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Closing the Loop – Twitter Commerce

To say that brands are trying to figure out the best way to use Twitter to drive commerce would be an understatement. The massive opportunity the Twitter platform presents for commerce has not been lost on Twitter CEO Dick Costolo.
Currently the extent to which brands drive commerce on Twitter is …
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Chrome Extension: Sell your Etsy, Ebay or Craigslist items directly on Twitter

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This weekend I created a Chrome Extension for Sell Simply that allows you to Sell your Etsy, Ebay or Craigslist items directly on Twitter.
The extension let’s you to Tweet your items for sale directly from the item listing wherever it may be. People can then …
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Sell Simply on Meet The Startup

I was recently interviewed by Rick Turoczy about Sell Simply for Meet The Startup.
The interview went super smooth, mostly due to the relaxed nature of Rick, and the obvious benefit of knowing your own startup inside and out. Thanks to Rick, Tom Turbull and Phil Kinjerski for their work promoting startups in Portland. I’m glad to have the opportunity …
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From the looks of my @instagram map I’ve been quite mobile over the last 20 days. Feels good to be stationary.

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Flickfolia

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Flickfolia is a professional photography portfolio you can control entirely with your Flickr account.
Here are some features in brief. More on the site.
Control FreakControl navigation, colors, layout, fonts, logos and all photos with your Flickr account.
Everwhere? check!Flickfolia works on any device as well as the …
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Ann Sacks Photography

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One of my photos in an Ann Sacks ad. Cool!
Model is @LisaTeso agency is @NORTH.

Calvin Coolidge was the man (with numerous awesome pets)

Rob Roy and Prudence Prim – White colliesPeter Pan – TerrierPaul Pry – Airedale TerrierCalamity Jane – Shetland SheepdogTiny Tim and Blackberry – Chow ChowsRuby Rouch – CollieBoston Beans – BulldogKing Cole – German shepherdPalo Alto – Bird dogBessie – CollieRebecca and Horace – RaccoonsEbeneezer – DonkeyNip and Tuck – …
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Top 20 post on Hacker News – The stats

Last night my previous post made it to #17 on Hacker News. These are the resulting stats as of this morning.
36 Tweets
11 Likes
4000 uniques
15 seconds avg. on site – people skim, and skim poorly
50% on Chrome. Yay geeks!
26 comments on Hacker news
43 Karma points on Hacker News

I’m not a frequent Hacker News …
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Why I never design a site in Photoshop

I have designed and written the code base for a lot of websites and applications over the past 14 years. I have never once designed a site in Photoshop.

It is true I design some elements in Photoshop, but as far as site layout, nav, ui, ux, color etc… I design in …
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CodeIgniter Upgrading from 1.7.2 to 2.0.0

After digging a bit I got the upgrade to work. Here is what I learned, hopefully it will help you avoid pitfalls if upgrading from 1.7 to 2.0.
I’m a noob to CodeIgniter, so these changes may have been obvious to those who are not. That said, these changes were not mentioned in …
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