http://danliveshere.com Dan Lives Here Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:49:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_41" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Wordle.net"][/caption] I've never been into sloppy Tag Clouds. They always seem to be organized, but really not usable. They might look cool, but I never use them to actually navigate someones site. Really, that's too bad as tagging is a great way to actually help your readers ... http://danliveshere.com/2008/08/07/not-big-into-tag-clouds-but-i-do-like-wordle/ I'm always on the lookout for new and innovative designs for sites. I think that is one of the many things that always intrigues me about the web. When people combine art with functionality. I've seen plenty of sites that make you just go, ummm what? "What does this do?" ... http://danliveshere.com/2008/06/20/innovative-approachdesign-to-blogging/ I try to keep the number of RSS Feeds that I subscribe to a minimum. I have read about people like Robert Scoble that read some insane number of RSS Feeds a day, I just don't have time. I find that if don't read the RSS feed in over ... http://danliveshere.com/2008/06/05/social-design-blog-bokardocom/ For those that have known me for some time, you know that I'm passionate about music. I used to work in radio for a number of years and even got to put my 2 cents in for the programming KNRK for a little while. The biggest chunk of programming came ... http://danliveshere.com/2008/04/18/oh-where-is-the-new-music/ Great post on TechCrunch today talking about the future of social networking (I Saw The Future Of Social Networking The Other Day) Mike Arrington talks about a company that he has seen that could be diving into waters that Facebook and MySpace have yet to fully embrace, Mobile Social Networking. Yes, ... http://danliveshere.com/2008/04/10/mobile-social-networking/ Ok, there are so many of these services out there... Qik, Justin.tv, YouTUBE is rumored to be bringing live streaming... so I'm testing out Yahoo Live to see how I like it for the Trail Blazers. Getting behind the scenes footage is always a challenged, but sometimes it is the ... http://danliveshere.com/2008/04/07/trying-out-yahoo-live/ Two things stood out for me today... 1) Passion - I was on a panel today with Paul Colligan at Searchfest 2008, and he has passion for what he does. He has several podcasts and is a person neck deep in social media/web 2.0. If you ever get a chance to ... http://danliveshere.com/2008/03/11/two-things/ Ohhhh, the web. It brings us all together. We talk to each other on email, IM, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... and probably something crazy that I haven't heard of. Buuuuuut... people who like the web, and who talk about the web like to go to conferences. Probably to meet others because ... http://danliveshere.com/2008/02/12/conferences-conferences-conferences/ I landed in Miami after an extensive trip (12+ hours) and the weather is awesome. I'm here for the 2008 NBA Marketing Meetings. All the team gather with the league to share best practices about marketing basketball. I went last year to New Orleans and it was pretty cool... This year, ... http://danliveshere.com/2008/01/07/in-miami/ What a crazy last couple of months. We really have had no downtime here at work... 1) We took on the interactive marketing for the Rose Quarter. This is no small feat as there are a lot of events that go on at the Rose Quarter. 2) Upped our coverage of the ... http://danliveshere.com/2007/11/05/the-season-is-underway-2/