Free Biz Idea – profile people via their online content
photo © 2009 Jac Culler | more info (via: Wylio)I recently thought of an online profiling service for sales people and business development people. To use the service, a client enters the FaceBook Profile URL/Name/Email/Twitter/Blog Account/LinkedIn profile of a sales prospect into the service. The service then spiders that person’s user-generated online content and draw […]
Quacks, Business Coaches, and useful advice
photo © 2008 Alec Vuijlsteke | more info (via: Wylio)I recently came across this post about the phenomenon of Life Coaching and I’m in the rare case of disagreeing with the specifics while agreeing with the general theory. The book in question, Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter […]
Atlanta Streetcars, the Beltline, and my own solutions
photo © 2008 Smithsonian Institution | more info(via: Wylio)Somehow I’ve come across two infuriating Atlanta Transit articles in the past two day. First was the Pricey streetcar won’t ease traffic articles from the AJC. The second was Ryan Gravel’s speech on the Beltline at TedX Atlanta. For more information on the Beltline check out […]
Semantic improvements for news coverage that should be in the html 5 spec
With all of the recent political news stories I thought it would be useful to filter out the wheat from the chaff, and what better way to do that than by introducing new tags to refine the semantics of the news? Surely these are as important as H1, Strong and EM tags for news stories. I […]
I just added a toll free number with VoiceNDo.com
Stronico has reached the big time in a way by adding the toll free number of (888) 491-3066 with the help of VoiceNDo.com. So far I’m pretty impressed with the service. VoiceNDo is a bootstrapped startup, just like us, with a great price on a needed service. The administrative and signup process was simple and direct. My intention […]
How to fix the Login failed for user ‘IIS APPPOOLASP.NET v4.0’ error in IIS7 and Sql Server 2008
The Problem: You are trying to access a sql server database from your new ASP.net 4.0 site and get the error Login failed for user ‘IIS APPPOOLASP.NET v4.0’ error in IIS7 and Sql Server 2008 when logging in with the integrated security. The Cause: The new default user for asp.net 4.0 does not have default […]
How to fix lengthy database records in SQL Server
The Problem: You wish to truncate database records, but you can’t remember how. At first, Google is no help. The Cause: You are using the term “Truncate” which is usually used to truncate a table, when all you really want to do is chop characters off of overly long database records. The Solution: Use the […]
How to fix being blocked by your web host
The Problem: For no known reason I became unable to reach my web host. All of my websites and even the host’s public site vanished. I could reach everything through remote desktop connections, but not from my home connection. I had just backed up two gigs of files from one of my servers and I […]
A wonderful time at Future Media, and Social Network Analysis
I had a wonderful time yesterday at the Startup Showcase at the Georgia Tech Future Media festival. It was thought provoking on many, many levels. One of the most insightful moments was when I realized that everyone referred to Stronico as “Social Network Analysis” in contrast to the term I use which is “Personal Network Visualization”. […]
I’ll be at Future Media Fest at Georgia Tech
I will be featured in their Startup Showcase, come check it out today at This post originally appeared on the Stronico blog – with the absorption of Stronico into Digital Tool Factory this post has been moved to the Digital Tool Factory blog