Monthly Archives: February 2008

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  Is Google Sites poised to take on 37Signals?

  Posted on February 28, 2008 by Kat French in relationships

  I received a notice today that Jotspot is relaunching as Google Sites. After taking a quick look at the sample sites, it seems pretty clear that they’re positioning the new application as a competitor for collaborative sites such as 37Signal’s Backpack. The example sites include use of Google Sites as a company intranet, project management [...]

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  My husband, the hero

  Posted on February 24, 2008 by Kat French in Uncategorized

  Just wanted to share this little bit of news. Chris happened upon the scene of a bad automobile accident Thursday, while he was out in the water company truck.  The accident victim was pinned into her vehicle, unconscious and unresponsive but breathing.  Another person who happened on the scene just before that had called 911, [...]

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  Great crowd, great discussion at SMC Louisville last night

  Posted on February 20, 2008 by Kat French in real life
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  Synchronicity

  Posted on February 18, 2008 by Kat French in Uncategorized

  Sorry for the egregious blogfade lately.  It’s not that I haven’t had anything to say.  It’s more been that my time has been pretty in demand lately, and blogging here has sort of not been making the “what should i do now?” cut. Plus, I’m going through an “awkward transitional period” in like, pretty much [...]

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  New Online Reputation Monitoring tool from Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim

  Posted on February 18, 2008 by Kat French in relationships

  This morning, I received an email update that Trackur, the new online reputation management tool from Andy Beal, had gone live. I immediately trucked on over to the site to check it out. There’s a nice video demo available that takes you through the basics, and it’s available for a free 14 day trial. If [...]

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  The Psychology of Social Media: Or “Why Twitter is so darn addictive”

  Posted on February 15, 2008 by Kat French in relationships

  When people talk about social media, you often hear it described as addictive. “I’m addicted to Twitter/Facebook/StumbleUpon.” One reason people lose track of time when posting on various social media sites, such as blogs, forums, news engines, and social networks, is because such participation actually is highly addictive. I’m not being metaphorical here. I really [...]

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