Master of 500 Hats

The Birth of Advatarising

  The Birth of Advatarising 
uploaded by dmc500hats.

it's not an avatar, it's an ADvatar! 

for more on the geek food fight, see Jeremy Zawodny and Andy Beal (popcorn not included)

i'm also staking my claim for first use of the term 'advatarising'... pay me $.05 every time you use it from now on.

(ps - i'm having fun here, but i really am a big fan of MyBlogLog :)

Top 20 Internet Sites (by time spent online)

  Top 20 Domains (by time spent online) 
  Originally uploaded by dmc500hats.

Top 20 Websites by time online (according to Compete.com)

a few quick observations:
* myspace & yahoo killing it
   (not bad for peanut butter)
* google not as big as you'd guess
* msn, ebay, amazon all still players
* pogo in top 10?  (compete.com anomaly?)
* bankofamerica & walmart crack top 20
* AFF likely minting money ;)

source: Compete.com

Community Next... Are You In?

Produced by Entrepreneur27 & Okdork

Community Next is coming to Stanford University on Feb 10 2007.  are you in?

friend of mine noah kagan is organizing a 1-day conf about online communities and social networks.  some awesome speakers scheduled to talk... check out the lineup.

Guy Kawasaki's love affair with LinkedIn

Guy Kawasaki is an A-lister by anyone's book... marketers, bloggers, evangelists, you name it.  It took him less than a year to get his How to Change The World blog in the Technorati Top 100.

As with other famous folks, it's not immediately obvious why a guy like Guy needs to use LinkedIn, since he's already an ultra-connected networking maven.

However, it appears Guy has taken a recent interest in providing tips on using LinkedIn.  learn more about Guy's LinkedIn Makeover.

Cingular is AT&T, and I'm my own grandpa.

... and for those who remember: i'm my own grandpa (schematic)

Make like a baby... and head out.

ok, we're off to Stanford hospital to check in...  wish us luck :)

UPDATE 1: first visit Sat 6am contractions weren't regular, sent back home :(

UPDATE 2: late Sat evening, contractions started getting more frequent.  checked in around 11pm, and by 1:30am Sunday morning Saya had an epidural (feeling better now :).  we're both going to try and get some sleep, but likely to have a baby by sunrise or soon thereafter...

UPDATE 3: baby born @ 3:45am PST... everybody is doing fine :)

Web 2.0 Expo: Get on the LaunchPad!

Attention all you super-secret stealth startups... it's time to launch!

If you're involved with an awesome new web 2.0 company, applications are now open to participate in Launch Pad at the upcoming Web 2.0 Expo conference in April.

For those who haven't heard, Web 2.0 Expo is a new conference debuting this spring at Moscone Center in San Francisco.  Due to overwhelming demand from last November's Web 2.0 Summit, O'Reilly & CMP created this sister event to reach a much larger audience.  The new conference will also have a greatly expanded set of technical sessions & presentations, and a significantly less stratospheric price tag for those of us who haven't already made our Internet bazillions.

As with last fall's confab, a select group of Web 2.0 startups will be selected to reveal themselves to the world during the conference, and will be presented by Web 2.0 guru John Battelle. 

Previous Launch Pad companies have included oDesk, Sharpcast, Sphere, Stikkit, Omnidrive, Socialtext, Zimbra, & Flock, among others.

The conference will be attended by thousands of developers, designers, entrepreneurs, investors, reporters, & bloggers.  If you're looking for a great opportunity to tell your Web 2.0 story at one of the most celebrated stage forums in tech, now's your chance.  Deadline to apply is Feb 1.

[full disclosure: i'm a co-chair for Web 2.0 Expo helping organize the event]