Chicago area resident (OK Naperville) Rick Klau put up his resume up on a wiki last Fall. He talks about how to put your resume online here. It was also interesting to Mazyar Hedayat who spoke to Rick about it. This concept of putting your vp digital marketing resume online is interesting to me and [...]
Archive | May, 2007 
WordPress Trackback Spam On The Increase Akismet Needs To Step It Up
All with the same 10 drug names over and over. It’s time for Akismet to step it up a notch or for you to remotely allow banning of certain words in trackbacks as a trigger to kill real spam. A functional, spam-free trackback community is critical to a functional blogosphere as it’s a critical component [...]
Apparently I’m Banned in China!
According to the greatfirewallofchina.org, I’ve joined a long list of web sites that are banned in China. Youtube, Scoble, Search Engine Land and many others are banned. Based on the list I almost feel like I’ve reached some new form web success. Somehow Jeremy Zawodony is not? That wasn’t clear. I don’t see anything that [...]
Building Chinese Walls for Search Engines and Advertising Agencies
Danny Sullivan has been steadily beating a drum about the potential conflicts of interest in regards to Google, and now Microsoft, owning the search engine while owning a firm that provides SEO and SEM services. In yet another area where my expertise from BlackRock would prove to be extremely valuable for immediate consulting or leadership [...]
Cicada Emergence Map for Brood XIII Chicago and Lake County 2007
The Cicadas are coming! This neat, interactive map put together by the Lake County Forest Preserve District allows you to report the amount of cicadas in your area! This is a great example of a government agency collecting data through user generated content. The site is also nice link bait and will draw traffic and [...]
Texting Teen Gets $1,100 Bill For One Month
This Washington Post Article does a good job of laying out the increasing problem. With increasing stories like this, it will be interesting to watch what if any backlash occurs.
Marshall Field’s
You will recall that last year, Federated Department Stores, now Macy’s, changed the name of Marshall Field’s to Macy’s. Now that flagship State Street store is well on it’s way to failing. It wouldn’t surprise me if someone was trying to buy it from them right now to start it anew. When history examines this, [...]
Who is David Dalka - Twitter: @dalka
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
