Import tables from websites into Excel

Written by admin on 30.06.2009 | Uncategorized

I have found what has to be the coolest Firefox plugins ever. I often spend hours scouring the web for bits of information that I need to bring into other documents. Many times, I’ll want to bring in a web table to Excel. This is often met with frustration and a lot of manual tweaking. [...]

Random Thoughts – Portable Social Graph and URL shortners

Written by joecotellese on 19.06.2009 | Uncategorized

Two completely disparate topics but my brain generally jumps from topic to topic almost randomly.
First, I listened to a great podcast this morning discussing how social media companies need to start thinking about ways to leverage the portable social graph.
Second, are short URL services harmful to search rankings? Google uses the context of [...]

Crowdsourcing from the Crowd

Written by admin on 17.06.2009 | Uncategorized

John Winsor, Business Week contributor as solicited opinions from the twitterazzi about the phenomenom of crowd sourcing.
Some have predicted that the crowdsourcing phenomenon will accelerate creativity across a larger network. Others, meanwhile, have predicted the practice of opening up a task to the public instead of keeping it in-house or using a contractor will prove [...]

The Mic is Always On

Written by admin on 16.06.2009 | Facebook

I read a post recently about how everything we publish online becomes a decision point for someone. The author, Scott Monty, was talking about this as it pertains to a businesses social media strategy but I think it’s great advice for our kids.
A few months ago, I met a young woman in her early twenties [...]