Business and Technology with Common Sense

Longevity: 4 Years, 4 Authors, 2000 Posts

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Tomorrow we are celebrating four years of Technosailor.com and I’d like to thank everyone who came out for the birthday bash in downtown DC. It’s been a ride and we are only now hitting our ascent into a full fledge media property.

Blogger Blacklist (and Other PR Pipe Dreams)

I welcome the concept of a blogger blacklist. In fact, I want to be at the top of that list. See, it’s not that I don’t want to be pitched. I do. But pitching should come from some sort of rapport or relationship, not simply because of social ranking in the blogosphere. Even if the criteria were based on status in a particular niche of the blogosphere that was relevant to the pitch, that would be much more palatable than cold call spamming in the name of public frikkin’ relations.

Welcome Huffington Post Readers

I’d like to extend a warm greeting to readers of the Huffington Post where a piece I wrote earlier today, entitled Two Castles of Power, was published. I don’t talk about politics much around here. I used to. Back in the day. However, the audience here is generally keen on reading thoughts about technology and [...]

I'm invited to a Super Secret, Super Private Party

I’ve been cold called and told that I’ve been invited to a “super secret, super private” event in San Francisco. Hint to XY7 folks: Read the PR Roundtable. Hear the The Super Secret, Super Private Voicemail

SXSW Recap

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I’m back on Maryland soil now after changing my flight to come back home Wednesday instead of Thursday. It’s been a heck of a trip and I’m so exhausted. Nonetheless, it was one of the best trips I’ve ever been on. I’ll have to catch up on the sessions I wanted to attend but did [...]

SXSW Interviews: Brian Solis Revisits the PR Roundtable

Brian Solis participated in last November’s PR Roundtable here at Technosailor. Today, I caught up with him to revisit the topic and determine if any progress has been made in PR/Blogger relations and how bloggers can position themselves strategically to work with PR people.