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By Michael McFadden, 8 months and 3 days ago

McFaddenPlace Moved ... But You Can't Tell

no yahooYou might not know we moved ... I guess it's better to say we switched our hosting at mcfaddenplace.  Not significant to any of our readers but it is significant (or maybe not) to Yahoo.  Yahoo webhosting stinks!  We started there back in 2005 right before we moved to Oxford.  We used Yahoo because they had an easy to use «site builder» and hosting was included.  Fast forward 4 years, 3 website designs and a switch to wordpress and we've outgrown Yahoo.  How does someone outgrow Yahoo?  Easy, they only have tools for people that don't want to experiment with new tools ... they don't even allow people to work with the latest and greatest platforms like WordPress.

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By Michael McFadden, 1 year and 6 months ago

Colorado cable, internet and phone rants

In theory bundles are great for customers. It creates value, there is one payment, and the installation process is easier ... but the value of a bundle disappears if a company can't offer 2 or 3 great products. And there lies the core of my frustration ...

In the last 7 days I've spent at least 3 hours on the phone and on the customer chat lines with representatives from Qwest, Comcast and Dish/EchoStar. It has left me with a sour taste and I can't wait for someone to get it right (but I doubt it will happen)

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By Michael McFadden, 1 year and 6 months ago

Recommend the Personal MBA Book List

I recently read a blog post from Ben Casnocha on business books, self-education and mental models. It was quite fascinating as he posted an email dialogue between himself and Josh Kaufman. Josh runs the Personal MBA website and has published «The 77 Best Business Books In Print».

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By Michael McFadden, 1 year and 7 months ago

Web optimization - Pingdom

This post is not as exciting as pictures of Campbell but it does highlight a pretty cool tool anyone can use to test the speed of a web page. Go to http://tools.pingdom.com

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By Michael McFadden, 1 year and 7 months ago

Testing ScribeFire

I just loaded a new Firefox plugin called ScribeFire. It enables bloggers to post directly from their browser. I'll let you know how it goes. In the meantime you can learn more here:

http://blog.scribefire.com/help/getting-started/

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By Michael McFadden, 1 year and 7 months ago

The Society receives some local coverage

Last night 9news ran a story on TheSociety.com. We are running a promotion for Denver/Colorado residents to getaway to the mountains during the DNC. For details on the DNC promotion go to http://thesociety.com/dnc.

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By Michael McFadden, 1 year and 10 months ago

Pomona High School class of 96 entreprenuer

IndieGoGoCheck it out. Eric Schell (PHS '96) has recently launched IndieGoGo.com, an «online social marketplace connecting filmmakers and fans to make independent film happen». Eric and I played on the golf team back in the day. Since then Eric has been roaming the world and now has settled down (sort of) in Berekely and founded a company with two other friends. Most recently they were featured on TheAlarmClock, and Eric's partner, Slava gave a great interview.

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