I’ve spent a long time trying to avoid using Twitter, but I have held out as long as I could.

I’ve made fun of people who use it, but now I am hooked…if you are on Twitter, come follow me and let me follow you. I used to think I had a lot of […]

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I really love working for Right Media as a part of Yahoo!, but this ongoing speculation about mergers and hostile take overs is going to give me an ulcer! Now that Google and News Corp are in the mix, this is really going to get crazy!
Here is a little visual of the dance being […]

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In our first try at a business presentation, bumperstickr.com won the very first edition of the SmartUps Pub Talks. The competition was tough, and I think many of the voters were drunk when they chose us to win. OSoEco.com, Dune Sciences and Floragenex are fascinating companies and much deserved the win.
Count this […]

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After many months of tweaking, changing, enhancing and yes, in my case procrastinating, bumperstickr.com is officially off the blocks and revved up to hit the road!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Launch of new website and Facebook application bumperstickr takes freedom of speech to Web 2.0 and beyond!
Eugene, OR—March 30, 2008
Social networking receives […]

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OTI has decided to start fresh, a new design to put an end to the cluttered mess that was OTI 1.5. 
I have to Obamapologize for all of the political stuff about Barack that you are going to see, but just like OTI, hope and change will heal us all. Plus, the dude can […]

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I love hanging out with “The Business” because he always clues me in on some sweet East Coast lingo that I haven’t heard.  Last night at Karaoke night two of these terms came to good use:
Chode:  For our purposes here, this means an annoying dude, usually at a bar. (There are other definitions that you […]

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West Coast Probst has invited you to participate in a new online game called Fantasy Survivor, a game based on the popular television series Survivor shown on CBS. All you need is a web browser and an interest […]

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Big news around the office today about the offer that Microsoft has put on the table to acquire Yahoo!
I thought I would take some time to get to know some of my possible future co-workers:

And new boss…

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Maybe I shouldn’t be texting so much!  It still might be worth the cost of not having to talk to people in person.
READ THIS

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All of my friends are getting iPhones and I want one so bad. Since I don’t have all of that money to throw around, I’m getting the next best thing…an iPhone Shuffle!

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This is a tribute to my favorite computer program EVER….MS PAINT! I use it daily…and it is really sad that I am not kidding.

Unless you are a computer nerd age 30 or more, this probably won’t be that funny to you.

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Either you are into the social networking, or you’re not.  From the first day that Friendster came out, I was there.  When MySpace made it’s rise to web domination, I was there.  All of the other little stragglers and niche social networks came out, I gave those a try too.  Bebo, Tribe.net, and even Zorpia.com […]

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mmmm….hot links….
I have added a section above the Island Hot Links on the right as a space to link to my friends and other cool sites called “REALLY GOOD READS”
Since OTI has so much traffic and could truly be considered more like a portal through which the rest of of the internet is accessed by […]

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Well, in my opinion, Yahoo! made a pretty brilliant move today! 
As first reported on the New York Times website:
Yahoo plans to acquire Right Media, a privately held company that runs an advertising marketplace, in part to bolster its position as a seller and broker of ads outside its own sprawling network of Web sites, […]

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If you wanted to get me something nice for my birthday, I would like all of the items in this video, Thanks!

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