Wow – It’s Been 3 1/2 Year’s?

October 20, 2009

Excuse me Father for I have sinned.  It’s been 3 and 1/2 years since my last blog post.
Wow – how time fly’s when you’re screwing around living life.
I guess I’ve been focusing on building RinkTime.com and the soon to be launched Tweetmatix.com.
Maybe I’ll start posting again.  I’ve intended to. We’ll see.  Not that anyone [...]

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Additional Real Estate… CNN switched, now Yahoo to switch to 1024×768

April 6, 2006

A few weeks back I noticed that CNN.COM had changed their interface standard from 800×600 to 1024×768.  Today I received a Yahoo test page also in 1024×768.
This forward progression from major sites is much needed and hopefully this will help users push into new territories allowing for more screen real estate.
My [...]

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Post-Purchase Coupons at the Grocery Store

February 17, 2006

So I just got done cleaning my desk which was full of crap, receipts, etc.
I found the post-purchase coupons from the grocery store – does anyone ever look at these? Well, I suppose I should but I’ve already got plenty of things pulling at me for attention.
But one thing that I realized was that [...]

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Pests Database – And how it was integrated with automation and public notification…

February 15, 2006

I was just looking out my window and saw some bugs flying around – possibly termites.
You see, here in Southern California it’s been warm – even hot the last couple of weeks.  Right now it’s about 74 and the sun is coming out through the overcast askies.
But, these winged beasts made me [...]

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SIMPLE HTML TITLE TAG FRUSTRATION? WHY?

February 14, 2006

I am sorry to belabor this subject, one which has been posted many thousands of times, but for some reason people just don’t get it.  I doubt it, but maybe someone will read this, comprehend it and take some action.
First, let me back up.  Last week I had discussions with 4 companies.  All [...]

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One Example of Technology and Marketing Fusion That Provided Huge Returns on Investment

February 13, 2006

As the understanding and acceptance of technology as a marketing vehicle grows on an almost daily basis the fusion between marketers and technologists is also growing.  The small group of visionaries who saw the Internet as a new frontier really have impacted the world in so many ways.  Both positively and [...]

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Pontiac and Google – I think they got it all wrong…

February 10, 2006

I’m sure if you watch more than 6 hours of television per week you’ve seen the Pontaic ad (see the ad here) which instructs viewers to go to Google and then search for them using “Pontiac” as the search word.  I know, for some this is very old news – but [...]

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A New Position – The CTMO, Chief Technology Marketing Officer

February 9, 2006

Hello, my name is John Kirker and if you are interested in how i got here, read on.
In 1982 I received my first computer – I was 11.  You may have read stories about kids like me.  Back then I was known as the Cookie Monster running a pirate board called Sesame [...]

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