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Some Thoughts About Suffering

Dec 10, 2008 at 8:20 pm in KARMA by ian · 9 Comments »

Our own melodramatic dance with pomp, circumstance – grace, grit and greed and all of that fun stuff that keeps the infinte wheel of Samsara and Silliness spinning long enough for us each to get old, look back and know better.

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A Genuine Argument with an Imaginary Upsell

Oct 1, 2008 at 5:55 pm in KARMA by ian · 2 Comments »

Anyway – the point of this is I had a nasty, and frustrating exchange today when I was purchasing a new keyword tool to test.

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Landshark

Sep 7, 2008 at 9:13 pm in KARMA, POPULAR by ian · 3 Comments »

I saw a guy walking around with a shark today.

Really – an honest to goodness shark. On a pier just outside Atlantic City .

I was sitting there, cleaning up from the beach after a two hour afternoon power tan, when this older dude walks by with what I thought at first was a very realistic looking toy shark.

I thought to myself – that actually looks like I real shark – if I hadn’t had the shit scared out of me [read more →]

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How To Add Great Graphics, Images and Animations to Your Site for 8 Cents A Day

Aug 31, 2008 at 3:49 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

One of the biggest irritants that you’ll find if you are publishing sites across a bunch of different niches is having to find free ( or low cost) graphics that you can use to spice up your sites. The simple truth is that visuals DO contribute to the end user experience, site stickiness, and certaintly repeat visitors to boot.

Some of the very best blogs (especially out of the internet marketing space – which is MOST of them..:-)) are those [read more →]

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Hope, Help & Hardship

Aug 29, 2008 at 1:18 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

crazy….sexy….cancer?

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5 Simple Laws of Getting Ahead in Business ( and in Life)

Aug 25, 2008 at 8:39 am in COACHING by ian · Comments Off

Here is nice little list of important lessons shared by Guy Kawasaki on things he’s learned about business, startups and people….on the way to the top. One of the truly “good guys” in the start up mentoring space – and always find these little axioms humbling and helpful.