Occasionally, someone will ask me how do I manage all those people that I follow on twitter. One comment I’ve gotten is: “there’s no way that you can pay attention to what 4,000+ people are saying.” Which is true.
If I were to use the web interface to keep up with people, there would be no real way to keep up with everything.
I’ve tried using a lot of different programs, to manage my twitter feed. After trying many different ones, I found one that works well for me. I use a …

This week’s marketing minutes is a little bit off topic. It’s also my fist ever with a co-host, CJ Legare from Hope and Love 4 Kids joined me.
It’s a special interview that I was able to do with Michelle Lopez.
Who is Michelle Lopez?
She is the Associate Director of Student Development and Retention at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.
The interview is focused on higher education and more specifically on:

How to pay for a college education
What you as a parent, or as a student interested in going to college, can …

Back when I first started online, I subscribed to every thing. Every list, every blog, every product launch you name it I was on that list. As time went on, I discovered the “unsubscribe” button and learned to use it liberally.
Nowadays, I subscribe to fewer than 10 lists and I actually regularly read less than 5 of those. It’s not that the remaining lists I’m subscribed to aren’t good, it’s just that during any given week only 3 or 4 of those emails have a subject that interests me.
One …

This is one of the last videos from the Kyle Chamber of Commerce Ambassador BASH. In this video, Josh and I talk about an iPhone app called “Bump.” We demo the application for you in the video. If you’re interested, the app is a free download.

There’s one more video from the event, which we’re debating posting. Anyway, thanks for watching!

Update 11/30/09: The computer is sold. Thanks for having a look!
We’ve upgraded computers, so we need to sell the older one.
Here are the primary specs for the computer:

Dual 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5 processors
2 GB of DDR2 SDRAM
250 GB Hard Drive
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 PCIe 256 MB Video Card
Includes the full size Apple keyboard and mouse
Includes the power cord
Does not include a monitor

We’ve never had any problems with the computer, and it will come with a clean install of OS X 10.5.1. We’re not including any applications with it since we …

Today’s post is going to be about mind mapping, mostly because I found this cool mind mapping video that I wanted to share. When I first heard the term “mind mapping” I had visions of a hospital operating room and lots of doctors prodding some poor saps brain with needles and whatnot trying to map out the guy’s brains.
Basically, mind mapping is just a way to organize your thoughts. Some people call it brainstorming, but I feel it’s differnet from brainstorming because mind mapping involves organizing thoughts, not just thought …