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Friday Five – January 20, 2012

ByDerek

So the big news in the tech world this week was… Newt Gingrich. Just kidding it was SOPA – a proposed piece of garbage legislation written people that don’t manage their own Facebook and Twitter accounts that, if enacted, could cause disastrous harm to innovation and the tech industry. This issue was so important that…

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Bloggercon V: Oktoberfest

ByDerek

Ok, Buffalo bloggers, it’s official. Bloggercon V will be held at the Central Terminal during our second annual Oktoberfest celebration. Date: September 23 (yes September! Oktoberfest in Germany begins on September 16th this year) Time: 6pm-11pm Location: Buffalo Central Terminal, 495 Paderewski Drive, Buffalo NY 14212 Cost: Admission is $5 There will be lots of…

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Crisis isn’t that complicated

ByDerek

Some people want to believe that our country’s economic crisis is so complicated that mere mortals cannot understand it. Only economists and politicians (hah!) have the brain power and education to decipher the complexity of how subprime mortgages and tightening credit markets have caused this unprecedented crisis. Don’t believe them. You see, in actuality, most…

Select Comfort learns the real power of Twitter

ByDerek

If you didn’t read yesterday’s entry, start there. Select Comfort’s corporate headquarters is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Above is the traffic map for my site today. The darker the green, the higher the percentage of traffic originated there. Needless to say, my Twitter campaign to better inform potential Select Comfort customers was being heard in…

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Taxes taxes yum yum gimme gimme some some

ByDerek

Ahh, New York. State government continues it’s quest to unearth every non-taxed dollar. Once again facing a looming deficit by their own mismanagement, the latest budget cycle included a new law to tax successful internet businesses that don’t have any physical stores or employees in New York. Our beloved state would never let something like…

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