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By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
Remember our post about five people that were changing journalism? I do.
And with the very fresh release of Linked Open Data by the New York Times, we begin the next phase of the Read the full story »
Tags: codification 
, cyclical pattern , lexicon , linked open data , NYT , Semantic web , The New York Times , vocabulary
General, News »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
It is usually a pretty simple equation to find success for startups – be first or be awesome. When you bring in an outlier like luck, however, you can be neither first or awesome and find your sweet spot. A recent…
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, Google , Google algorithm , mathematical modeling , unique visitor SEO, Startup Tips »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
I bet that over half of you are not getting up from the poker table that is internet traffic without all for your Google, Bing and Yahoo…
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, Google , internal search , onsite search , search query , search query string , Search Results , Yahoo Social Media, Startup Ideas »
By Guest Author, David Cosand (@davidcosand)
Prior to becoming an elementary school teacher, David Cosand was an advertising media production geek.
He lives in Southern Oregon with his wife and four children.
Sometimes, the best learning happens when you’re not looking for it.…
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, Edmodo , education software , elearning web 2.0 , Jeff O'Hara , Malcolm Gladwell , zemote General »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
We’ve all had to deal with losing our most precious data – photos of family, spreadsheets and the 1.5 million images of kitties being cute. I joke, but we have all been there, that moment when you know that your data…
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, online file backup , publicly traded startup , Spare Backup , SpareBackup , UI , user interface Startup Lessons, Startup Tips »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
Last week we had a search come in for “what happens in a startup merger?” A brilliant question that is most likely being asked at the worst time – the merger.
This question might have been asked by an employee of…
Read the full story »Tags: brightcove
, business plan , buzzfeed , due diligence , Hearst Interactive , Mike Dunn , open source , strategic investment , tech merger , Tech Startup , tech startup due diligence , ugo , venture capital Opinion, Startup Tips »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
The folks at BillShrink released a great info-graphic for the gadget addicted yesterday. It is especially helpful to those that are coveting the Motorola Droid and view it as an alternative to the
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Tags: billshrink , htc imagio , iPhone , motorola droid , mytough 3g , palm pre , Windows Mobile
Opinion, Startup Ideas »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
The future of local journalism was the topic for the most recent meeting of the Future of Local Media NYC group. The conversation though fell short of anything resembling a dialogue about the future of local journalism. It was another example…
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, future of journalism , future of local journalism , journalists , lady gaga , local journalism , local media NYC , manual dexterity test , media empire , progeny , willard scott Opinion »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
The good people over at CNN.com have made a significant improvement with their new redesign and it’s not what you think. Sure it is prettier, peppier and full of new web goodness, including beta a beta section.
All of…
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, external links , link love , mashable , mashable.com , pete cashmore , SEO juice , structured data , time-warner Opinion, Startup Lessons, Startup Tips »
By Guest Author, Matt Butcher (@technosophos)
About the author: Matt is a software developer and author living in Chicago. He is the author of five programming books, most recently “Drupal 6 Javascript and jQuery” and an Open Source project called
Tags: Drupal Developer
, Google Summer of Code , Googleplex , GSOC , Javascript , jQuery , Matt Butcher , Mentor Summit , multi-touch , Panlantir , PyMT , QueryPath , web 2.0 demise Startup Ideas, Startup Reviews »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
Unlike the mythical Hydra of Lerna that slayed men with its poison breath, this Hydra uses its multiple heads to deliver CPA campaigns for advertisers. All the while delivering dollars to its affiliates through the Hydra Advertising…
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, compliance , CPA , CPA vs CPC , CPC , FTC compliance , hydra advertising network , hydra cpa , hydra heads , online marketing Social Media, Startup Ideas, Startup Lessons »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
This is my last feed post for a while. I swear.
That said, it might be the most important one that can help startups, bloggers and established media makers begin to deliver new and better experiences to users.
Check out the …
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, google reader , google reader shared feed , knowledge base , publisher , rss feed , social filter , social search , Technorati Opinion »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
Apple TV users, like me are idiots. We love our Apple TVs way more than Apple does and we sit idly by as they wither in the Apple product offering.
That said, I have recently had some problems with my Apple…
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, Apple products , Apple TV , Apple TV hacks , ATV , Boxee , iTunes , iTunes library , SSID Opinion, Startup Tips »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
This afternoon I noticed something funny happening with Google Reader shared feeds. It seems that feeds are now mixing namespaces for the main content of the posts.
Previously, all content was delivered via the ’summary’ namespace.…
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, google feeds , google reader , google rss feeds , magic api , Twitter API , xml editor Startup Lessons, Startup Tips »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
I can tell you. It all depends on what people are searching for.
Painfully obvious, right?
Well, not so much when someone searches at Google for intitle:”chocolate” ext:rss. The odds are astronomically high that even chocolate experts weren’t even returned as…
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, dynamic feeds , dynamic rss , feed redirect , FeedBurner , RSS Opinion »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
I mean it.
And as far unconferences go, WordCamps PodCamps, Ignites, TechMeetups or Hack Days haven’t been that different from other paid conferences that I have attended; hit and miss, but mostly miss because…
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, Gnomedex , ignite , podcamp , publicmediacamp , unconference , uncut raw sugar , wordcamp SEO, Startup Tips »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
Yo SEM, I’m really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but organic SEO had the best results for startups this year.
So your new startup app is killer and you are going to need to get traffic to it.…
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, best seo , google adwords , how to startup , organic seo , seo quick tips General »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
Disclaimer: I have founded several startups but none that have taken on VC funding, seed or angel investments. Not that I didn’t try for the one that needed it to grow. For six months earlier this year, without success, a business…
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, dumb money , Mark Suster , seed capital , smart money , startup advice , vc funding Opinion, Startup Tips »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
Why not?
I received the comment below in regards to using a .rss extension for RSS feeds.
Serious question – why? What benefit (besides looking cool) do you get from this, when there’s no standard
…
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, Really Simple Syndication , RSS , RSS feeds , RSS icon , syndication , Wired News , XML feed Opinion, Startup Meme »
By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)
Beyond joining the cool kids at the table again, Facebook is ready to begin stepping on the toes of its biggest competitors, Google and Twitter. And they are positioning themselves to put more nails in the MySpace coffin.
Facebook has…
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, Facebook Lite , Facebook search , Facebook Social Search , FBML Facebook API , FriendFeed , Real Time Social Search , Twitter API 
