Google Merchant Data Feed Update
I have a client that lives and dies with Google for his business. Adwords, organics, and Shopping Results are key to driving traffic and orders through his business. On September 22nd, Google is updating their requirements for the feed they accept for their Merchant accounts. We were successfully uploading over 6,000 items into their feeds [...]
Tags: Data Feed, Google, Merchant
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New business cards
So I’m designing new business cards for CULLY Technologies and ordering through an online print store. I created my own design and uploaded that. Extra charge. Premium paper. Extra charge. Speedy delivery. Extra charge. I’m looking at the total and it’s starting to add up *however* I don’t have a problem with any of these [...]
Tags: Business Cards, Marketing
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Phone taxes up 240% in two years!
I’ve been a happy Vonage customer for years. This tax situation is not their fault. They’ve provided me with good service, great features, for the same price for year after year. The government, however, is killing me. In 2005, I paid $4.20 in taxes and “fees” per month. In 2006, I paid $4.20 in taxes [...]
Tags: taxes, Vonage
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Comcast Came Calling
I received a phone call from Comcast today. Current setup: Internet:Comcast ; TV:Dish with PVR ; Home Phone:AT&T Local ; Business Phone:Vonage The telemarketer called to offer me a deal on switching to Comcast for my cable, Internet, and phone for just a little less money than I am paying now, for just a couple [...]
Tags: Comcast, Internet, Telephone
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I’ve been tagged! Doh!
I normally don’t do viral activities but … this is in the technical world so … What happens is that someone tags you and you have to tell 5 things about you that are not common knowledge. In turn you must tag 5 others. I have Rick Schummer to thank! Rick was tagged by [...]
Tags: Social Networking
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Promising Future: Growing enough food to feed the world
The United States produces a huge amount of food. Cattle, chickens, turkey, salmon, and other types of meat. Other countries struggle to produce their own food. Struggle to feed their own populations. What if, in the future, you could grow meat? No animal necessary, just the meat. Anyone who has been on a farm knows [...]
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PyCon 2005 Impressions
It’s been a week since PyCon 2005 has started. I must admit that I’m having some difficulty in assembling my thoughts. It was difficult entering into this conference cold. There are really two aspects to PyCon that I would like to talk about. One is the technical state of Python and the development effort. The [...]
Tags: PyCon, Python
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PyCon – Drinking from the fire hose
I’m leaving for PyCon tomorrow and I’m a little nervous. I always get nervous about leaving my safe little home in my safe little town, especially when I haven’t been out much. I’ll be okay. I’ll be okay. I’ll be okay. I had planned on getting hot and heavy into Python but I had a [...]
Tags: PyCon, Python
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