High 5′n: Brave new world of HTML5 & CSS3

By On May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

OK, I’ve officially caught the HTML5 bug. I’ve attended several free events at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View over the past month, including talks by Michael Mullany, VP of Products and Marketing at Sencha on “HTML5 and the dawn of rich mobile web applications” (See

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King Content

By On April 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Tech society is coming around to the understanding that the shiny gadget is pretty useless without quality content, an old-school value. Google’s tweaked algorithm, now biased to favor content quality and reduce Web spam gaming, makes this especially critical. Yes boys and girls, there’s no shortcut. If you want a good Web site, you have [...]

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Mimi Pham and Tony Hsieh

The perpetual beginner: Reflections on learning to be a tribal leader

On April 12, 2011 By

I thought I knew everything I needed to know about being a leader. After training in the Way of Tribal Leadership for 12 weeks, I now know that I have only just begun to learn.

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My Web 2.0 Agenda

On March 29, 2011 By

I’m planning to attend the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, at Moscone Center in San Francisco over the next few days, to learn and to network. In case you are looking for me or want to meet up, here’s my tentative agenda, specific events I’m thinking about attending. If you want to meet up, send me an email to let me know where and when to look for you.

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McGinnis Chiropractic in WordPress

On March 17, 2011 By

The Web Shaman has just re-published McGinnis Chiropractic, Inc. in WordPress. My client, Dr. Tina, is an awesome chiropractor, and I’m not just saying that because she paid me to re-work her site! I’ve actually been going to her practice for over ten years. Please do check out her new site, and her services. [...]

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Bon mots from Startup Monthly

On March 5, 2011 By

I’ve been spending the last week working with a team developing a new Web product as part of an exercise called Startup Monthly. It’s all about a process called Lean Startup, where entrepreneurs form teams around ideas to create a minimum viable product in one month, so that the idea [...]

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Fear of Facebook: How the evolution of social media will change our way of doing business

On February 24, 2011 By

In talking to people about Facebook and other social media, The Web Shaman has seen a lot of fear, or fear masked as dismissal of “the new toy.” A lot of Americans, and this includes 50% of all American businesses who block social media, are not seeing the implications and possibilities of the new, electro-socially connected world we now live in. Fear is not a productive or profitable emotion. The Web Shaman explains why personal networks are important to your economic well-being, as well as your happiness, and gives some sage advice about how to make best use of this amazing phenomenon.

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It’s about listening: PATCA, then pharma social networking

On February 17, 2011 By

The Web Shaman attends two events on the same day, unrelated except for the idea of networking, and get’s the messages that making social connections, both personal and virtual, is almost as important as listening.

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What’s in a name: Why “The Web Shaman”?

On February 12, 2011 By

Like the shamen artists of paleolithic times helped the tribe visualize prey as a way of acquiring vital food, The Web Shaman helps people and organizations channel their resonant core values onto the Web, as a way to both reflect and attract the vital outcomes they envision for themselves.

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Social media at work: Fear is the brand killer

On February 9, 2011 By

It has been reported that about half of all employers now block social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. In time, this will be revealed as a mistake that gave your competitor an edge. Let’s take a look at the three main reasons employers fear social media. I’ll take a knock at each one, then spell out why a look to obvious futures show the folly of blocking.

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