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Hi I am Joe Hackman, welcome to my personal blog. I am an Entrepreneur, IT Consultant, and Blog Talk Radio host. I also work with social media professionally as both a consultant, and by developing Wordpress based blogs/Websites. |
While browsing my Google Reader feed today I saw a post on Vator.tv about YouhaveIwant. This is a real time matching based startup out of New York. Co-founder Vik Panda recently presented at a Vator Splash event in San Francisco.
The product has some interesting highlights including:
Persistent Search
Short Messages
Enhanced Privacy
Location-based
Real-Time [...] Continue Reading…
Capicornus beached on Mack Island
A short while ago I noticed a new job title on a friends LinkedIn account. My friend Ben Jackson had become VP of Sales at Houseboats.com. I knew right away that I would be calling him eventually because the idea of [...] Continue Reading…
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I have always had a lot of respect and admiration to anyone who puts themselves in harms way for the benefit of others. I have a favorite quote and poem to share with you on this Memorial Day. First a quote from the late Joseph Campbell:
“A hero [...] Continue Reading…
On April 4th, 2010 3:40PM a 7.2 quake jolted Northern Mexico and Southern California. After having a number of exchanges with friends in San Diego I began to evaluate my disaster preparedness resources and found them to be inadequate. I solicited the San Ramon Valley Regional Fire Protection District for an [...] Continue Reading…
I created this video for the benefit of people who are new to Amplify.com.
I originally intended to include this in another post. When I realized the list was going to get very long I decided to split it off. This is a part of my #appreciationfriday that I replaced #ff on Twitter with. Partially inspired by a recent Chris Brogan blog post [...] Continue Reading…
I started to write a Facebook wall update earlier this week about starting a business:
“The economy may have faced challenges but it seems like a great time to start a business. I would encourage anyone who is out of work to consider pursuing your dreams, reach for the sky. There are so [...] Continue Reading…
I’ll be moderating a monthly community chat with Amplify.com CEO Eric Goldstein. Our next session is scheduled for May 20th, 2010 at 5PM Pacific/8PM Eastern. Subsequent episodes will be scheduled for the third Thursday of every month at the same time/place. This will be a great opportunity for the [...] Continue Reading…
It is with a bit of trepidation that I write this post. There are some exciting things going on at Facebook this week. The main reason for the concern is the potential for abuse with the new like feature. As Arnab points out in his blog, the new feature [...] Continue Reading…
I have to confess, while I know many companies are depending heavily on Email marketing more often than not I feel inposed upon by it. I’ve had some long running battles with companies re-adding me to their distribution lists. My longest standing offender is Ziff Davis Publishing. Whatever is [...] Continue Reading…
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