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I posted a short video over at The Blog Herald showing my morning blogging routine…. sorta…

Enjoy!

Now that grad school is almost complete, you’ll see our blog sites and clientwork begin to pickup once again.

I’ve also been invited to begin blogging at The Blog Herald, where you’ll see me several times a week with news and featured posts - along with the weekly BH podcast.

Here’s a look at my initial feature piece on the idiocy of Shel Israel and the humor of Loren Feldman:

I’ve read Naked Conversations, the book by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel that talks about the power of blogging for individuals, businesses, and communities. I’ve even used their examples with clients - a few of which are mentioned in their book.

I walked away from the book thinking that both of these guys totally “got” the blogging and social media thing. My online experiences with both of them on and off over the years confirmed this - at least until I began watching Global Neighborhoods, Shel’s new show on Scoble’s new gig at Fastcompany.tv.

We’ve posted edition 2007.4 of The Blog Herald Podcast over at The Blog Herald wherein we discuss the 6th anniversary of September 11th, 2001.

I’ve been featured in “Blogger Cribs”, a new profile series, over at Connected Internet:

What mobile(s) do you own? Why did you choose that model?

• 4GB iPhone
• Treo 700wx

I like both of these for different reasons - the iPhone is the best converged device that I’ve ever seen. The Treo is the best overall business focused mobile device. I carry both…

Read the rest here.

Time, Inc. has killed off their Business 2.0 Magazine, the icon of the connected Web 2.0 enabled business, reports the New York Times:

As we wrote in July, executives at Time Inc. were weighing whether to shutter the seven-year old business/technology publication as the magazine’s ad pages precipitously dropped this year. After our article boosted public support for the publication – followers started a support group on Facebook – Time bosses gave the publication a two month-long reprieve during which it weighed offers from Fast Company publisher Mansueto Ventures, and others, to buy the brand and its 623,000-name circulation list.

I’ve read Business 2.0 for most of it’s 7 year lifespan. Generally, it was a decent read on up-and-coming business ideas and individuals.. but sometimes it simply failed to hit the mark.

As we had reported earlier this week, NBC Universal has ditched Apple’s iTunes & iTunes store platform for parts unknown.

Until now.

NBC has opted to sign with Amazon, a relatively unknown player in the digital media distribution world. The choice imposes even more Digital Rights Management restrictions than those imposed by Apple’s FairPlay system:

With a market cap of $34 billion, Amazon isn’t exactly the smallest company in the world. But they are certainly smaller than Apple when it comes to power and influence in the downloadable entertainment scene. In this way, Amazon might be an ideal partner for NBC, given the latter’s concern for control over show pricing and DRM. Yet, when shows start appearing early next week, they’ll be debuting to a download marketplace that sees less activity than Apple’s iTunes Store.

Personally, I think they’re frakked…

Smashing Magazine is giving away 40+ design & development books for free to its readers in celebration of their 1st anniversary. The selection of the books was outlined by the magazine’s staff thusly:

Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. To become or remain professional, you permanently need to improve your design and programming skills, be aware of new approaches and now how other designers and developer achieve both beautiful and effective designs. And to improve your design and programming skills all the time you need bulletproof sources to learn properly and to learn from masters who have a profound understanding of the field they’re working in. Renowned books from well-known designers, developers, artists and authors might be just the right thing - serving as the inspiration or helping you to stay in touch with popular techniques in your field.