http://jeff-flowers.com Random Thoughts From A Social Media Blogger Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:32:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So this last week I've been in California at the 2008 SES Conference in San Jose. I had a great time. I learned alot about SEO & SEM, even though alot of it was a reinforcement of the basics. One of the highlights of the conference was on Tuesday, Google threw ... http://jeff-flowers.com/photos-from-google-dance-2008/ I just got back from a weeklong vacation in Cancun, Mexico. It was great! We had an awesome time. We definitely took advantage of the "All-Inclusive" part of our stay, as well as get to know the bartender's at the "pool bar" pretty well. Not too long before we left for ... http://jeff-flowers.com/my-timelapse-video-on-youtube/ I had something pretty cool happen to me the other day. On April 23, I visited the Blog of the Houston Chronicle's Cartoonist, Nick Anderson. He had a pretty funny animated clip of Hillary Clinton & her presidential campaign, and wanted to submit it to Digg. (Check out the post & ... http://jeff-flowers.com/i-love-the-power-of-the-internet/ Just recently, I got a new Flip Video Camera. So far... I freakin' LOVE it! Although, I still need to figure out a way to disassemble the BRIGHT red light in the front. It prevents me from going "undercover" & getting good guerilla-style footage. Anyways, I've been playing around with the ... http://jeff-flowers.com/my-1st-youtube-video-harley-jane-playing/ So, over the weekend I was hanging out on 6th St. in Austin, TX. Check out these Homeless Hippies on My flickr. As we were walking from bar to bar, we saw these two homeless guys sitting on the corner. They literally just finished writing this sign and were laughing about it ... http://jeff-flowers.com/probably-the-best-dollar-ive-ever-spent/ Flickr Image - Jon Lajoie by Sampik So... earlier today. I submitted something to digg that I thought was freakin' hilarious. It was entitled "Pedophile Glasses by Jon Lajoie" It's easily the stupidest, most pointless thing you're going to watch all day, but totally worth 1:18 of your life. Then I ... http://jeff-flowers.com/my-new-theme-songs-the-everyday-normal-guy/ So, lately.. There have been alot of diggers complaining about the algorithm changes. I understand why they don't like the algo changes, and I feel the same about many of the changes too. But, I know that in time, smart diggers will realize that in order to be successful you ... http://jeff-flowers.com/is-digg-censoring-mixx-propeller-buzz/ I'm sitting here drinking my favorite Houston Beer, listening to my iTunes, while surfing around on Digg, StumbleUpon and Mixx. Also, tagging a few sites in Del.icio.us. It's been a productive day/nite. But, I'm currently thinking to myself, what the hell am I doing thats productive!? Seriously? Yes, I'm finding cool ... http://jeff-flowers.com/a-few-of-my-favorite-links-of-the-moment/ So, I was sitting here drinking my favorite Houston Beer, surfing around on StumbleUpon & Digg, all the while, listening to my "Random411" Playlist on my iTunes. I was going thru some of my many RSS feeds, and found a good article entitled "7 Simple Cheerful Activities to Cure the Blues." ... http://jeff-flowers.com/cool-duplicate-feature-i-just-discovered-on-mixx/ I'm a very busy person. I have to juggle alot of responsibilities, just like everybody else has to in their daily routine. I have found that as I have gotten older, and the real world seems to get heavier and harder every month, I start to let things slip. Deadlines are ... http://jeff-flowers.com/why-i-always-use-to-do-lists/