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The Three Pillars of Blogging
In my previous article about how I make money online, I briefly mentionned that to run a blog, you need expertise about a given topic, time, and dedication. I think those are the three pillars of...
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The Adwords Debacle and How Being On Twitter Saved My Butt
A couple of months ago I wrote about how Google killed my online business, taking a big chunk out of my monthly revenues, but today I have good news. I have very good news! My Adwords account has been...
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I’m A Blogger
Earlier this year I wrote a post about how I make money online in which I stressed the fact that it was hard for me to explain people what my job is when they ask what I do for a living. At the time,...
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Find Your Voice
Everyday I see people online that are trying really hard to blog and pretend to be what they’re not. They usually try to use very complicated words, or they try to make themselves bigger than they are...
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Why I Unfollowed 37,752 People on Twitter
Up until last week, I followed back anyone who followed me on Twitter. Using Social Oomph, it was done all automatically without me having to do anything. If you followed me, minutes later I would...
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I just updated one of my WordPress blogs to the latest version available, directly from the WP admin panel. After hitting the “please update now” link, I was quickly presented this message: “Briefly...
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20 Things to Say to Deliver a Killer Steve Jobsesque Presentation
Whether you’re an Apple lover or hater, there is one thing you can’t deny: it’s the powerful and compelling presentation that Steve Jobs gives when he’s on stage. Not only Steve Jobs is a charismatic...
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The Panda Slap
If you run a website and have basic interest in SEO, you probably heard that Google recently released their so-called Panda update, a change in algorithm aimed at getting rid of the shitty sites such...
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Money Loser
Apparently, Amazon sold millions of Kindle Fire. That’s great for them, but when you know that Amazon actually loses $10 per Kindle Fire sold, it makes you think… Amazon says: we sold millions of...
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Goodbye Netflix
I did it. Again. For the second time in six months, I canceled my Netflix membership. I initially cancelled last year after Netflix’s ridiculous price increase. It never was about money – I can afford...
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Download YouTube videos in MP4
We’re getting ready for a long cross Atlantic flight so I’m loading up the iPad with Chloé’s favorite YouTube cartoons. I found a couple sites that allow you to download YouTube videos in MP4, for...
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Exclusivity, or how Ferrari maintains brand mystique
A short and great read about how Ferrari maintains the mystique of its brand. The money quote from the article: The goal still remains, as always, to build one less Ferrari than the world demands....
View ArticleGoogle, the political engine
What did Google do when the FTC announced it would investigate the company’s search business in 2012? Google hired a dozen lobbyists and arranged a fusillade of favorable public events and high-level...
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Seriously, how childish!
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Achievement unlocked: 6,000 steps a day for 100 days in a row
Today marks a pretty big milestone for me as I have been reaching my goal of walking 6,000 steps a day for 100 days in a row, usually beating that goal by a few hundred to a few thousand steps. It’s a...
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Ad blockers and the loss of revenue
Writing for Venture Beat, Gerhard Stiene wonders whether ad blocking is theft. I wouldn’t go as far as calling it theft, but it sure one cause of loss of revenue. Having run a blog for seven years,...
View ArticleNorway will be the first country to shut down FM radio in 2017
What a ballsy move. The Government has set a date for the switch-off of Norway’s FM radio stations, having concluded that the criteria for the technology shift are now met. The decision to switch off...
View ArticleThe fight you shouldn’t fight
Lockhart Steele, founder of Eater.com, on how to deal (or rather not deal) with people who can’t understand why you’re doing things a certain way on your own site: Never complain—so when people are mad...
View ArticleThe future of home renewable energy
This is the future of home renewable energy. The best thing is, it’s not even that expensive.
View ArticleWe’re moving to France
It has nothing to do with the quickly changing political landscape in the US, but I guess it comes at the right time… After several years of discussing our eventual move to France, Tina and I decided...
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