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Blogging Is Easy

DeanHunt — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:30:59 +0000

Blogging is easy… compared to being a live journalist.

Check these amusing and painful clips for proof:

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Net Neutrality | Must Watch Video

Barry — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:54:26 +0000

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The Biggest Viral Video of 2008 Thus far

DeanHunt — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:03:40 +0000

The following video is currently the biggest and most seen viral video of 2008. It is a tongue-in-cheek video from Jimmy Kimmel an American chat show host.

To date it has been seen by more than 6 million viewers, and the actual figure is probably a LOT higher.

Warning: This video does have some strong language, it is beeped out, but still, it is NSFW.

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Buzzword Hell

DeanHunt — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:55:48 +0000

All of you baby boomers with your beta bandwidth buzzword breakthroughs are probably wondering what this blog post is all about. Afterall, the framework for Generation X can lead to hang-time on the information super highway. But stick with me, because with a little mashup of this meme and perhaps a mindshare, we can think outside the box for a paradigm shift to synergy for web 2.0

Ok, seriously, what on earth does all this nonsense mean?

The above text is made up of many of the most hated buzzwords on the net and in business.

A website called buzzword hell has decided to name and shame the buzzwords that are most annoying.

Which buzzwords would you add to the list?

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3 SEO Techniques for SEO Dinosaurs

DeanHunt — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:17:52 +0000

The world of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is fast moving and the rules can change on a regular basis. So today we are going to look at 3 SEO techniques that if you use in 2008 will make you look like an SEO dinosaur.

Reciprocal Links

There was a time when hours of pain staking link trading was required to rank well. It was a time where swapping links was seen as the norm. But in 2007 Google has started slapping sites that still rely on this tactic. So get with the times, and stop relying on link trades.

Buying Text Link Ads

2007 was certainly the year that buying text links became mainstream. But it ended with the industry crashing as quickly as it was created. Millions of websites lost their much treasured PageRank because they were selling links, and although the buying and selling of links still occurs, it is quickly becoming another SEO dinosaur.

Directory Links

Directory links have been a huge hit for the past decade, but in 2007 Google slapped a huge amount of directories, especially the lower quality ones.

If you are still using any of these dated techniques on a regular basis, then it may be worth re-considering your SEO strategy for 2008.

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4 Life Changing Lessons I Learned in 2007

DeanHunt — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:38:18 +0000

2007 was a great year for me, but this is mainly down to four valuable lessons that I have learnt this year. I assure you, if you learn from these lessons, 2008 could be your best year yet.

1 - Define Your Goals

* What do you want out of life?
* How will you get what you want out of life?
* What steps need to be taken now?
* What do you really want to do?

These are all questions you need to ask yourself. If you don’t know where you want to be, how will you know how to get there?

2 - Time and Money Management

What I want you to do is pick one day and monitor in detail how you spend your time. Do this in 20 minute chucks, and record as much as possible. It may surprise you to see how much time you have been wasting.

Then, I want you to do the same, but this time record your spending of money for one whole week.

Managing your time and money correctly are essential.

3 - Start Taking Educated Risks

I have done things in 2007 that have scared me. To some people they may have seemed very daunting, but remember this… there is a difference between a risk and an educated risk. Look to start taking more educated risks in 2008.

4 - Learn From Your Mistakes

If you are blaming other people for your mistakes, you will never get ahead in life. Here are some techniques you should use in 2008:

* When you make a mistake, admit it.
* When you’re wrong, admit it.
* Take back one small area of your life and make a conscious, active decision to change it day by day. If you’re overweight, this means acknowledging that you’re overweight, realizing that it’s nobody’s fault but yours, and designing a plan to lose weight.

These are four of the life changing lessons I learned in 2007. I hope you can apply them to your life in 2008.

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The Ultimate Geek Christmas

DeanHunt — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:41:38 +0000

It is that time of year again, and nobody celebrates quite like the geeks of the world. So today we are going to be celebrating Christmas in true geek style, with our top list of geeky christmas goodies:

Christmas Online Gaming for Geeks

Don’t Shoot Santa - In this game you get to shoot snowballs at accountants… but don’t shoot Santa, or it is game over.

Elf Attack - Who doesn’t want to fire loads of snowballs at Elfs? Perfect to get you into the spirit of Christmas.

Jelly Battle - Jelly Battle may not sound very festive, but it is a game from Logitech, makers of PC equipment.

Star Wars Christmas

We can always rely on Star Wars to cash in on the festive spirit:

30 Year of Star Wars Cards - This collection of Star Wars Christmas cards should make for a geek-tastic Christmas.

Christmas Photography Tips

Would you like to learn how to take good photographs of your Christmas tree lights? Ok, probably not, but here is a good video tutorial:

Create Your Own Christmas Card from your PC

Adobe Christmas Cards - Save some cash and impress your family with some custom made geek Christmas cards.

Christmas Commercials

It wouldn’t be Christmas without major companies jumping on the festive bandwagon. Here are our festive favorites:

Unlock Your DNA Genome for Christmas

Unlock Your DNA for Christmas - Unravelling the secrets of your DNA is hardly the most traditional of festive gifts, but this is exactly what Andrew from BuzzYeah is doing.

Google Gifts

Google have been sending free 2gb credit card sized USBs this Christmas. This is the ideal gift for a Google Geek:

Geek Christmas Carols

12 Days of Christmas Web 2.0 Style

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my cool colleague sent to me
Twelve Stumblers stumbling,
Eleven podcasters podcasting,
Ten lords IM’ng,
Nine ladies blogging,
Eight Wiki entries,
Seven Facebook pokes,
Six Twitter nudges,
Five Second Lives,
Four YouTube videos,
Three Del.icio.us bookmarks,
Two social networks,
And a tip to expand my business globally!

Admin’s Night Before Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the LAN.
Not a problem apparent.
All is right with the SAN.

I in my P.J.’s
and XBox in front of me
had just settled down to play Halo 3.

You now have lots of geek goodness to keep you busy this Christmas time. We wish you all a happy and geeky Christmas from all of the StreetLessons.com team. May your servers be online, and your inbox full.

Street Lessons - Your home for Xmas Geekiness

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Has The Internet Killed The Magic of Christmas?

DeanHunt — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:44:19 +0000

I was recently reading an article that claimed that the Blair Witch Project movie stunt was one of the most successful buzz and viral stunts ever! But would this stunt work today? Or would the power of the Internet destroy it? Has the Internet killed the magic of not knowing? And will this destroy the dreams of children this Christmas?

Making millions of dollars from a movie that cost just $60,000 to make is quite an achievement, The Blair Witch did this by creating fake documentaries and making people think that the movie was real.

This got me thinking…

What if this movie was released in 2008 instead of 1999? Would it still have the same effect?

Well, there is no doubt that things can go viral faster and with more power today than in 1999, and Blair Witch was mainly spread through offline word of mouth and the media.

Today I suspect that the fake vids and documentaries would have been put on Youtube, and they would have also been frontpage news at Digg.com, there is no doubt that it would have become global news much quicker…

However,

We are much better at using the Internet than we were in 1999, and thanks to Google we are all private detectives and researchers, so there is a good chance that the Internet would have destroyed the buzz campaign early on.

No doubt someone somewhere would have researched the guy who uploaded the Youtube video, or found one of the actors on Facebook, and the whole thing would have been destroyed overnight.

In many ways this power that we have at our fingertips is a great thing, it helps us find better deals, it helps us locate useful information… but does it not also kill the magic of not knowing? Wasn’t most of the magic of Blair Witch the possibility that maybe, just maybe it really did happen?

So Has The Internet Killed The Magic of Christmas?

I remember when I was 4 years old, it was Christmas eve, and I asked my mother if I could have a camera under my pillow so that I could try and take a photo of Santa Claus. She obliged, and I was really excited and nervous… looking back, this was part of the magic of Christmas, part of the mystery and charm of the day.

But in 2008 any child could do a simple Google search for: Does Santa Claus Exist? and the number one result is a physics article explaining how the gifts would burn in the atmosphere, thus making it impossible.

Sorry kids…. blame Google!

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Steve Jobs vs Al Pacino - The Battle of Inspiration

DeanHunt — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:16:50 +0000

Every now and then we all need a little inspiration to get us back in the mood. So we have taken two popular inspirational videos and put them head to head to see which inspires more people.

The videos are from Steve Jobs from Apple and Al Pacino.

You can vote for your choice by leaving a comment below:

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The Viral Speed Bump Video

DeanHunt — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:41:57 +0000

There is nothing we like more at StreetLessons.com than creativity and buzz. Recently we saw a video that brilliantly combines the two. It really is a perfect example of how to make a viral video.

Enjoy

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