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Episode 33 - 5-14-08

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Written on May 13, 2008 | Posted in Podcast, twith

From the Live Show - Talking with Bot

On the new live show, Bot came over and chatted. We had the recorder on. Here is the conversation:

Written on March 24, 2008 | Posted in Video Pod

Have I said how much we like Akismet? Domo Arigato for no bot-o

I have a great online toolbox. Items that help me work with websites, servers and desktops - and the best part is it’s free. Akismet - or Automatic Kismet is a great little tool that keeps spammers from posting nonsense. I can’t say how Akismet has helped out on this site.
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Written on March 17, 2008 | Posted in The Focus

Comcast is Watching You. Good or Bad?

The New York Times reports of a Blogger who gets an email after complaining about a service that is not there. Other people have complained about their bills and Comcast comes back with a “Can I Help”? Even others find themselves with internet connection issues for trying to use the service. This begs the question: are we seeing a new trend and is this a good or bad thing?

First of all, most likely they are not looking at your blog or twitter directly. They are most likely running searches from Google, Summize (remember - Twitter bought that company) and a bunch of other engines. They look at keywords that - in turn - give them information to turn around and say “What can we do?”