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Google changes name to Topeka. Gmail gets smarter

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 by Dustin

So here I go again, back to loving on Google.

You have to love it. On April Fool’s day they change their name to Topeka. How much fun is that?

Ok, put aside the fact that they have the best search engine in the land. Put aside the fact that they have the best email ever. Put aside the fact that they own YouTube (and I love YouTube!)

Google is a just plain cool company. They build great stuff and appear to be having fun. The Topeka spoof is awesome along with all of the other homepage changes they make on certain holidays.

They are even fun when they are screwing up. I posted this yesterday, but it is worth repeating. Here is the error message I got when I was trying to do a video reply to a YouTube video.

“500 Internal Server Error

Sorry, something went wrong.

A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation.
Also, please include the following information in your error report:

G_Ge3jSGbJCpAoLM2q6t0ktmQt1hHSnwT1i8_sz1USWkXlM3v1JOzq02pSPS
1TatVdeoBLenkrINkjph8idTB7-Ul6DT07K8nioIKy3pyNxVH5w0LY5BI4w5
L2fk9D5Y8uWzNLAzE_qbZMKbf7n1hFcOEbRVWC7ZJYOBbkG_I6drNOHdNWkR
U0wWu7rxBMnYdMKeft9zFJR4DgtqQRNCPYtlsl9QKrSikSuXHMsoKEHZ0E7n
p-D0ia2pYgMF2VIabr-wwXZsID-do9N3F_gQLvU6rxTDjS7eN88OoDM0lm9d”

I doubt people see an error in Google often but when they do mess up they make light of it.

Google isn’t afraid of screwing up and launching something that might have some error. Kinda funny because they advance faster that way. I am be believer in that something will advance a bunch faster if you just release it. If you keep sitting on it, it’ll never get done and you wont have any feed back.

Google would rather try it and fail then fail to try.

The gmail vowel removal was also funny. But better then that…

Gmail is now reading my emails….

I sent an email that in the body said, “attached is a ….”

I went to send that emails with out the attachment and i got a reminder pop up. “you wrote attached is and attached nothing. Would you like to add the attachment before you send.”

Bet you Yahoo’s email doesn’t do that!

Any Gmail users out there?

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Interviewed on my day off.

Monday, March 29th, 2010 by Dustin

Nola’s sitter is out of town today so daddy spent Monday with his princess. We still managed to get a little work done and a quick interview. You can hear Nola chime in a little here and there….

Tyler was referred to me from the great Kurt Hulliger over at SCORE. ( Read any of the posts labeled mentor for more on Kurt)

Tyler is working on an entrepreneur type degree then off to law school at U of L (I know). Tyler needed to interview an entrepreneur, I don’t even really think of myself as one but…

Here’s my quick story of how we got to Green Thumb…. Part one. (youtube only allows 10 minutes max, this is 7)

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Seth Godin explains Intrawest and my love of Snowboarding at Snowshoe WV

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 by Dustin

Seth Godin officially has my attention now until I can read every book he has published. I’m through about 3 of around 11.

In, "All Marketers are Liars" page 160.

He doesn’t even mention Snowshoe, but I get it now.

You see, he tells of how Intrawest is planning on building a "100 year old French Village" in the Alps.

Why would Intra west want to do that? Because it will be awesome that’s why. Because people would talk about it. People would remark about it. It would be "Remark-able" It would flourish from the word of mouth attention.

Snowshoe is also owned by Intrawest. Snowshoe is where I hide. I love it. I can hop in my crappy car and be there in 6 hours.

This 100 year old village made me think about my love for Snowshoe. Why do I love it so much?
Is it because it is the best snowboarding in the Mid-Atlantic? kinda.

But, I could go to perfect north for the day and travel only an hour and a half. Less travel and its way cheaper.

What about Wisp? My buddy Travis lives in Morgantown WV. I can crash at his place and rob his fridge too.. SAME DISTANCE as Snowshoe. Way less cost and a buddy to ride with

Here’s what it is with Snowshoe. Snowshoe/Intrawest do it right.

1. Snowshoe is on top of the mountain. That alone makes it just plain cool, everywhere you look- Killer Views
2. Snowshoe has a town on top of the mountain. You feel like you are, "king of the mountain"
3. Snowshoe has high speed lifts and groomers from out west. (people who know how to make it perfect condition)

It’s the full package. Do I pay a premium? Yeah, do I care? NOPE!

Do I tell everyone I know about my love for Snowshoe? Yep…(Rats they’ve got me!)

..brilliant marketing

Seth Godin has the longest running business blog on the web . You should check it out sometime….

Here’s me hitting a jump….

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What you should know about Microsoft and your business.

Monday, March 8th, 2010 by Dustin

I am yanking this straight out of Seth Godin’s book "Tribes" I am a huge fan of his stuff.

The quote is from page 92. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, said, "Google’s not a real company. It’s a house of cards." He also said, "there can’t be any more deep technology in Facebook than what dozens of people could write in a couple of years. That’s for sure."

Funny because Microsoft is playing catch up to Google.

Two big examples…
One- BING. (B.ecause I.t’s N-ot G.oogle)
Two- It is now giving away windows 10.

(you’ll note that Google has given away it’s service for a while now…gmail, analytics and google’s search….you know)

FYI: My fishtank blog is on google’s blogger platform as well.

What this means to your business is easy. Expect the unexpected and don’t rule out that wild idea that the competitor is doing. Don’t stick to the norm. Bust out and do something wild. You might fall, or you might have a huge hit!

Ever heard of Big Ass Fans? How can you not love it? Do some people hate their name, sure. But way more people love it then hate it.

Risks aren’t easy, but the reward is worth the nervousness you have before.

On a Green Thumb note. I was pretty nervous the first time I ever painted my thumb green for a networking event.  Do you have any idea how many people LOVED it?  I had one lady buy from me the next day cause of it.  Do you know how many haters I have encountered with my Green Thumb.

ONE.

Do you think I give a rats about the one guy who negatively commented on it? Heck no. I got people who demand it now and feel let down when i don’t have it!

Take a risk, do something out of the norm. Do something wow… Or something Green WOW . ;)

It might work.

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Green Thumb Hits the goal for 2009!

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 by Dustin

We hit our revenue goal for 2009!   Yes sir!

The goal wasn’t a big one in my opinion.   Infact, I’ve ran a business where I personally made as much as our goal was as a team. But that was a different economy and a business I had been in for 2.5 years.

Our man Les pointed out, "Look, you started a business in the worst economy since the great depression"

Unlike my lead business, this company is here to stay regardless of the economy.

But I’m proud of our accomplishments in 2009 beyond the revenue.

The reality which is even better, is that we have created a company with a culture and a flavor that draws employees to it. We’ve got people doing what they love to do, and we let them play to their strengths.  That is probably more important then the money, cause when you have that figured out first, the money will come on its own.

Big props to everyone….

Jarod for being a wild man behind the computer screen and being a malcontent with our progress. (kids never satisfied…and that’s a good thing)

Allen for helping Jarod not lose his mind….sorta.

Kelly for always keeping us in check with the finances, and for telling me I am selling like a piker.

Matt for bringing the heat to the sales team and batting down deals while advancing our sales attack, army style.

Casey for stepping up our sales as well as landing us a great tasting beer.

Thank you for anyone who ever told us NO, or that we were doing it wrong…that just made us more determined.

Many thanks to all of the clients who made it possible. I’d like to particularly thank all of the clients that gave us a shot in the beginning when we had ZERO body of work.  We couldn’t have done it without you. (Lex mini, Nature Splendor, Powers Transmission)

Wait until you see what we roll out in 2010…

Go Green Thumb!

Celebration to follow when Matt gets back.

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New tools for Google Services for Websites

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 by dylan

Webmaster Level: All (A nearly duplicate version :) cross-posted on the Official Google Blog ) Earlier this year , we launched Google Services for Websites , a program that helps partners, e.g., web hoster and access providers, offer useful and powerful tools to their customers. By making services, such as Webmaster Tools, Custom Search, Site Search and AdSense, easily accessible via the hoster control panel, hosters can easily enable these services for their webmasters. The tools help website owners understand search performance, improve user retention and monetize their content — in other words, run more effective websites

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New tools for Google Services for Websites

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midway new

Friday, May 8th, 2009 by jarod

midway new From: LexKyCVB Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 04:34 More in Travel & Events

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midway new

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