Tag Archives: chats

links for 2008-11-03

Survivor Corps - Peer Support
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Charity Folks | Online Auctions
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Netvantage Marketing Blog
Let’s face it, we’re in a recession. In the past five weeks, the stock market has tanked, the credit market has dried up, and a very large rescue/bailout plan has seemingly had little effect. Companies are now cutting back and employees are being let […]

Always Remember the 95 Theses of the Cluetrain Manifesto

Markets are conversations.
Markets consist of human beings, not demographic sectors.
Conversations among human beings sound human. They are conducted in a human voice.
Whether delivering information, opinions, perspectives, dissenting arguments or humorous asides, the human voice is typically open, natural, uncontrived. […]

Will Google Lively Be a Boon or Bust?

Everyone knows I hate Second Life but some people know that I love IM and IRC.  So, if this Google’s Lively actually acts like an IRC with avatars, I think I might use it — as long as the interface isn’t too heavy and I can “play” it on my x61 ThinkPad.  I was really […]

Doctors Are the Perfect Marks for Spycraft

An excerpt from my never-to-be-completed and never-to-be-published self-amusement novel, Hill Mole, about how perfect being a doc is for both getting away with affairs and spycraft — and how worthwhile they are as recruits as spies. From the chapter Doctors Have Been Known to Lose Patients:

In spycraft, there is no better recruit than a doctor. […]

More Nostalgia About Hawaii Nei, My Hawaii

I bumped into Michelle Santos on Facebook yesterday and we Kama’ainas got super nostalgic all over each others’ Facebook Walls, and here are some excepts:
Michelle:
Aloha oe, Chris!! Pehea `oe? E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe!!!
Chris:
Aloha kakahiaka, Michelle. Mai ka’i no au. Aloha mai e!!
Michelle:
eh, howzit, Brah? Whaddsdascoops? when we do talk story? I miss […]

Best Bar Trivia with Less Smoke and Fewer Drunks

I love trivia games. I also love pool and drinking beer. Well, these three vices came together in a perfect storm with Zack’s Bar. Sadly, Zack’s closed and I am now old. For me, in my late 30s, hanging out in bars is downright pathetic. And I hate the smoke, and those days are over. […]

Meet Your Blogging Heroes on My ooVoo Day

I just received the below email in my Facebook Inbox because I am a member of the ooVoo Facebook Group. Well, I have been sitting on some cool news that I assume I can share now since it has been released into the wilderness. Lots of cool stuff: My ooVoo Day, a […]

Lori Gottlieb on Marriage and Settling: Marry Him!

I met Lori Gottlieb years ago now and I am a passionate fan. There are even rumors that I will be mentioned in an upcoming Atlantic article, “Marry Him:  The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough,” which will be coming out in the March issue available online this Friday.Forget about me me me for […]

New oOVoo 1.5 Version is Now Installed!

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New oOVoo 1/5 Version is Now Installed!, originally uploaded by Chris Abraham.
Well, I will let you know what I discover when I play around with my new version of […]

New Media Strategies Was New Media Before New Media

I spent nearly three-years living the life if an “NMSer.” It is where I got trained up in the art of new media strategy and new media marketing. I had an amazing experience working there and I am also happy to share the latest post-Meredith purchase in the form of a very nice article, Tracking […]