"Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you." (Deuteronomy 5:16)       Father, we ask you to restore right relationships in the...

This is my last day at The Next Web office, so I guess it’s time for a goodbye post. You know what, after co-editor Boris called me an unfaithful schmuck and a loser, I didn’t even feel like writing this post. But then again, Patrick, Arjen and he dragged me into so many adventures 2.0 l...

Just a few hours from now and we will be breathing the 2008 breeze. With that in mind, it's just but right to ponder on your web promotion strategy for the coming year. Remember, search engines do not have holidays to enjoy or take a rest. If you are into article marketing (which is one of my te...

This blog is an extension of a previous blog ( There is only One Web i.e. Only one thematically consistent Web powered by Web Technologies ..) and incorporates extensive feedback from Luca Passani, Dean Bubley, Jag Minhas, James Pearce and Prof Jeff Sonstein. Many thanks for all these great comments...

Whoa! October 17th! Has it really been that long? You poor people. Bless me Blogger for I have sinned, it has been nearly 2 months since my last post. What can I say... I've been a busy, busy bee of sorts. Doing what you ask? Well, let's see: First off, my work-load seems to have been heavier then n...

I'm researching new ways to use the web and promote web site traffic for my new job at Acme. One of the things I've looked into is a service called Squidoo, where you create pages that aren't quite a blog and aren't quite a web page. They're called lenses and you can create them ...

Seagate is offering to give one lucky Play Library winner a new FreeAgent Go Colored Portable Hard Drive, and they’re going to let the winner pick their color. The FreeAgent Go would make a wonderful gift for any teen or tween. It provides them with a convenient portable way to store their mus...

The concept of the "bailout" has at this point officially and unequivocally lost all meaning. The term, once a polarizing Hot Topic used to describe the debate about the federal government's financial rescue of major financial institutions, is now being bandied around by every major industry that ca...

With Six New Colors and a Special Offer on Movies, Music and Photos; the FreeAgent Go Portable Hard Drive is a Gift Loaded with Joy Seagate, the world’s leading provider of storage solutions, unveiled a gift idea that will keep on giving for years to come. Originally introduced in September wi...

To say Q3 was a tough one for online travel agencies would be an understatement. Expedia and Priceline shares lost more than 50 percent each since the beginning of the third quarter, while Orbitz is down 40 percent in that period. During Q3, it became abundantly clear that the economic slowdown was ...