(Chicago Tribune photo of Terry Armour shaking Sam Zell’s hand by Charles Osgood / December 20, 2007) The Chicago Tribune has communicated that Terry Armour has passed away. This is both sad and shocking as Terry Armour was so relatively young and full of life in every thing that he did. You can see how [...]
Chicago Tribune User Generated Content Pioneer Terrence Elijah Armour Passes Away
by David Dalka on December 31, 2007 in Chicago
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Commission Increases Nightly and Weekend Service in 2008
by David Dalka on December 27, 2007 in Chicago, Customer Experience
I’m planning an upcoming trip to San Francisco and I was startled by the massive difference in both service level and tone between BART and the CTA. As you likely know, the CTA here in Chicago is threatening major service cuts and fare increases($1.75 to $2.25 with transit card): Due to insufficient state funding, the [...]
ReadWriteWeb’s 2008 Web Predictions
by David Dalka on December 25, 2007 in Blogging, Change Management, Customer Experience
A nice list of the things related to search that might affect you next year. Many of my thoughts are contained here and I’m kinda busy lately, so linking to this post will serve as a proxy. I hope your 2008 is most outstanding and prosperous!!!
Techcrunch Announces Tech President Poll
by David Dalka on December 20, 2007 in Blogging
Michael Arrington announced his Tech President Presidential Primary Poll. So research the candidates – you know actually spend some time educating yourself on the issues like the national debt – then and only then should you vote here. Analysis: Smart move for Mr. Arrington. This will put focus on not only tech issues, but broaden [...]
Tmobile Coverage Map Presently Inaccurate in Chicago
by David Dalka on December 19, 2007 in Customer Experience, Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS
I presently can not get a good signal at my residence, yet Tmobile is showing an inaccurate map my area saying the coverage is the best they have. Well let me tell you, I’ve missed calls where the phone has not rung at all in the past few weeks – that is not excellent coverage [...]
Some Outstanding Blog Posts…
by David Dalka on December 15, 2007 in Blogging, Google (GOOG), Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Yahoo! (YHOO)
Andrew Shotland has a nice post on Google Trends Works for SEO…I think hot trends might even be better in certain cases , it’s certainly a thought provoking post that caught my attention and worth some experimentation – it might even prove successful at your next tea party! Rich Skrenta is doing some interesting blogging [...]
Snowy Chicago Blogger Brunch
by David Dalka on December 15, 2007 in Blogging, Chicago, Social Media, Wordpress
Several Chicago area bloggers, including Joi Podgorny, Liz Strauss and Jean Russell joined out of town visitor Tara Hunt for some breakfast grub at Over Easy where the delightful server Gwen brought us quite tasteful helpings quite flavorful food! Though I’ve exchanged many emails with Tara before, I had never met her in person. After [...]
Medio Systems Expands Mobile Search Marketing to Europe
by David Dalka on December 13, 2007 in Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing
I received this form Medio Systems late last night: Medio Systems, Inc., the leading provider of mobile search and advertising solutions, today announced the availability of its performance-based Medio MobileNow™ Ad Network to advertisers and mobile publishers in the UK and beyond. A component of Medio’s complete mobile search ecosystem, the ad network maximises the [...]
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