Facebook Privacy Backlash – Companies Lock Down Their Walls
I’ve seen at least a dozen companies within the past month lock down their Facebook walls. As if Facebook didn’t need any more issues, after their latest privacy meltdown… here comes something else. In case you were living under a rock, Facebook decided to capitalize on everyone’s profile on search engines. They did so by [...]
Startup Economy: Las Vegas vs Silicon Valley – Fight!
I’ve been in Silicon Valley for the past six months, and, well, it’s been a bumpy ride. From apathy to a lot of companies ready and willing to zap our cash at MechaWorks… yeah, the economy is still pretty bad out here. And, with that, we’ve started looking at other options. One of those, is [...]
Twitter Sidebar Here, Discuss.
Yes, I have been tweeting quite a bit, and some of the content of that has slipped through the blog. I’ll try to keep that more in-balance going forward. But, to avoid any more slipping up, I’ve added a Twitter widget to the right side of the site, right below the link to my contact [...]
Newsroom Network Rebrand Kicking Off This Week
We’re going to begin the rebrand to Newsroom Network this week, in-line with our plan to have it completed by year’s end. CheapenGadget.com will be the first site to get rebranded, with an all-new name as well. What’s the new name? Well, you’ll have to wait until later this week to find out. Since it’s [...]
What I’ve been up to over the past two weeks…
Well, two weeks without a blog post usually requires an explanation… I don’t want people to think I’m getting out of touch. We’ve been hard at work with Full Circle, taking some great feedback in. Probably the best feedback we’ve gotten is on how to avoid being considered yet another Phantom console (something I’ve coined [...]
How Full Circle Got Started…
I probably wouldn’t be penning this post today had Dreamcast not failed. Sega would have gotten the glory they deserved, and the console world would be historically changed. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be. When Dreamcast failed, I said there has to be a better way. If a great system like that failed, it’s time [...]
Sneak Preview: Our First Local Event
MechaWorks is going social… finally. The page is nowhere near done, but here’s a sneak preview. Details to follow. And yes, we’ll have events outside the world of WordPress. Update: Holy cow! Dozens of people signed up already, and no event details have leaked! We might beat MobileCamp in attendance…
Fighting The DEMO Tax
I’m going to go out on a limb here, and just flat out say it: DEMO is overpriced. It’s no secret that MechaWorks will be announcing a new product later this year. And, in this economy, paying $18,500 for a staffed stage, and a kiosk in a conference… is just something we don’t think is [...]
Migrated to HostGator
You might have seen a blog maintenance notice. If you don’t, great! That means you’re on our new server, powered by HostGator. We’ve signed up with HostGator because, while we’ve been growing, so have they. HostGator now delivers hosting that is both speedy and resilient… with a support team to match. We’ve been testing them [...]
More Companies Embracing Comment Spam (Updated)
By Christopher Price on November 19, 2009
This is a sad trend I’ve started to see. Big name companies endorsing comment spam. The comments are all too obvious. Someone posts seeming to have low-to-moderate experience with a topic. Then, in the middle, they link to a word like “antivirus” with a link to some company that rhymes with “Sophos”. It’s highly unlikely [...]
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