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Ustream videos not working? – Fixed!

While trying to watch a conference via Ustream, I found a horrible discovery — the site would no longer load video.
I tried Internet Explorer (IE8), Firefox and Chrome. Nothing.
After numerous Google searches, I was still out of luck.
No video on the site would load.
YouTube worked. Vimeo worked. Facebook video worked.
But no Ustream. Nothing but [...]

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Help share St. Peter’s Brewery

With the release of St. Peter’s Brewery just around the corner (you’ll be able to purchase the Amazon Kindle version on Dec. 1), I’d love to get your help in spreading the word about the book.
There are a couple of ways you can help spread the word about St. Peter’s Brewery.

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Sticking my toes back in the water

Well, the book is basically finished.
Other than finalizing the cover, I think everything is ready to go to the press. In fact, I plan on releasing a version for Amazon’s Kindle next Tuesday – Dec. 1. So if you have a Kindle, or their desktop software, you’ll be able to purchase a copy of [...]

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The Anatomy of a Tweet

Several people have commented that they see my Tweets (Twitter updates) pop up in Facebook, on my blog, or other places and they don’t have any idea what they mean. So, I thought I’d break it down a little to help you understand the anatomy of a Tweet.

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Taking a break

Yup, I’m taking a break. A sabbatical, leave of absence, vacation, or whatever you want to call it — a break from Web 2.0.
As of writing this, I’m not sure how long it’ll be. I’m thinking at least two weeks, but maybe the whole month of November. We’ll just wait and see.

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Beating foreclosure

We’re so close to reaching our goal!
Over $4000 raised in just over a month!
Take a look at this map – it shows every city represented by at least one donation.

Awesome!

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Top 12 communication pet-peeves

I do my best to offer grace and understanding to folks — no matter where they are, what they’re doing or how they’re doing it.
But sometimes when it comes to communicating, certain things get under my skin. I’m not sure why, they just do. So I thought I’d offer a little insight into my [...]

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Helping our friends beat foreclosure – update

It’s been two and a half weeks since I put out a plea to all my blog readers, Twitter friends and Facebook peeps to help our friends beat foreclosure.
The plea was simple — can we get 450 people to donate $10 by Nov 1 to help them keep their house.

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With a little help for our friends

I was looking over the totals that have come in to help our friends beat foreclosure this week.
It’s encouraging to see.
Folks from 2 different countries, 5 different states, people that have never met my friends, are all pitching in to help in a time of need.
To help illustrate this, I put together a quick map [...]

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Help a friend beat foreclosure

UPDATE: I’ve updated the links to Paypal to help track the money coming in easier.
This morning, I sent out a cry for help via Twitter and Facebook ::
Close friend found out home will be foreclosed on Nov 1. Wonder if 450 peeps would donate $10 to cover their deficit…
Need 450 peeps to donate $10 to [...]

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