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Doing The TWiT, Baby

10 Nov 2008

So Leo Laporte, internet superstar and ruler of podcasting, contacted me a couple of weeks ago to appear on This Week In Tech (TWiT) as a guest host. After I picked up my jaw and changed my underwear (in that order), I happily accepted and we completed the show last night (listen here). At first [...]

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Tags: chrispirillo, leolaporte, podcast, social media, twit, twitter, video, web2.0

Why You Should Care About Gnomepal

In: web2.0

2 Apr 2008

First off, what is Gnomepal? Gnomepal is an open sourced effort to take the Drupal platform and build an amazing install profile so that anyone can build and maintain a powerful online community. Yes, I just made that up. Chris Pirillo is taking the lead on this project and has humbled himself to yield to [...]

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Tags: chrispirillo, Drupal, gnomepal

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In: comedy|Default

1 Apr 2008

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Feedback Regarding Open Direction and Open Communities

In: web2.0

26 Mar 2008

This is a response/feedback to Chris Pirillo’s blog post surrounding a huge idea surrounding web communities. Please read his blog post in its entirety prior to reading this one so you will understand the context. Enjoy. Let me just say, I applaud this effort and believe you are on to something here. Here are my [...]

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Tags: Brainstorm, chrispirillo, Community, Drupal, gnomepal, Lockergnome, Standards, Web

Rhapsody vs iTunes: A Rebuttal

In: geek

17 Feb 2008

Chris Pirillo prefers Rhapsody over iTunes. Music subscriptions (Rhapsody) would be a waste of money for me and are not a viable solution at all. Here’s 10 reasons why: I barely spend $15 every 6 months on music, let alone every month. I listen to great podsafe music and I buy the music I _love_ [...]

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Tags: apple, chrispirillo, drm, iTunes, music, real, Rhapsody

My Thoughts On the Macworld Keynote

In: apple|geek|macintosh

19 Jan 2008

Now that everyone’s had a chance to digest the new announcements from Apple at Macworld 2008, I’ll go ahead and express my thoughts on each announcement: Time Capsule [link] From Apple’s perspective, this creates a great incentive for users to upgrade to Leopard. I believe users will see the benefit of Time Machine and also [...]