http://www.maxyRO.com Internet, web 2.0, trance and me Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:33:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, the reasons I infrequently updates this blog is probably that I always find something better to do instead of brainstorming for ideas or exposing my thoughts here. Regardless, I found a reasons to cut off the umbilical cord from my work, emails and blogs and attend B'estfest 2008. It's a ... http://www.maxyRO.com/music/bestfest-2008/ Between plurking, blogging and writing, I still have time for a little update on my very own plug, which I really neglected over the past weeks. I am currently confronted with having to move to my own place, I got the opportunity to encounter one of the fuggliest types of people ... http://www.maxyRO.com/thoughts/people-i-could-punch-daily/ I know I said I'll be posting more often, but it takes some time getting used to the new life: waking up at 11 am, yawning for 10 minutes, getting myself motivated for working, actually working and so on. It's something on the softer side of life, so bare with ... http://www.maxyRO.com/thoughts/take-some-time-and-smell-the-flowers/ Probably one of the reasons I seldom post here, although I have an idea every once or two days is the lack of time.I am caught up with work and some projects aside which I really love (the latter part that is). If you have been following me on ... http://www.maxyRO.com/thoughts/quit-my-job-for-full-time-freelancing/ I have recently did a guest post for Daniel from DailyBlogTips.com. This article continues the topic about StumbleUpon spring cleaning I have already tackled. After banning users that only stumble upon spam and commercial content, StumbleUpon is now going after spam websites. Seems that the social media environment will be a ... http://www.maxyRO.com/web-news/guestpost-careful-when-asking-for-stumbles/ I was talking about a SEO strategy with a client when I was hit with one of the most absurd offers I ever came across. Indeed, SEO is a job where you cannot really make promises because there are a lot of unknown factors in the ecuation. This is a ... http://www.maxyRO.com/google/seo-has-really-gotten-expensive/ I have recently heard news about StumbleUpon banning several accounts because the users submitted comercial content. Here is the message these unfortunate stumblers usually received: Regrettably, your account privileges have been suspended due to a breach of our TOS. I respectfully draw your attention to our Terms, particularly with respect to ... http://www.maxyRO.com/web-news/cleaning-out-the-closet-on-stumbleupon/ I am uploading stuff on a daily basis, I'm a music freak and I want to share my stuff with my friends. So I naturally tried all the methods available so I'd thought I should make a comparison between the three largest upload services online. Share This http://www.maxyRO.com/tools/uploading-what-to-choose/ There was a time when blogging wasn't solely motivated by money, but instead valuable information for particular web communities. I'd like to think people are still blogging for pleasure, but John Chow seems to have forgotten his roots and believes otherwise. Overdone and just another cookie-cutter monetized site with more ... http://www.maxyRO.com/thoughts/why-i-unsubscribed-from-john-chow-and-why-you-should-too/ I was browsing a SEO forum and going through my feeds and just saw a bundle of services that, coupled with my reads, got me thinking. There are a lot of BS services out there that guarantee you getting on the first page of Google or getting a storm of ... http://www.maxyRO.com/web-news/5-seosmo-services-that-promise-but-dont-deliver/