Twitter is a favorite place of mine to hang out and talk to friends. I always say I talk a LOT - and I proved that when I hit 10,000 tweets yesterday. I have friends that are more powerful and influential (and talkative), but this was a milestone I caught and wanted to celebrate. Twitter has allowed me to meet and converse with some awesome people in the past year. My life will never be the same, and I can't begin to thank the people I have ...

I have had tons of people ask about different things for their trip to Austin and my good friend Joanna Lord mentioned that I should do a guide. What to see, what to bring, what not to miss. Guess I can throw some info together. :) If you have specific questions, comment and I'll answer!! If I need to I'll add it to the post. Needed at PubCon South Business Cards (a must, kinda late to order, but you can always do one day turnaround and ...

I am done! I didn't finish faster than last year like I wanted to, but I didn't end up training and running the race on full either. Let me explain. Two weeks before the race I injured my left instep. I don't think it was training alone, but rather training followed by 3-inch heels. Yes, I know. I learned. No heels while training. So I lost a week of training. :( Follow that up with the big kicker: I sprained my left ankle about 2 miles from ...

So my friend in the SEO world, Brent Payne from the Tribune and Big Watah fame, got tagged a few days ago with something sort of like a chain email, or MySpace bulletin. Don't pretend that you haven't seen them on MySpace, I know you have an account even if it's blank. :) He filled it out with some amazing stories and so I guess I'll do the same (just not as amazing). It makes for a great blog post and you might learn something. Here's hoping ...

Okay, because of the insane amount of work I have to do today, the recap post is being pushed back again. But today I was reminded again why I love the people in my industry. They are just like me, they love fun and come up with the craziest ideas. My two prime examples are: Big Watah Best Smelling in Search These are two websites and ideas started at SMX East because of what happened the night of October 6, 2008. The first one has a great ...

Last weekend I placed a sheet of paper in front of my brother and said "Sign It." It was his voter registration card that I filled out for him. He's 29 and had never registered to vote. I am the younger sibling. It's time to take the initiative, get the people you love and respect to vote. Nothing is getting better in this country, and no matter how you think the change should happen, the point is you have the responsibility to make your ...

If you're not tired of looking at my graduate school rant, I am. :) Time to talk about something else. What better than my impending trip to New York City for SMX East. I have the honor of speaking on two phenomenal panels: Give It Up: White Hat Edition (Wednesday) and Breaking Up (with your Agency) is Hard to Do (Monday). I am going to be annoying friends and family this weekend preparing for those, adding examples, and other fun stuff. I am ...

I don't call them handbags, but whatever. HandbagPlanet is giving away a free bag every hour for 24 hours or something. You say free purse, I come running. They launch the site on October 15, 2008. I'll be back from New York by then, but I hope I get my free bag (I'm getting one, I can FEEL it) before New York. Oh, and to the Handbag Planet people, check your Title Tags. Your thank you and referral page tag says "Win a Free Hangbag!" Don't ...

There are days that I am really impressed with what I see in our industry, and others I just want to shake my head in shame. Today I ran across a real winner (please note the dripping sarcasm) in my morning emails. The site, SEO Tutorial Program (just look it up) and the owner Scott White are the biggest crocks I've seen in a while. I mean SEO Chump could probably do better than this guy, and that's saying a lot! Here are my issues with the ...

A few days ago Graywolf and I had a small debate on Twitter and I'm curious. If Danny or Kevin (think that's his name) wanted to pick a new location for a national show, where would you want to go? Graywolf wants Orlando (yawn!) hehe. I want to see a show come to Austin (along with many other Texas people). Why? Austin is the live music capital of the world. We have more awesome music in a five block radius than Orlando has in the entire ...