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The Secret Mission Of WELD (And Why You Should Enlist)

Friday, August 28th, 2009 by Reid Williams

I’ve been badgering the guy in the office down the hall to start writing blog posts. If anyone is reading my posts here, I figure, they’ll really get interested in what he has to say.

Mostly because, well, he’s trying to save the world.

Brandon Holmes, B-rad, Brando, @BrandoNRG (if you follow folks on Twitter) - he’s actually the person who convinced me to hop off a globe-trotting lifestyle train and give West Virginia a try.

His undying belief that entrepreneurs can reshape the social and economic fabric of our world for the better probably sold me more than anything. It’s pretty inspiring.

So you know, there are people who will start a business just to teach people to save lives. And there are people whose idea of business development is pursuing non-profit and community clients trying to fix healthcare, or bring jobs to the state, or improve education.

Have you ever met anyone who truly believes that a rising tide floats all boats? (more…)

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5 Little Rules and 1 Big One For Presentations

Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Reid Williams
Are We Supposed To Read All That? (Photo by Peter Kaminski/Flickr Creative Commons)

Are We Supposed To Read All That? (Photo by Peter Kaminski/Flickr Creative Commons)

Is this too strong of a rule for slide presentations?

“Each PowerPoint slide should have no more than 6 words on it, and no slide should contain bullet points.”

A friend recently asked about tips for giving a presentation, and we couldn’t help but interject - we’re constantly seeking new ways to alleviate the suffering of others, you see.

Presentations have become an integral part of professional and academic life, but rare is the person that enjoys them (giving or viewing) and few are electric, which is to say, turn on light bulb-like ideas for the audience and give them an illuminated path to follow when it’s over. (more…)

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You Can’t Teach An Old Dog To Stop Interrupting You

Friday, August 21st, 2009 by Reid Williams

This is the first image in WELD's introductory presentation — it sums up what we don't do.

This is the first image in WELD's introductory presentation — it sums up what we don't do. (Click on the image to see the full presentation on Slideshare.)

Get ready to get annoyed: Some of the premier publishers on the web are about to start meddling with your Internet experience by inserting advertisements between you and the content you just mouse-clicked to see.

Just when you thought they’d figured out that that sort of interruption is a real turn-off for us consumers, these “old dog” publishers have the bright idea to make our web viewing more like TV viewing.

According to MediaWeek (and numerous other sources echoing the same press release), The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and other “top-tier” sites will roll video ads for 10 seconds when you arrive at these sites. The ad will then retreat into a banner if you click it away. If not, it will run for 30 seconds. (more…)

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Why Public Libraries Should Invest In Espresso Machines

Saturday, August 8th, 2009 by Reid Williams
Image by Scott Feldstein/Flickr Creative Commons

Image by Scott Feldstein/Flickr Creative Commons

More and more people are living their workaday lives untethered from any sort of office. They’re called “digital nomads.”

In a recent article in the Washington Post, reporter Michael S. Rosenwald follows these 21st century professionals as they work in hotel lobbies, airports, coffee shops and even poolside.

The quote on the impact of connectivity says it all (my emphasis added):

“Asked where her co-workers were, Moysey said, ‘I don’t know, because it doesn’t matter anymore.’” (more…)

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Don’t Build A Website Without Thinking About Your Phone

Friday, August 7th, 2009 by Reid Williams
Image by Mike Licht/Flickr Creative Commons

Image by Mike Licht/Flickr Creative Commons

More and more, and as much as I hate to admit it, I don’t know what I’d do without my iPhone. And as I read about the sales of smartphones taking off like rockets, I think two things:

  1. I’m not alone in my dependence — which is only slightly comforting, because
  2. We’re going to have to rebuild a lot of websites

According to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 32% of Americans have accessed the Internet with their phone. This is up a third from December 2007.

The Pew study, conducted in April of this year, also revealed that, on a typical day, 19% of Americans will be surfing the web via their phones. As the report points out, that’s a 73% growth in the 16 months between measurements.

Check out some of these other recent statistics: (more…)

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Why Twitter’s Monetization Plans For Businesses Shouldn’t Work

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 by Reid Williams
Twitter 101 for Business by Twitter

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Twitter got all dressed up last week, the type of shave-and-a-haircut sprucing that you’d do, too, if you were about to shake someone’s hands and ask him for money.

Before too long (read: very soon), Twitter will offer paid services, ostensibly to businesses and possibly to all of us.

I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that this monetization model shouldn’t work at all. I’ll explain, of course. (more…)

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