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New site launched: 90-9-1.com

November 20, 2008

If you play in the community space at all, you’ve almost certainly heard or been part of a discussion revolving around the 90-9-1 Principle. Basically

Liveblogging WOMMA Summit

November 14, 2008

Yesterday and today I’ve been in Las Vegas at the WOMMA Summit. I’ve been doing the live blogging together with the always fantastic Shannon Stairhime

BlogOrlando Presentation: When LEGO Caught the Cluetrain

October 6, 2008

UPDATE: Very cool! This presentation has been chosen as a SlideShare featured presentation of the day! Thanks to Andrew Beard, my BlogOrlando keynote was live

Guest Post: Web 2.0 Expo Recap

September 22, 2008

Note from Jake: My genius buddy Ashley Glennon from T-Mobile’s product design team was at Web 2.0 Expo last week. We were emailing back and

Jake’s 9/11 Story

September 11, 2008

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’re probably growing tired of this post once a year. But you may also remember that

Imagine if every product was this personal

August 29, 2008

For years, comedians have made jokes about the “Inspector #34” stickers, tags, and inserts we find in the products we buy. Most of these jokes

Cool Podcasting Stuff

Corante has launched a new blog on podcasting. Short of the fact that their RSS feed isn’t including the enclosures (i.e. actually podcasting), it looks

April 20, 2005

Blingo and Firefox

I’m sure you’re already sick of me talking about Blingo, but it’s just so damn cool. I’ve added Blingo as a default search engine in

April 15, 2005

More Blingo Thoughts

I’ve been so impressed with Blingo, that I’ve been telling all my friends about it. One of my buddies immediately was turned off by the

April 15, 2005

Cool new search engine..sorta…

I just came across Blingo, a new search engine with an interesting concept. Blingo is a new search engine that gives away prizes every day

April 15, 2005

Jobster.com

Jobster.com takes a new approach to the recruiting/job hunting realm… Jobster powers relationship-based job networks for hiring organizations. Built with direct input from more than

February 19, 2005

Corporate PayPal

Talking to Johnnie Moore today via Skype. He and I started talking about micropayments in relation to small contracts. Basically, being able for a contractor

February 19, 2005

Cool Google Blog

Just came across this cool Goggle Blog – InsideGoogle

February 19, 2005

The World of Color

I recently came across this site that is a terrific look at the world of color. Sounds dull, but it’s really quite fun. Check it out.

January 30, 2005

Netflix Friends

Netflix has added a new functionality – Netflix Friends. Basically, they’re allowing you to create links to other Netflix members in order to share ratings

January 9, 2005

Social Bookmarking

Del.icio.us – social bookmarking. If you haven’t checked it out, well worth a look. There’s even a Firefox extension for quickly adding bookmarks to your

January 4, 2005

Design your stick

Thanks to Aurorealis for pointing out this great site where you can design your own snowboard. Very nice!

January 4, 2005

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CX 5essions

CX 5essions is a comfortable, casual virtual gathering I host once a month at no charge for senior-level community professionals across the country. I designed it as a free, small group, no-sales event where people can relax, relate and get real about the challenges and rewards of customer communities. It has since expanded into two career development options, CX 5essions Professional and CX 5essions Mentor, which are 3-month, cohort-based programs designed to advance community-building skills for beginners and longtime leaders alike.