Yeah, Yeah, this is not SEO, marketing or anything even close. Tough – it’s my web site, I’ll post what I want and you’ll read it…and you’ll like it, you hear me? Wow, kinda sound like Mom and Dad there.
This is an e-mail I received from my parents today – I just had to share it. They are pretty amazing people, I can only hope that I mean as much to my children as my parents mean to me.
It doesn’t seem possible that it’s been 45 years. When you’re young you can’t wait to get older, now you don’t know where all that time has gone. You think of the good things, like seeing your face when we went into Disney world the first time, and wish there had been more, you think of the bad things and wish had been fewer, I guess it all evens out in the long run, just know we love you very much and wish you all the happiness possible, I love you very much, Dad
I’ve been thinking of you more than usual this week – counting the days down to the 25th. I am so happy that you will have a nice birthday this year. I tried to say that in the card that we sent but I’m sure I didn’t say it very well. We were so sad to learn that there were many years when your birthday went unnoticed. That happened to me once and I was devastated so I can’t imagine how awful it must have been to have it happen to you year after year. It was wonderful to celebrate your birthday with you last year – wish we could do it more often. I’m sure you know it but I will tell you anyway – we never ever forget you on your birthday. I always think of the first time I saw you in that little hospital crib. The nurses tried to wheel you out to the nursery but I grabbed on to the crib and would not let them take it until I had time to check you out – I counted all of your fingers and all of your toes. Dad remembers that when the doctor came out to tell him that you were a boy, the first thing the doctor did was to reach into his shirt pocket and take out a cigarette! Boy, how times have changed. Grammie and Grampa Bragdon were there with Dad waiting for you to make your appearance. By the time that Grampa and Grammie Leblond got there, you had started to look a little bit Chinese due to the jaundice but even so, everyone agreed that you were the most beautiful baby. So many memories.
We are very proud of you and are so very happy that you are happy now and also, hope you understand this comment, we are grateful that you are appreciated.
We’ll call you Thursday. I love you very much, Mom
Thanks for everything Mom and Dad – I love you guys.
It’s been just over a year since I wrote my initial review of the HP 1030nr netbook. I promised then I would do a follow up, and just never got around to it. I’m currently on lunch break during the Government Technology Conference (GTCAustin) and thought I would take some time to let you know how it’s been going.
Many people have asked me how I like it. The quick and dirty answer is: After a year, I’m looking for something better.
I’m not overly disappointed with the product, but given a years time and seeing what’s now available, it’s time to change.
I still love the size and the look, it is a beautiful machine. However, there are a few things that I am not thrilled with. more…
I joined the U.S. Navy in the fall of 1984, arriving at boot camp in April of the next year. Shortly after getting settled into the barracks, there was a pretty common joke that I heard from a lot of my fellow recruits; “How do you know when your recruiter is lying to you? His lips are moving!”
I’m growing concerned that pretty soon people will be thinking the same thing about SEOs.
What if you were number 1 and nobody searched for you? Are you still number 1?
A while ago, I wrote about how to hire an SEO, and more recently about what questions you should be asking about your web measurements. Both of those should help you become a more intelligent SEO shopper. I’ve stumbled upon the site of Austin SEO company that made me realize there is still more you need to know in order to protect yourself from the snake oil salesmen. more…
With SEO, like life, it’s about the questions you ask, not the answers you get.
Not long ago, I was dropping some shirts off at the cleaners. I had noticed that a few of my buttons were cracked and broken. I asked the young woman working the counter if they repaired buttons. She simply replied “No, we don’t.” I was puzzled, I thought all cleaners did this – now I would have to either find a new cleaner, or repair them myself. But then, possibly sensing the building frustration on my face, she added; “We can replace the broken ones if you’d like.” What? I was dumb founded. How could this woman be so clueless as to not understand that is what I had meant? It seemed fairly obvious to me that I didn’t actually expect them to be sitting back there with a tube of crazy glue repairing the buttons. Then it occurred to me, I had asked the wrong question. Even worse, I had expected them to interpret what I asked into what I meant.
What’s your reason for asking the question?
Before you ask any questions, you have to have a qoal – or two, or 10. What is it you want your Web site to do? Guess what? Tony Robbins and all the other self-help dorks have something to teach us about SEO. If you can’t measure it, it’s not a goal. It might be interesting, but it’s not a goal. more…
