Apparently Google has considerable trouble in regards to the letter D. First the Dmarc founders left Google. Now http://www.dodgeball.com/ (dead link 11/2010) founders, Dens Crowley and Alex Rainert (please drop me a note if you read this guys), not only have left Google but they posed for a thumbs down photo that they have posted [...]
Google Disasterous with the Letter D
by David Dalka on April 18, 2007 in Blogging, Branding/Buzz/Viral, Change Management, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship, Google (GOOG), Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Recruiting, Reputation, Social Media, Yahoo! (YHOO)
by David Dalka on April 17, 2007 in Blogging, Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS
OK, I finally signed up for Twitter. Please feel free to add me if you’d like. If you have any tips on how to best utilize Twitter – for networking, recruiting, driving traffic or otherwise – I welcome your contributions to the conversation. If you are reading this and you either have no idea what [...]
Virgina Tech Shooting Tragedy – Potential Mobile Implications
by David Dalka on April 17, 2007 in Change Management, Customer Experience, Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS
Many times during yesterday’s unfortunate events at Virginia Tech, the problem of many of the people needing communication being in transit was discussed. Mobile text messages(sms) and potential alerts were mentioned on numerous occasions as something that could have improved communication. While I firmly believe in the potential of mobile search and mobile communication combined [...]
Yahoo! Leveraging Flickr Assets Wisely
by David Dalka on April 16, 2007 in Social Media, Yahoo! (YHOO)
Today Yahoo! noticed that some photos taken at the scene of the unfortunate Blacksburg, VA (Virginia Tech) shooting tragedy were posted on Flickr and immediately gave them Yahoo! front page placement as both a slideshow (and raw photos). It would be nice if Yahoo! used Flickr more in this manner – even when it’s not a tragedy.
Live.com Search Interview and Some Questions I Still Have
by David Dalka on April 16, 2007 in Blogging, Microsoft (MSFT)
Rob Murray put up an interview with Derreck O’Connell on searchengineland.com. It was a nice interview but it didn’t get some questions asked that I’d love to know the answers to! When will Live.com have a blog search engine product offering? In the main Live.com index, many assert that blogs don’t receive as much weight [...]
Increase Blog Traffic With YouTube Videos
by David Dalka on April 12, 2007 in Blogging, Social Media
Easton Ellsworth put together a awesome post on this subject. You should check out his thoughts.
Microsoft: now about 4,500 bloggers
by David Dalka on April 5, 2007 in Blogging
The figure comes from Product Manager Darren Strange. If accurate (I’d love to see a complete list), that means that about 6.3% of Microsoft’s workforce now blogs. Interesting to see the numbers continue to grow.
WordPress 2.1 Compliant Theme – Customized
by David Dalka on April 2, 2007 in Blogging, Wordpress
Thanks to cshel for customizing this awesome WordPress 2.1 theme! Bill Slawski also contributed useful ideas. Neil Patel gave me a few tips as well. Thanks to all of my other friends who contributed feedback. Hopefully this WordPress theme will work through versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3,2.4,2.5, etc…
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David Dalka is a digital business strategy professional experienced in realigning organizations to capture customer demand while improving margins. David is a business keynote speaker providing customized business strategy services and corporate executive retreats. David has been cited in the following business publications