It's no secret that I'm a fan of Twitter . Well, I was, until it started being so unreliable. Now, I'm caught with some golden handcuffs. I find myself using Twitter because that's where the people to whom I want to speak tend to reside...
Topics: 11g, features, hack, Oracle, Technology, Tips, track, twitter, virtualbox, virual machine, workaround

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I know. I know. Hypocritical is getting all dusty from lack of use. I apologize. But I have excuses. I've been spending a great deal of my time working on Silicon Florist , a blog about under-the-RADAR startups in Portland, Oregon, and the...
Topics: feed, rss, twitter

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So, I went back to Starbucks , today. For the first time in a long time. And, yes, you know me. I fell for the hype about the retraining . And that's why I went back. Because I just had to see. Took it. Hook, line, and sinker. And while the cynic in..
Topics: results, retrain, retraining, starbucks

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I know, I know. You're busy. Running around crazily, all day, trying to get your marketing stuff done. I understand. I do. But if you're in marketing. Especially marketing communications. And you're even thinking about approaching social...
Topics: objections, social media, social networks

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There must be a glut of money and a lack of thought up in Seattle. I can think of no better reason for the advertising campaigns from two of the Emerald City's most well known entities, Starbucks and Amazon. Let's take Starbucks first. Because...
Topics: advertising, amazon, starbucks

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