on the Saturday night. We have also for the most part enjoyed the hotel at which we’ve stayed (at least my wife and my daughter have), but there were 3 things that I believe were unacceptable [...]

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Geno on April 18th, 2009

Earlier this week The Washington Times wrote about the famous shad fishing madness that comes to Fredericksburg, VA every April. The Rappahannock River — which is among Virginia’s best fishing waters for spawning shad — is less than half an hour drive from my home, and yesterday evening I decided to join the “shad fanatics” [...]

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Geno on April 18th, 2009

Earlier this week The Washington Times wrote about the famous shad fishing madness that comes to Fredericksburg, VA every April. The Rappahannock River — which is among Virginia’s best fishing waters for spawning shad — is less than half an hour drive from my home, and yesterday evening I decided to join the “shad fanatics” [...]

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Geno on April 3rd, 2009

Following New York, California, Minnesota, Tennessee, Hawaii, Connecticut and North Carolina, Maryland now considers the “Amazon tax” as well. Gazette.net wrote earlier today: A proposal to tax certain online sales in Maryland has drawn the wrath of some Internet retailers and business organizations, while attracting support from Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and [...]

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Geno on March 28th, 2009

Paraphrasing Seth Godin’s points on what people are looking for when they are visiting social websites, we would arrive at the following list: Finding like-minded people Communicating and socializing Building own popularity Staying on top of news Entertaining oneself and “making noise” Satisfaction of the above needs will build up popularity and loyal following of [...]

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My wife loves cooking (yes, I am lucky). She has recently bought a crème brûlée caramelizer but upon bringing it home and trying to get it to work, she has realized that the butane supply has not been included. So we went to Lowes for butane today. We’ve found a shopping assistant and asked him [...]

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Geno on February 13th, 2009

The Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, and it’s time to start re-focusing your holiday shopping campaigns with the next holiday in mind. But which one is the next big one? Some would say, St. Patrick’s Day (March 17, 2009). Others would say that it’s Easter (which in 2009 falls on April 12). I say, look beyond [...]

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