The importance of owning the .COM

I just referred somebody to eliteretreat.com…oops…that should have been http://www.eliteretreat.info. The .com is a domain landing page for sexual massages. Shows what happens when you assume something…you get an x-rated massage…wait that’s not the saying…

It also shows the value of having the .com for your company name…it matters. Nice work queen anne real estate guy.

Seattle Business Monthly released a list of their top innovators in Seattle. I was most interested in the high number of “Darren”s on the list. involved in 3 of the top 25…not bad odds considering it’s only the 512th ranked first name. Apparantly somebody forgot about my mad innovation skillz, or is this just [...]

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Maybe it’s because I’m a dad now that I find this so amusing…but I don’t think so. I dare you not to giggle along

kudos to Tiny Prints for the find

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warning: snarky post ahead
I’ve run across two urban legends just this week that made me really want a new product to emerge: BS Detection Implants with a Snopes.com Really Simple Brain Syndication feed.
Here’s how it works. First, you need an alert system for your brain. One that can tell you that something doesn’t feel quite [...]

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My bus got re-routed this morning coming into work. As we turned back onto 2nd avenue the normally subdued workers on their way to work started buzzing towards one side of the bus. There was a lady wrapped in a blanket threatening to jump from about the 7th floor. Police were trying to talk [...]

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wow. Who isn’t talking about this in the tech/finance world? It’s everywhere with such varied opinions. For us nerds it’s way more interesting than the SuperBowl right now. I think overall it’s a smart and probably necessary (only) move for Microsoft to make.
Reasons why I like it - in order:
1. Flickr
2. Delicious
3. Yahoo mail
3. [...]

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