09.03.10 Posted in Blogging, Personal, Posts, Social Media by Ryan W.
Some may have noticed that I’ve been blogging a lot more frequently lately; I’m attempting to post a new post every day during the week. This is turning out to be challenging, but I’m hoping that it will be beneficial in the end. A friend recently asked me if I was concerned about diminishing quality [...]
08.16.10 Posted in Posts, Reviews, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
A little over a week ago, Google announced that they’re shutting down Wave, their innovative web-based product that allows users to chat, share files, annotate documents, and collaborate in real-time. If you’ve never heard of it, don’t worry, you’re not alone. It didn’t really catch on, just like a lot of Google’s social efforts (Buzz, [...]
07.23.10 Posted in Personal, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
After a couple years of using it pretty steadily, I basically just stopped using Twitter last year. I joined pretty early on, maybe a 12 or 18 months after they launched. Twitter was completely different back then, and was really fun and enjoyable. It’s not anymore. A lot of folks I know who were on [...]
02.23.10 Posted in Entrepreneurship, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
There’s a saying that in China, if you’re one-in-a-million, that means there’s more than a thousand people just like you. The same is true of the Internet, and I’ve come to realize that if you’re truly passionate about something (anything), that almost certainly means that there are enough people out there who are also passionate [...]
02.01.10 Posted in Goals, Personal, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
Seven or eight years ago, I could run a six minute mile (or run six miles), do 100 pushups in two minutes, and swim a mile without being out of breath. That was then. In the intervening period, I’ve conceded ground to age, gravity, and entropy. I’ve always worked out to some degree, but for [...]
01.18.10 Posted in Blogging, Development, Entrepreneurship, Finances, Goals, Inspiration, Misc, Personal, Posts, Reviews, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
I recently read Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk and I enjoyed it enough that I thought I’d post a short review. For those of you who don’t know, Gary is a very successful entrepreneur who has really pushed the limits of social media and [...]
05.25.09 Posted in Entrepreneurship, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
Note: This is a repost of a blog post on the MightyBrand blog…thought it might be useful to some folks over here. Short version: we’re launching a new web application called MightyReach that lets you create a customized dashboard of all your web and social media stats. Check it out and sign up to be [...]
05.10.09 Posted in Entrepreneurship, Personal, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
It’s recently come to my attention that in the excitement of the last five months, I’ve neglected to really talk about MightyBrand, my startup, and what’s going on with it. So here’s a brief overview for those of you that are curious. In mid-2006, Ben Lew, Ben Rasmusen, and myself all started working on a [...]
05.10.09 Posted in Entrepreneurship, Personal, Politics, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
A little over a week ago, my good friend Luke Fretwell stopped by my office to chat about this idea that he had to aggregate all the feeds from the social media accounts of the US Government in one place. Various arms of the federal government have been signing up for things like Twitter, Facebook, [...]
12.22.08 Posted in Development, Entrepreneurship, Goals, Personal, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
I’m going to start a new tradition where I create a small website, service, or other project. Here are the rules: It has to be launched in less than 25 pomodoros (12.5 hours), including brainstorming, design, development, launch, and initial marketing That’s it. Why am I doing this? Here’s why: Startups are getting cheaper and [...]