
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.
Business and Technology with Common Sense
Business and Technology with Common Sense

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.
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.
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’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

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 [...]
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.

A few weeks ago, Brian Clark of Copyblogger.com confided in me that he was leaving DIYThemes, and splitting paths from the embattled Thesis theme and lead developer Chris Pearson. He agreed to do an interview with me exclusively about this news. This is the entire transcript of that interview.
Technosailor.com: Brian, thanks for agreeing to this interview. Obviously, the timing of this announcement and interview are interesting considering the discussions that have been happening in the WordPress community as it pertains to licensing and DIYThemes, the creator of the Thesis theme. You’ve been with DIYThemes since its inception and have championed the theme. You’re leaving the company now. Can you describe the reasoning that has gone into this decision?
Aaron Brazell is the author of the WordPress Bible (Wiley) and a frequent public speaker, former consultant, and an active instigator. He has been an active member of the WordPress community since 2004 as a developer, user and consultant. He is the lead organizer of WordCamp Mid-Atlantic, a WordPress community conference catering to the Greater Capital region, which includes Maryland, D.C., Delaware and Northern Virginia. He believes in challenging conventional thinking and assumptions, and as a result, often takes actions that are provocative, strategic, and unconventional in an effort to move dialogue and popular opinion forward.
He has worked for a variety of startups and is currently peddling his skills for a startup in Austin, TX that is still in stealth mode.
He currently resides in Austin, where he samples tacos and queso like they are going out of style.
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