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<title>VOXUS Blog</title><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/index.html</link><description>Musings on media&#x2c; tech PR and other things</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2006 Voxus&#x2c; Inc.</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-11-07T09:03:16-08:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:16:26 -0800</lastBuildDate><item><title>Get social recognition</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-11-07T09:03:16-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/500aa385455568ce900007f14056682d-469.php#unique-entry-id-469</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/500aa385455568ce900007f14056682d-469.php#unique-entry-id-469</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, sponsored by Mashable, has issued a call for nominations.    Through November 16, you can nominate a company for recognition in any of the 26 categories that range from photo sharing and dating to online games and travel.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Panicware goes M.I.A.</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-11-07T09:02:07-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f87d4f4a2efb5ce9bc9e474a5df06793-468.php#unique-entry-id-468</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f87d4f4a2efb5ce9bc9e474a5df06793-468.php#unique-entry-id-468</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the companies that I've followed for years, Panicware, is now missing in action.    The company, which offered a really nifty pop-up stopper for your Internet browser, no longer has a website and searchers are directed to a blog.    It actually looks like founder Matina Fresenius is heading into uncharted waters with a line of Panicware kids clothing.    You can check it out at www.panicware.com.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Divvy-doo-dah</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-11-07T08:57:26-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/bab3ff55c4ac079c04a4ebc59c760124-467.php#unique-entry-id-467</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/bab3ff55c4ac079c04a4ebc59c760124-467.php#unique-entry-id-467</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[New Seattle-based startup Divvy went live with a site that helps members rent whatever they'd like to whomever they'd like through the creation of private websites linked to calendars and PayPal.    Founders Aaron Freed and Brandon DeCuir have created an online portal where you can "divvy" up a condo or where a church might rent out its facilities for weddings -- all through personal webpages.    Regardless, it's the latest entry into the very active startup market here...this despite a slowing economy.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Your Spyfu is strong</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Justin Hall</category><dc:date>2008-10-20T15:39:12-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f96b6025773c968e7a2b5d264006fcff-466.php#unique-entry-id-466</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f96b6025773c968e7a2b5d264006fcff-466.php#unique-entry-id-466</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A client (thanks Leah) turned me to a great keyword/adword resource called SpyFu.    It allows you to search competitor keywords, adwords, organic  words, advertisements, click spend and total keyword budgets, among other things.    Most of this is free.   The site is fantastic and can really provide some valuable information for emerging companies looking to evaluate competitive marketings and carve out a niche.   You can get super-detailed reporting and information if you're willing to spring for the service, but the initial information is pretty darn useful by itself.    Do yourself a favor, check out the site and get some market intel!!    Then you can drop some sweet facts at your next dinner party, like:


"Hey Charlie, did you know Google has a daily ad budget between $354 and $390?   Pass the salt."


"Hey Rachel, did you hear, Sprint's monthly online keyword budget is $19k.   Doesn't that blow your mind?"


-posted by Justin]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pike Market&#x2c; Peter Shankman And Public Relations</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-10-15T15:32:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c6844d83d07c1e4a95c21a1b5184a060-465.php#unique-entry-id-465</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c6844d83d07c1e4a95c21a1b5184a060-465.php#unique-entry-id-465</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to meet with one of the really &ldquo;out-of-the-box&rdquo; thinkers in the PR industry, Peter Shankman.   He held a happy hour at the Pike Pub and Brewery, located just above Seattle&rsquo;s Pike Place Market, schmoozing with Seattle PR types.


For those of you who don&rsquo;t know Peter, he is probably best known for publishing the HARO (Help A Reporter Out) Newsletter three times a day, Monday through Friday.   HARO includes dozens of leads for PR/media opportunities from travel to technology, business/finance to health/fitness.   With all of the modern day &ldquo;smoke and mirrors&rdquo;-type PR, Peter&rsquo;s approach is quite simple and refreshing&hellip; connect reporters and public relations professionals in order to come up with the most compelling stories.   I think of the HARO Newsletter somewhat like CraigsList early on -- no adds, just a way to connect people in the most basic way possible.


 


Now to our happy hour meeting, Peter struck me as extremely humble and RESTED even though his speaking engagements typically take him back and forth across the country at least a few times each week.   Despite having a number of people trying to schmooze with him, Peter took the time to briefly discuss his personal and professional life with me and gave me one of his unique business cards that front as a gambling chip (blog to be updated with picture soon).   Little known fact, Peter continued to run marathons for years despite having a foot that was broken in numerous spots (unbenounced to him).


 


Pike Market, Peter Shankman and Public Relations&hellip; what an enlightening happy hour.


-posted by Andrew
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Forget voting for the Democrats or Republicans...vote for us&#x21;</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-10-15T15:29:18-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/6ea37324f1878a9060de8df5242c03e9-464.php#unique-entry-id-464</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/6ea37324f1878a9060de8df5242c03e9-464.php#unique-entry-id-464</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We're in the home stretch of the Mobile Village Mobile Star Awards(tm) competition...but there's still time for you to cast a ballot.    VOXUS is a nominee in the Best Wireless & Mobile Technology PR Firm category; VOXUS clients Nextrials, CipherLab, Perlego and AirMagnet are also nominees in various categories.    So exercise your right to vote -- for us!    Go here to read more.    Voting closes October 20.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Goodbye&#x2c; Action Engine -- Hello&#x2c; MobUI</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-10-15T15:22:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/2987b54330896e257de81e4ce4365fb7-463.php#unique-entry-id-463</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/2987b54330896e257de81e4ce4365fb7-463.php#unique-entry-id-463</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was sorry to read that one of my former clients, after an almost meltdown in August, is now officially R.I.P.    Action Engine was sold to MobUI, a Redmond-based startup that coincidentally was founded by two ex-Action Engineers, John Burry and Brandon Albers (ably assisted by former marketing director Anne Baker, who formed her own firm post-AE).    I'd think that no one would know the value of Action Engine's technology better than former teammates.    Best wishes.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Seattle Startups Index grows up</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-10-15T15:20:53-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/29aa3ce2af54951a7add2ffce1904466-462.php#unique-entry-id-462</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/29aa3ce2af54951a7add2ffce1904466-462.php#unique-entry-id-462</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Congrats to Marcelo Calbucci of Sampa --  he's been compiling an index of Seattle startups for more than a year that ranked them according to search engine statistics.    Beginning this week, he's moved the project to www.seattle20.com and added aggregator feeds from other startup blogs in the Seattle area.    He has also added original content from contributors such as Alyssa Royse, Matt Hulett, Rebecca Lovell, Danielle Morrill and Keven Leneway, creating a new digital resource for Northwest-based entrepreneurs.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Google Goggles</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Stephanie Martin</category><dc:date>2008-10-15T15:18:41-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/56662d23941d8a7a954f2447656f7b3f-461.php#unique-entry-id-461</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/56662d23941d8a7a954f2447656f7b3f-461.php#unique-entry-id-461</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The&nbsp;announcement&nbsp;of Google Mail Goggles is cracking me up.   If you haven't already heard, the Goggles (hopefully) prevent you from sending email you may later regret, be they the product of&nbsp;inebriation&nbsp;or whatever else you might do on Saturday night.   When enabled, the Goggles check to make sure you really want to send that email to your ex-boyfriend at 2 am on Friday night with, what else, but a few math problems.   I guess the idea is that if you are&nbsp;cognizant&nbsp;enough to solve some math problem, you can be trusted to make the right decision on your own.   However, if you cannot answer what 196 x 7 is, maybe you should wait until the morning to profess your love or tell someone off.   I like this idea... although I think for some people it might be more useful on cell phones...


-posted by Stephanie]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>iPhone killer?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-10-03T16:17:08-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/18d46e88c30f280d5f2d477612f59b87-460.php#unique-entry-id-460</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/18d46e88c30f280d5f2d477612f59b87-460.php#unique-entry-id-460</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nokia, the world&rsquo;s number one mobile phone maker, recently announced it would begin selling a touch-screen phone that offers free music downloads.


 


The phone comes with Nokia&rsquo;s new &lsquo;Comes with Music&rsquo; bundle which has signed up all the major record labels (Universal, Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI) and even many of the independent labels and is said to offer about five million tracks.   Nokia&rsquo;s music will differ from others on the market since you&rsquo;ll be able to download tracks for free (data and airtime not included&hellip; so this could add up).


 


The phone is called the Nokia 5800 xpressMusic handset.   The phone&rsquo;s 8 GB internal memory can be beefed up with another 16 GB on a micro SD type memory card - which means you can store over 18,000 songs.   The company claims it&rsquo;s able to offer the tracks at no cost because it bundles the cost into what you pay for the phone (an estimated $395).   The first such phone offered will be available in the UK, the world&rsquo;s third-largest music market, on October 16.


No word yet if/when the phone will be offered in the U.S.   However, the launch has created a media buzz both favorable and unfavorable.   Gizmodo's also got a hold of Nokia's canned video for the 5800.   Is this going to be the iPhone killer?   You make the call.


-posted by Andrew


 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lilipip changes business model</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-10-03T16:15:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f231f1cea885afbaa8b92d76ab08d414-459.php#unique-entry-id-459</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f231f1cea885afbaa8b92d76ab08d414-459.php#unique-entry-id-459</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of my favorite Seattle-based startups, Lilipip, is proactively restructuring its business model as a result of slower-than-expected growth.      Instead of producing YouTube-like animated shorts for kids to view on mobile devices, the company has changed its name to Lilipip Studios and is now producing animated stories for companies and their products.    Too bad, in a way -- I loved the concept of short films that toddlers could watch on mom's cell phone when the going got tough.


Lilipip's first customer under its new business model is another Seattle-based startup, Others Online.    You can see the short flim clip on the company's landing page.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>No more Google anonymity</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-10-03T16:14:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/d5a5f72fa09361a30aa38bca63d6fc6d-458.php#unique-entry-id-458</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/d5a5f72fa09361a30aa38bca63d6fc6d-458.php#unique-entry-id-458</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Who'd have thought that I'd look back and sigh about the Google good old days?    Like when I could search for Old Boyfriend in complete anonymity and then laugh hysterically when I found out that he crashed and burned during the dot-com bust and is now wanted in 30 of the 50 states.    Yes, folks, you can kiss your stalking abilities goodbye, now that Ziggs has launched.    Although the site is really  meant to help you control your personal brand, it has the odd side ability to notify you of anyone who has Googled your name...and to tell you who that person is.    Yikes.    I just hope Old Boyfriend isn't a member yet.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bailing bloggers = failing publication?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-10-03T16:11:19-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f723e40ade8edfda9707c01bf4223186-457.php#unique-entry-id-457</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f723e40ade8edfda9707c01bf4223186-457.php#unique-entry-id-457</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was bad enough that John Cook and Todd Bishop, two of our favorite reporters and bloggers at the Seattle P-I, left the publication earlier this month to join a new initiative at the Puget Sound Business Journal.    And kudos to them, it sounds like an exciting venture!    But recently, I got word that Cherie Black, the P-I's health reporter and blogger, has also left for greener pastures.    AACK.


Earlier this year, the P-I started offering itself as a home for citizen bloggers with columns ranging from Jason McBride's "Eating Weird" to Carolyn Chambers Clark's "Relationship Repair."    Maybe this is how it plans to continue to develop new media without replacing departing staff members.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Upcoming piglets</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-09-11T10:41:34-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/0553caef436ae2c3872f1abebeb9fd95-456.php#unique-entry-id-456</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/0553caef436ae2c3872f1abebeb9fd95-456.php#unique-entry-id-456</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Did you know that the pig in Seattle's Pike Place is named Rachel?    Just a weird coincidence, I'm sure...anyway, there's a new blog in town for those of us interested in the Seattle tech scene.    Meet at the Pig is a really fun compendium of events that will appeal to your inner geek.    And, if you're interested, the site is looking for new writers; drop Justin Martenstein a line via the online contact form.    Upcoming piglets (events) include the Seattle Blogger Meetup on September 24 and Seattle Startup Drinks on September 26.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Survey Says: Nearly 40 Percent of All Google Searches Fail</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-09-11T10:37:52-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/cd7986f4336ab909d64f2e88509ab1fc-455.php#unique-entry-id-455</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/cd7986f4336ab909d64f2e88509ab1fc-455.php#unique-entry-id-455</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Boost eLearning just announced results of a new survey indicating 39 percent of all Google searches fail, leading to more than 40 hours &ndash; or one week &ndash; of lost productivity per user per year.   These stats can add up fast for a large organization which is why the company has designed an online training course that helps employees quickly and easily learn all of the powerful built-in search features of Google.   For more information visit www.boostelearning.com


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VOXUS: Star of Their Own News Story (for once&#x21;)</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-09-11T10:36:26-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/10dc221dedbf4ad4c9632c813cf444ab-454.php#unique-entry-id-454</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/10dc221dedbf4ad4c9632c813cf444ab-454.php#unique-entry-id-454</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Rodika Tollefson of the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal recently sat down with our Founder and fearless leader Paul Forecki to learn the secret to VOXUS' success.   Check out the story here.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shake it&#x2c; Shake it&#x2c; Shake it</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Justin Hall</category><dc:date>2008-08-27T16:29:52-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/456fb5f4ff1542aaa6518b927d82ebf4-453.php#unique-entry-id-453</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/456fb5f4ff1542aaa6518b927d82ebf4-453.php#unique-entry-id-453</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On Monday, M2E Power announced the development of an external mobile device charger.   Big news in the gadget world and green verticals.    To support this news, VOXUS has been busy working with press.    Our efforts have paid off big time!   Props to the entire team!


To cap it off, today the news ran on Business Week.    Check it out.


Here's a little picture:


In addition, articles also ran in more than 100 other outlets including these feature articles:


...-Daily Green


...-Gadget Insight


...-Gadget Crunch/Tech Crunch


...-Tom's Guide


...-Idaho Business Review


-Gadget Guru


-Good Clean Tech


...-Wireless Week


...-Headline News


...-and more, and more and more!!!!


-posted by Justin]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Silly Spammers&#x2c; Hijacking is for Airplanes</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-08-27T16:28:45-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/9ff3ad44056a7c011ece6f90ee6796b7-452.php#unique-entry-id-452</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/9ff3ad44056a7c011ece6f90ee6796b7-452.php#unique-entry-id-452</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Seems like I'm experiencing a rise in spam lately.   While I have a folder these junk emails usually drop into, it's annoying to have to view and delete them later.    While I don't look inside any of these emails, I do occasionally read the subject lines (spammer marketing speak can be quite entertaining).    I got one last night that was both humorous and disturbing.   The subject line read "We have hijacked your baby."    Can you hijack a baby?    I don't think so.   In any case, I don't have a baby, but If I did, I probably would have checked to make sure he or she wasn't snatched from the house.   It's a shame spammers are getting more aggressive and all we can do is sit back and take it.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>WANTED: An Extraordinary PR Professional</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-08-27T16:26:32-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/7f91cf691929fff7850ff06adc3e2c66-451.php#unique-entry-id-451</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/7f91cf691929fff7850ff06adc3e2c66-451.php#unique-entry-id-451</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[VOXUS is now hiring a Program Director/Senior Account Executive to work from its swanky new downtown Tacoma office.   Think you got the right stuff?    Click here or view our ad on Craig's list.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Microsoft Plans Big Mac Attack</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-08-27T16:23:48-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c27fc11f882ea061636354aebd61be2c-450.php#unique-entry-id-450</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c27fc11f882ea061636354aebd61be2c-450.php#unique-entry-id-450</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[What do you do when your competitor has slowly been pecking away at your reputation for years?    Sit quiet?    Speak up?   Microsoft, which apparently has been TiVoing through the highly entertaining and brand-trashing "Mac vs.   PC" commercials, finally appears to be gearing up for a major counter-attack.    According to the News Tribune, in September, Microsoft will launch a $300 million ad campaign to help improve its image.   Microsoft has hired some major star power for the campaign -- Jerry Seinfeld, Will Ferrell and Chris Rock.   I can't wait to see these comedic giants in action, but don't think for a minute that I'll consider giving up my Macbook, iPod or iPhone.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Motion to energy</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Justin Hall</category><dc:date>2008-08-27T15:59:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/0bd3aebd3494c39532fee881b8009210-449.php#unique-entry-id-449</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/0bd3aebd3494c39532fee881b8009210-449.php#unique-entry-id-449</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As our client M2E announces a new external charger for mobile device on 8/25, we thought we'd post this little video that explains the innovation behind the technology.    This video podcast was created for the R&D 100 awards.


M2E video


-posted by Justin]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/podcast_449.m4v" length="19247097" type="video/quicktime"/></item><item><title>Good blogs</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-08-20T15:32:19-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/652d1fcffa2b84e257eb6c1bdf50cd70-447.php#unique-entry-id-447</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/652d1fcffa2b84e257eb6c1bdf50cd70-447.php#unique-entry-id-447</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Merlin Mann over at 43folders had a very interesting post on what makes a good blog.


Good blogs are the product of &ldquo;Attention times Interest.&rdquo;   A blog shows me where someone&rsquo;s attention tends to go.   Then, on some level, they encourage me to follow the evolution of their interest through a day or a year.   There&rsquo;s a story here.   Ethical &ldquo;via&rdquo; links make it easy for me to follow their specific trail of attention, then join them for a walk made out of words.


There's a lot of interesting information in the full article, all of which is useful in understanding not "how do I get my blog noticed" (which is what most of these types of articles focus on) but more "how do I have a blog that doesn't suck."


Good reading.


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>One Minute to Spare for a Google Survey?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-08-20T15:30:54-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/631b35f71ec876d31ff791bdbd23d985-446.php#unique-entry-id-446</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/631b35f71ec876d31ff791bdbd23d985-446.php#unique-entry-id-446</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Our client Boost eLearning, the pioneer in Google search training for large organizations, is interested in hearing about your experiences with Google.    If you have a minute to spare, please fill out a survey.    Look for the orange starburst at the bottom left of the screen.   Survey-takers are automatically entered to win a free Boost eLearning Google Search Training license.  


Thanks for your help.


-posted by Lindsay
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Go Go Google Searches</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-08-20T15:29:41-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/282617c62df1b4cc89f12324df72b4fd-445.php#unique-entry-id-445</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/282617c62df1b4cc89f12324df72b4fd-445.php#unique-entry-id-445</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Google Search is a critical business tool for the full spectrum of roles in an organization.    From sales to HR and IT, employees depend on Google multiple times a day to find the information they need to do their job.   Yet this tool is highly underutilized since most workers only know a couple of Google's powerful search capabilities.   This gap has created a significant market opportunity for training businesses to help workers demystify the Web and turn free data into actionable information.  


Seattle-based Boost eLearning is hoping to do just that.   Leveraging the fundamentals of adult-learning theory, Boost eLearning Google Search Training instills in workers the repertory of search skills required to extract and harness targeted information in the fastest manner possible.   By easily excluding ads, pinpointing geographic areas, extracting certain file types and many other powerful search practices, Boost eLearning's training eliminates the time and frustration of failed searches.


If you're not convinced, check out their free online demo at: www.boostelearning.com


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Three out of Three Comedians Joke About Social Networking</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-08-20T15:28:21-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/91718c0d21340b457e1139a31b1716c4-444.php#unique-entry-id-444</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/91718c0d21340b457e1139a31b1716c4-444.php#unique-entry-id-444</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I headed up to Giggles on Saturday night to see one of my favorite comedians Jeff Dye (third place winner of this year's Last Comic Standing).   It seems that social networking has become a bottomless pit of comedic material.    Jeff and the two opening acts couldn't resist poking fun at the social networking phenomenon that consumes all of us.    One of my favorite comments was from a comedian who admitted to changing his activities/interests to "showing up to work on time, filing, sweeping, etc." when he had his resume out.   All of this is a good reminder not to take ourselves or our social networking too seriously.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Technology chicks unite&#x21;</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-08-20T15:27:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/94dd8fe87818a5bd764a4ee5dc6903a6-443.php#unique-entry-id-443</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/94dd8fe87818a5bd764a4ee5dc6903a6-443.php#unique-entry-id-443</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Seattle Webgrrls is resurrecting -- the next meeting is Thursday, September 4 at 6:30 p.m.   This is an interesting organization dedicated to empowering women through the use of technology in personal and professional lives.    Visit the site for further details and RSVP information.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x22;I Am Rich&#x22; in Retrospect</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Stephanie Martin</category><dc:date>2008-08-11T16:16:37-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/39057567ffcba4c84594d7ddb0d92041-442.php#unique-entry-id-442</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/39057567ffcba4c84594d7ddb0d92041-442.php#unique-entry-id-442</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've been trying to resist blogging about the "I Am Rich" application for the iPhone since it first started making news last week, but I can't hold back any more.   After a respectable 8 purchases, the $999.00 app has been pulled from the App Store... but it still has some "fans."   Gizmodo has posted a guided tour of the "I Am Rich" app, and it is truly a work of art - I mean, how can you not get ahead with the inspiring mantra and beautiful gem that glows in the background, reminding you that "you could afford it."   Watch this video, its delightful... and if they ever let "I Am Rich" back in the App Store, consider getting it, you "deserv" it!


-posted by Stephanie]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Get to Know Your Favorite Olympics Athlete</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-08-11T16:11:47-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/9c5888fafe2588ff2e1da35fc4d29624-441.php#unique-entry-id-441</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/9c5888fafe2588ff2e1da35fc4d29624-441.php#unique-entry-id-441</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Our client Boost eLearning has announced a free training lesson that helps fans across the globe track their favorite 2008 Summer Olympics athletes.   The 3 minute lesson available at www.boostelearning.com teaches fans how to find all the latest coverage pertaining to the Olympics regardless of geographic and lingual boundaries.   Want to read more about your favorite Romanian gymnast in his or her hometown paper?    No problem...and Boost will even help you translate it into English.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Writing made easier with Writeboard</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Shawnna Yee</category><dc:date>2008-08-11T16:10:12-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/7f67814e1dd231f61c3022f1f6a21cdc-440.php#unique-entry-id-440</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/7f67814e1dd231f61c3022f1f6a21cdc-440.php#unique-entry-id-440</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Work with Word documents a lot?   Ever get frustrated with Track Changes (or lack there of)?   Ever wish there was an easier way to collaborate with your colleagues and/or clients on documents?   Check out Writeboard, created by 37signals a developer of web-based applications for businesses.   Writeboard is free, and allows you to invite multiple people to make edits and revisions to an online version of your document.   Writeboard makes it really easy to view track changes, as well as compare past and present versions of your document. 


Thanks go out to Mark Uehling, editor at ClinPage, for bringing this great site to my attention!


-posted by Shawnna]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New (and improved&#x21;) prank calling ability&#x21;</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Shawnna Yee</category><dc:date>2008-08-11T16:08:24-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/64cde0f063fd018be1860dbb08a17103-439.php#unique-entry-id-439</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/64cde0f063fd018be1860dbb08a17103-439.php#unique-entry-id-439</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Technology is always more fun when you can use it to make mischief!   VoIP is now taking prank phone calling to a new (and improved!)   level.   The new Disney&rsquo;s Hannah Montana Wake-Up Call allows users to enter a phone number and the delightful Miley Cyrus&rsquo;s voice will wake them up or send them a reminder: &ldquo;Dear [name], don&rsquo;t forget that today you have [activity].&rdquo;   There is no authentication of the user, which allows the user to enter any source phone number they want -- enabling the user to make the calls look like they are coming from someone else.   Naughty, but fun! 


Read more about this new service in Alistair Croll's blog entry in GigaOM.


-posted by Shawnna
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bad Pitch Blog: someplace I&#x27;d rather not be</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-08-05T10:08:19-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3b101f1db8138c319947d19bc06dc1be-438.php#unique-entry-id-438</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3b101f1db8138c319947d19bc06dc1be-438.php#unique-entry-id-438</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's always interesting to see what our competition is up to -- and here's a very unique twist to the standard blog I see on many agency websites.    Kevin Dugan, the director of marketing for FRCH Design, and Richard Laermer, CEO of RLM PR, created the Bad Pitch Blog to immortalize all of those missteps PR people make with editors and analysts.    I have to say, it's worth a look -- PR Week picked it as a competitor in the "best blog" category of its latest competition.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>But do you have to be bald?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-08-05T10:04:44-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1391c75a32d17d3f74dbf2785caabf4c-437.php#unique-entry-id-437</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1391c75a32d17d3f74dbf2785caabf4c-437.php#unique-entry-id-437</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Cliff Edwards'&nbsp;Tech & You column&nbsp;this week profiles a new product from Emotiv Systems, a San Fran-based start-up backed by Technology Venture Partners (out of Australia) and Epicure Capital Partners.   Emotiv has developed a mind-reading headset (yes, that's right) slated to ship this year for just $299.   The device translates your thoughts into computer instructions using EEG technology (similar to what hospitals use).   Emotive says it is initially&nbsp;targeting&nbsp;the entertainment and gaming markets.   Sign me up, as long as I get to keep my hair that is.


-posted by Adrienne]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Microsoft Unveils Windows Vista AGAIN</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-08-05T10:02:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/224bbc8d2c684526adb70382db09a1c3-436.php#unique-entry-id-436</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/224bbc8d2c684526adb70382db09a1c3-436.php#unique-entry-id-436</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Microsoft unveiled a controversial focus group study last week that involved its now year and a half old Windows Vista operating system.   The company recently set up a blind study involving a video demonstration of what they were told was the forthcoming &ldquo;Mojave&rdquo; operating system.   However, the subjects of the study never actually got to demo Mojave AND were actually watching a disguised demo of Windows Vista but were never told this until after the video.   Microsoft says it conducted the Mojave experiment over three days in San Francisco before 120 subjects.   The company says the subjects, on average, gave Vista a rating of 4.4 out of 10 prior to participating.   The average rating jumped to 8.5 after the subjects watched the demo, according to the company.   Some journalists claim Microsoft is trying to insinuate there is a big disconnect between the actual performance of Windows Vista and the PERCEIVED performance based on negative media coverage and ads by mainly Apple.


 


I was part of the general launch of Windows Vista for Microsoft, so I&rsquo;m glad I could get a peak into their re-launch of Windows Vista.


-posted by Andrew]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bye Bye&#x2c; Pure Networks&#xa;</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-07-29T13:30:03-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3f7117b0f9f8e129ce9105cf985d2c00-435.php#unique-entry-id-435</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3f7117b0f9f8e129ce9105cf985d2c00-435.php#unique-entry-id-435</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Our friends at Pure Networks have a new boss: Cisco Systems acquired the company for $120 million.    It's actually a pretty good marriage -- Pure Networks has a great little product in Network Magic, a software that makes it easy for consumers to set up home networks.   And the company was already a partner with Linksys, a router supplier that Cisco previously acquired.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why ask Y?  Because Y Combinator wants a startup</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-07-29T13:27:18-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/7e029eafa1fb5f08545196dee9ba7151-434.php#unique-entry-id-434</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/7e029eafa1fb5f08545196dee9ba7151-434.php#unique-entry-id-434</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Y Combinator, that quirky VC firm that brought us local startups  such as JamGlue and RescueTime, is now accepting applications for the winter 2009 funding cycle.    Deadline is October 17 at 10:00 p.m.   PST.    These VCs even have a shortlist of the types of problems they'd like to see solved (talk about being proactive!).    If you've got a cure for some of the following, you need to set up a company pronto:


- simplified web browsing tied to social strata/interests


- Internet dating


- any potential competitor to Microsoft desktop software (Microsoft must be really happy about this)


- online learning applications


- off-the-shelf home security


There are other ideas that are even grander, such as solving the declining readership problem newspapers are facing through competition from Internet-based news sources.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dead brands</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-07-17T14:04:26-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/fd4e02cc2416d50a300a276a3563ba62-433.php#unique-entry-id-433</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/fd4e02cc2416d50a300a276a3563ba62-433.php#unique-entry-id-433</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I just got around to reading a rather long, but fascinating article in the NY Times on the idea of resurrecting old "dead" brands, such as Nuprin, Brim Coffee, Underalls, Salon Selectives, etc.


This is essentially the situation that River West brokered with the Nuprin brand, which was a dead line of ibuprofen painkillers (once upon a time backed by the widely known &ldquo;Nupe it&rdquo; ad campaign).   Its trademarks were acquired by River West and sold to CVS, where it is back on the shelves as a stealth store brand.   (And presumably enjoying better margins than it would if, like a traditional store brand, it competed solely on low price, not trustworthy-brand familiarity.)   My read was that this is what Stone thought should happen to Brim &mdash; and that Earle had mixed feelings, believing, perhaps, that Brim could come back as something bigger.   Even Stone seemed at least somewhat intrigued with the possibilities of licensing a brand that was familiar but dead.   &ldquo;With Stanley we have to be careful &mdash; this is a famous brand; we have to do everything right and mitigate all the risks,&rdquo; he says.   &ldquo;But with Brim, the risks. . . .&rdquo;   He paused.   &ldquo;There really are no risks.&rdquo;    This brings us to Earle&rsquo;s ideas about the potential upside of faulty consumer memory.   Maybe, for instance, you&rsquo;re among those who remember Brim.   But do you also remember that it was a decaf-only brand?   That&rsquo;s actually why you could &ldquo;fill it to the rim.&rdquo;   River West&rsquo;s research found that many who recall the Brim brand have forgotten the decaf detail.


We often play off of the idea of turning old developments into news on the theory that "if you haven't heard it, it's news to you" &ndash; but this takes it much further.    Interesting stuff if you're into understanding brand recognition.


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>iCurse&#x2c; then iScream&#x2c; then iCollapse&#x2c; then iLove</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Justin Hall</category><dc:date>2008-07-17T12:48:51-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3c1ea9ead05ed9af0298f85bcdbba203-432.php#unique-entry-id-432</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3c1ea9ead05ed9af0298f85bcdbba203-432.php#unique-entry-id-432</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, I cursed profusely at my MacBook, then at iTunes, then at my iPhone, then at the USB cable connecting my iPhone to my MacBook, then at my dogs (just because that's how I roll)....then I collapsed in exhaustion and shed some rare tears.    However, after the 6 hour ordeal ended, my iPhone was updated with the new 2.0 software and I was downloading my first application (celebrating with some interpretive dance and the running man).    The whole experience was so traumatic, I couldn't blog about it until today.   My phone was actually a brick for 5 hours -- how do you recover from that.    What if I missed a call from Barack Obama thanking me for my $5 contribution!!!


...What was my first application?    Wait for it, wait for it:  Big Canvas PhotoShare of course, duh.    Now why would I download that application first (before the hailed iPhone Light Saber app)?    Well, to be honest, they're a client and I wanted to jump right in and start using it.    And, I have to say, it's "da-bomb" (not my term, but a cultural phrase used to express mucho satisfactiono).   Why is it "da-bomb" Justin (that's right, I also roll in the third person now)?


Well Justin, the best way to describe this apps value, is to tell a little story.  ...  Last Saturday night Justin attended a 30th b-day party at Lucky Strike (a chi-chi high-end bowling alley in Bellevue where a beer costs $8 and all the waitresses are rude, two thumbs down).    Some other friends couldn't attend, but wanted to get updates on how it was (couldn't attend, sure, I'm a little sick, cough, cough).  ...  With this app, Justin was able to take pics during the event and immediately post them to my PhotoShare website.   Justin's other friends could then access for immediate real-time photo-logging (that's right, new term for photo blogging, absorb it, feel it, wrestle with it, now embrace it)....or people at the event could access them later to get some pics. ...  A couple quick touches on the iPhone screen and the pics were up and posted. ...  Justin can't wait to go on vacation and send back constant reminders to co-workers that he's in a tropical location and they're not.  

...Net/net, you should all go get this application and join the PhotoShare community.  2,000 people are downloading that application daily and they have more than 10k users since the launch last week!!!!


And, BTW, the Light Saber application &ndash; while not a productive app &ndash; is pretty much every StarWars geek's wet dream (Justin drops mic, yells "peace, I'm out" and walks away from his desk.)
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pumped Up To Locate Lower Gas Prices</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-07-17T12:46:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f532bf1749da77e08bc0877697a4e244-431.php#unique-entry-id-431</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f532bf1749da77e08bc0877697a4e244-431.php#unique-entry-id-431</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I am one of those sorry saps who drives a lot.   I haven&rsquo;t always been this way, but since joining VOXUS, I have an almost 100 mile round-trip commute.   With the recent spike in gas prices, I constantly find myself shopping around to find the lowest local gas prices on TacomaGasPrices.com.   It&rsquo;s a listing of supposedly the bottom of the barrel gas prices in the Tacoma, WA metro area and I&rsquo;ve found it works well.   The site is an arm of GasBuddy.com.   The company is a network of gas price listings sites for various areas and claims it is a grass-roots community effort to lower gas prices.   It works by having members post prices in their area to the site.


 


I just signed up to be a resident reporter/member.   The site claims a fringe benefit for members is they are entered into a number of raffles based on the number of points they accumulate (mainly through price postings).   The site says these raffles include $250 gas cards.


 


I&rsquo;ll let everyone know if I&rsquo;m pumped up about member perks soon. 


-posted by Andrew]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mobiles&#x2c; PCs NOT Killing the TV Star</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-07-17T12:45:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/9d6aaa24a33342921ef18ada87a4c98f-430.php#unique-entry-id-430</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/9d6aaa24a33342921ef18ada87a4c98f-430.php#unique-entry-id-430</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[PCs and mobiles are not stealing traditional sofa TV viewers according to a recent Nielsen report covered by Red Herring.    In fact, time spent watching traditional TV rose four percent from 2007.   These numbers indicate that there is room for all three screens in the market.    For me, any time I spend watching TV on my PC or mobile is supplemental to the hours I log in at home on the couch.    While I might be a little less productive with TV at my fingertips all day, I wouldn't want it any other way.


-posted by Lindsay
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Public Relations Rule No. 3</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-07-16T11:21:13-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/946556b93005a3d4dced3ec3a1f98a09-429.php#unique-entry-id-429</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/946556b93005a3d4dced3ec3a1f98a09-429.php#unique-entry-id-429</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The LA Times' Top of the Ticket blog has an entertaining post discussing the recent New Yorker magazine Obama cover and reminds us all what not to do when faced with an outlandish or otherwise icky allegation.


For those of you needing a quick recap, the New Yorker ran a cartoon cover with Obama and his wife dressed as terrorists, burning the flag etc.   Obama's campaign immediately went public with a strong denunciation of the cover, which drew massive attention to the image, an image that Obama obviously would have preferred quickly die on the newsstands.   Instead it became an Internet wildfire.


Days later on Larry King Live, when asked about the cover, Obama delivered a great response...


"Well, I know it was the New Yorker's attempt at satire.   I don't think they were entirely successful with it.   But you know what?   It's a cartoon, Larry, and that's why we've got the 1st Amendment. 


"And I think the American people are probably spending a little more time worrying about what's happening with the banking system and the housing market, and what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, than a cartoon.   So I haven't spent a lot of time thinking about it."


...but as the LA Times points out, it was unfortunately several days too late.


-posted by Adrienne]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Gaming Geeks Watch Out</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-07-16T11:18:47-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/a740ccadf689f3fd49c5f38cd38dda86-428.php#unique-entry-id-428</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/a740ccadf689f3fd49c5f38cd38dda86-428.php#unique-entry-id-428</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Seems there are a few gaming geeks roaming the halls of VOXUS.    I&rsquo;ve got news for you all, those of us who use gaming consoles for something other than playing video games have got some good news.   Microsoft and Netflix have unveiled a partnership under which Netflix will stream movies directly to you through Microsoft's Internet-based Xbox Live service.   Under the deal, customers who have an Xbox 360 console attached to their TVs and who subscribe to Microsoft's Xbox Live Gold service (cost $50/year), and who are also Netflix subscribers, can download Netflix movies at no additional cost.   In addition to Netflix, NBC will be adding TV content to the Xbox Live Marketplace and Universal will be contributing movies.   I&rsquo;ve got a secret for you all&hellip; I rarely (if ever) use the Xbox for gaming.   It&rsquo;s my media hub to stream pictures and music from my desktop.


Gaming geeks be gone.


-posted by Andrew]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Go green</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Shawnna Yee</category><dc:date>2008-07-16T11:17:05-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/634589ed86c37aaa112d7abad3b19174-427.php#unique-entry-id-427</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/634589ed86c37aaa112d7abad3b19174-427.php#unique-entry-id-427</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Seattle has always been a 'green' city -- and now its taking it one step further.   Right now, Seattle is currently considering putting into effect a bag fee and foam/plastic ban. 


The bag fee, if passed, would charge shoppers 20 cents for each disposable plastic or paper bag used at grocery, convenience and drugstores starting in January 2009.   Stores would keep a nickel to cover the cost of administering the fee.   Small stores that gross less than $1 million annually would keep the entire 20 cents.   Each household would receive at least one free, reusable shopping bag.


The foam/plastic ban, if passed, would require restaurants and grocery stores to switch from Styrofoam or other polystyrene containers and cups to plastic or biodegradable alternatives in January 2009.   In July 2010, the ban would expand to include plastics, such as utensils and deli containers.   Businesses would have to use all biodegradable containers.


Personally, as much as this may take some getting use to...   This is an initiative that everyone in Seattle, and perhaps all of Washington, should support for a cleaner city and for future generations.


-posted by Shawnna]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>It&#x27;s ride a bike to work week</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-07-08T18:39:08-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/4cd1f56c04c74cadc7c17ca05422449c-426.php#unique-entry-id-426</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/4cd1f56c04c74cadc7c17ca05422449c-426.php#unique-entry-id-426</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It has been a bad few weeks for the Mercedes and Lexus drivers here at Voxus, so I thought I'd share two new sites: DriverSide and RepairPal.   Still in testing, both sites rely on user supplied data to quote price ranges for various automotive repairs.   More details in Stephen Wildstrom's review (he prefers RepairPal).


-posted by Adrienne]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Where&#x2c; oh where has my .Mac gone?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-07-08T18:38:06-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/eee08f1933da0e62871269d5a0eb935c-425.php#unique-entry-id-425</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/eee08f1933da0e62871269d5a0eb935c-425.php#unique-entry-id-425</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Apple is launching MobileMe, Apple's replacement for .  Mac, on July 9.    Heads up that www.mac.com will be out of service between 6 p.m.-12:00 a.m.   Pacific that day.    MobileMe remotely syncs computers and devices, including the iPhone, so there is an upside for many of you .  Mac fans out there.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Imagekind gets (erased) acquired</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-07-08T18:36:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/e7db88d5a2f5cfd8dd4ad719446b56c9-424.php#unique-entry-id-424</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/e7db88d5a2f5cfd8dd4ad719446b56c9-424.php#unique-entry-id-424</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Our friends at Seattle-based Imagekind have a new boss...the online art store has been acquired by CafePress for close to $20 million.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Calling all VOXUS fans (and random stalkers)</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-07-08T18:34:53-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/af00ea8f0e32f05375b7419b68f90d47-423.php#unique-entry-id-423</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/af00ea8f0e32f05375b7419b68f90d47-423.php#unique-entry-id-423</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We are now a group on FaceBook.    Log in, search for "VOXUS" under groups and request to become a fan.   We'd love to hear from you...


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Celebrities aren&#x27;t just like us</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Stephanie Martin</category><dc:date>2008-07-08T18:32:26-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c7af3bfd09ff663c69270637c81b4dc6-422.php#unique-entry-id-422</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c7af3bfd09ff663c69270637c81b4dc6-422.php#unique-entry-id-422</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As a follower of celebrity gossip, I buy certain weekly magazines on occasion to catch up with what my favorite stars are up to.   One magazine always has a section called "Celebrities, They're Just Like Us!"   which I disdain.   They include pics of celebrities being "just like us" normal folks, and include such stupid things as buying groceries, wearing hats, walking, driving, etc.   Wow, after seeing a picture of a Jennifer Aniston buying a gallon of milk I do suddenly feel like she is just like me!


Right...


Anyways, I saw this article in Forbes about celebrities who choose not to (or don't know how to) use technologies most of us use on a regular (and by regular I mean constantly, all the time) basis.


For example, Vince Vaughn doesn't have a cellphone.   Orlando Bloom doesn't use email or even own a computer.   Paul McCartney doesn't know how to use an ATM.   President Bush doesn't use email (and was famously quoted in 2006 for saying he uses "the Google" to look at maps).   Simon Cowell doesn't know how to use a computer.   There are many more examples and funny tidbits in the article.


I think this does teach us an important lesson.... celebrities aren't just like us... which is probably a good thing.


-posted by Stephanie
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Chrysler: Not your Grandma&#x27;s Car Anymore</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-07-08T18:31:08-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/6dbc146fffcb62bb6aaa1549d36c5b17-421.php#unique-entry-id-421</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/6dbc146fffcb62bb6aaa1549d36c5b17-421.php#unique-entry-id-421</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just read on Wireless Week that Chrysler is going to add WiFi to many of the new 2009 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep cars.   My husband (a Chrysler shop foreman) probably already told me this, but I wasn't listening (car-talk goes in one ear...).   The Uconnect Web would be a really cool feature for us freaks that can't put our laptops and iPhones down in the car.   Very cool, Chrysler.    Keep it up!    All you need to do now is make your cars more sleek and sophisticated on the outside and I'm in.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Seattle does the (Summer) Mash</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-07-08T18:29:25-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/bfa3d416049a15153eb91e51bbbd2ccd-420.php#unique-entry-id-420</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/bfa3d416049a15153eb91e51bbbd2ccd-420.php#unique-entry-id-420</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Mashable, one of the more entertaining news sites on social networking, is kicking off its SummerMash Tour in Seattle on July 12.    It looks to be one of the events of the season!    The party gets started at the Showbox SoDo at 7 p.m.    Tickets begin at $14, and you can find out more here.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Flood of Forecki&#x27;s</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-06-25T14:16:22-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/29f1385731f4c003fd9464c07d9eff7d-419.php#unique-entry-id-419</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/29f1385731f4c003fd9464c07d9eff7d-419.php#unique-entry-id-419</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Following up on the Debating Twitter post from earlier this week, this morning found me doing some research and design work for our clients that are targeting the MySpace/ Facebook crowd.    Now, a little back story is in order:  I have a rather unique last name.  ...  Most all of my relatives, those that aren't back in the old country, are based somewhere in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with some having migrated to Michigan, and a little splinter group that went first to DC, where I was born, then to California.  ...  Suffice it to say that if someone has the last name of Forecki, we're related by blood or marriage.


...Okay, not really, but -- as the late George Carlin would say -- older.    I've been around a while.  ...  Back in high school I was using Apple computers that weren't a Macintosh, because those hadn't been invented yet.    And I've been in technology and around computers ever since.  

...Specifically, I know about Google Juice, which is basically the idea of owning your name on Google rankings.    Thanks to the fact that I'm in technology PR and that my name (and email address, damn you spammers!)   is plastered all over the Internets, I've generally owned most of the Google searches for Forecki.    (Except for a certain author who has been my nemesis on Google searches for years and who shall now remain nameless lest I help her rankings.)


All of which to say that I basically pwned Forecki-wannabes on Google.  ...  In fact, to the point that I stopped really searching a year or two ago, because it seemed pointless (and a little vain, but that's beside the point).    Unfortunately, while I wasn't looking my relatives clearly launched a sneak attack.    In the form of a new generation of teenagers and twenty-somethings.    Their offspring, with the same last name.  ...  And they are suddenly crushing me on Google.    There are almost a dozen on Facebook.    One has even registered forecki.com for crying out loud.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Debating twitter</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-06-23T13:24:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/6c878ce216f935929d92f4bfc9bfde64-418.php#unique-entry-id-418</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/6c878ce216f935929d92f4bfc9bfde64-418.php#unique-entry-id-418</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We've been exploring ways to use Twitter for PR purposes on behalf of our clients, so I was quite interested to see that the McCain and Obama presidential campaigns on having an "online debate" on Twitter.    It's an interesting development, if for no other reason than the fact that a 140 character response will hopefully keep the answers on-point.    Hopefully.


Stay tuned for our thoughts on Twitter and PR in a future post.


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Guns N&#x27; Roses Guitarist Advises Melodeo</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:53:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/faa2de1144dd60e9f8d4342335be53aa-417.php#unique-entry-id-417</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/faa2de1144dd60e9f8d4342335be53aa-417.php#unique-entry-id-417</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As a friend of Melodeo, and someone that came of age in the 80s, today's news that Guns N' Roses guitarist Duff McKagen joined Melodeo's advisory board caught my eye.   So now, besides humming Sweet Child O' Mine, I'm wondering what Melodeo has been up to - they've been kinda quiet this past year after receiving new funding.   Well....it looks like they've launched a service called nuTsie that lets you move around your iTunes library from your PC to mobile, including blackberry.   The cool part is that you access your tunes from your blackberry but don't actually load the files to the device.   The service has received some great blog reviews and if it's really as easy as it sounds, me and my berry are going to be stoked.


[Wait, we have someone that works here that doesn't have an iphone?    I'll have to look into this... -paul]


-posted by Adrienne
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A new blog covering Seattle tech</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:48:52-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/566ee64a11539c163b84032ec103de99-416.php#unique-entry-id-416</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/566ee64a11539c163b84032ec103de99-416.php#unique-entry-id-416</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There's  a new tech blog in town, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal...


Xconomy.com, a blog devoted to economic issues related to technology, said it's launched its second national site in Seattle.    Launched in Boston last year, Xconomy said it's hired several journalists in the Seattle area to cover the area's technology industry.   The company said it raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a Series A round of financing last year.    Xconomy officials said they've received support from Alexandria Real Estate Equities of Pasadena, Calif.  , Polaris Venture Partners of Waltham, Mass., the Science & Technology Directorate of the U.S.   Department of Homeland Security, the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association, the Washington Technology Industry Association, and the Technology Alliance.


 


-posted by Adrienne]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>TrenchMice zapped; Glassdoor opens</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:47:40-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/db2e4cabe11d579b27cd584cf4ac6762-415.php#unique-entry-id-415</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/db2e4cabe11d579b27cd584cf4ac6762-415.php#unique-entry-id-415</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[California-based Glassdoor debuted this week with essentially the same business model as Seattle-based TrenchMice, which closed up shop the end of April.    It's a career community where anyone can find and share (anonymously) insider looks at companies.    Glassdoor boasts executives from companies such as Zillow, Expedia and TripAdvisor, and its "sneak peek" companies include Cisco, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!    But since TrenchMice closed because it plateaued in traffic, it'll be interesting to see how Glassdoor overcomes that problem.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>PR in a recession</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Stephanie Martin</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:45:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c655393a53537bf0e05f28659a492c97-414.php#unique-entry-id-414</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c655393a53537bf0e05f28659a492c97-414.php#unique-entry-id-414</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This week, our fearless leader, Paul, was part of a panel presentation put on by Businesswire (www.businesswire.com) about PR during times of recession.   A few of us had the pleasure to attend and heard some really interesting insights from a variety of industry experts, including Jennifer Gehert (Communique PR), Amy Bohutinsky (Zillow) and of course, our very own Paul Forecki.   The panel was moderated by Erik Elvejord (Holland America Line).


Below are some pictures from the event, enjoy!


The panel (From left: Erik Elvejord, Amy Bohutinsky, Jennifer Gehrt, and Paul Forecki)


-posted by Stephanie
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Get Smart(phone)</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:43:39-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/587249600294ebeee44628c848c4846a-413.php#unique-entry-id-413</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/587249600294ebeee44628c848c4846a-413.php#unique-entry-id-413</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nice review by Associated Press tech writer Peter Svensson for the new Samsung Instinct, the first real competitor to the Apple iPhone.    Sprint Nextel will begin offering the phone on June 20, getting a jump on the new 8-gigabyte iPhone, launching on July 11 and backed by the AT&T network.    Apparently, there are also new BlackBerry models coming out later this year for Verizon and AT&T.    It's interesting to note that all of these phones are featuring cameras with at least 2 megapixels -- the first thump in the death knell for low-end stand-alone digital cameras.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>When Do you Watch Mobile TV?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:40:18-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f7a0df312671ea13054ce58e26087536-412.php#unique-entry-id-412</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f7a0df312671ea13054ce58e26087536-412.php#unique-entry-id-412</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you're like the majority of users, "in between activities" is the most popular time to watch mobile TV.    Next favorite scenarios include "while waiting in line" and "while in transit."    Of the same pool of users, 31% report watching mobile content for less than 5 minutes with only 8% watching for 31-60 minutes.    Among the non-watchers, perceived expense is the most popular reason for not trying mobile TV services.


To view the full study, visit Wireless Week.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Social Networking Dilemma: Too Many&#x2c; Too Little Time</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:38:52-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/b7e3844ad2374142969012ff030f9516-411.php#unique-entry-id-411</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/b7e3844ad2374142969012ff030f9516-411.php#unique-entry-id-411</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Social Networking Dilemma: Too Many, Too Little Time


Having trouble picking the right mix of social networking sites?    Well, the list just keeps getting longer (see FierceWireless' Jason Ankeny break it down).   These new sites will no doubt contribute to the social networking overload many professionals and students experience today.   I can only hope that consolidation in the marketplace comes soon.    Wouldn't it be nice to Twitter from your FaceBook?


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LoJacks for jets?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:37:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/18a4fb4503b67d7cb90722fd0cedbed4-410.php#unique-entry-id-410</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/18a4fb4503b67d7cb90722fd0cedbed4-410.php#unique-entry-id-410</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of our clients is an avid pilot and likes to fly into Gig Harbor for meetings.    I'm thinking he might be interested in this story about a Boeing 727 that's been abandoned at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport in Vietnam.    It's been there since December, but no one seems to know who the aircraft belongs to nor when/if he or she plans to return for it.


Boeing might want to take note of this -- perhaps there's a new partnership opportunity for installing a LoJack device on future aircraft.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Clearwire to investors: &#x22;Can you hear me now?&#x22;</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:35:51-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/a87c2a5154a41be27baf17bd5a8bfccc-409.php#unique-entry-id-409</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/a87c2a5154a41be27baf17bd5a8bfccc-409.php#unique-entry-id-409</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Although it's a competitor's slogan, Clearwire might be wondering whether or not its investors can clearly hear it, along with the tunes its proposed suitor, Sprint Nextel, has been singing.    A general investor's meeting is being held this week  in New York to discuss the implications of the companies' merger.    There might be a lot more news coming out of this conference, since industry rumors are swirling about a reorganization (again!)   within Sprint to shore up sales.    The Wall Street Journal also reported last month that Deutsche Telekom is "considering" acquiring Sprint...this as a follow-up to its purchase of VoiceStream (now T-Mobile) seven years ago.    Might make sense, but this would mean the combined companies would have three different networks, handset supply chains and brand names.    Stay tuned.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Actively disengaged</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:33:43-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/03159578e68e89856719dcc933e590a7-408.php#unique-entry-id-408</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/03159578e68e89856719dcc933e590a7-408.php#unique-entry-id-408</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In today's economic climate all manner of companies are looking at ways to tighten their operations, or simply stated, do more with less.   And in the industrial distribution sector where labor is a significant cost, less often means less people.   And yet, Inbound Logistics reports that almost 20 percent of warehouse workers responding to a recent Gallup poll describe themselves as "actively disengaged" from their work.   As many as half of those surveyed were doing just enough work to get by.


PathGuide Technologies' customer Omni Services is doing more with less by automating its warehouse.   As a result, it has decreased total man hours by 18.5% (and lowered costs to pick/receive a line by 7%).   Read more in the current issue of Progressive Distributor. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>World&#x2019;s Online Security Leaders Come Together In Seattle</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:27:51-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/561fcfc1809ea7cea622d0ca384a9184-407.php#unique-entry-id-407</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/561fcfc1809ea7cea622d0ca384a9184-407.php#unique-entry-id-407</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was fortunate enough to recently represent the Authentication and Online Alliance (AOTA) at their annual summit.    This year, Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, Michael Barrett, the Chief Security Officer for PayPal, Tim Callan, Vice President of Product Marketing at VeriSign, Peter Cullen, General Manager and Chief Privacy Strategist at Microsoft, Howard Schmidt, the former White House Cyber Security Officer, Rob McKenna, the Washington State Attorney General, and Hemanshu Nigram, Chief Security Officer of MySpace, among others, all spoke at the Summit.    You can take a look at the presentations by clicking here. 


...(Picture of Craig Newmark, Craigslist and David Daniels, Jupiter Research, on stage at the AOTA Summit)


...The summit was a two-day event full of lively discussions on how and why we should make online experiences as safe and secure as possible.    Key takeaways from the event; there&rsquo;s no silver bullet to making the Internet a safer place and it takes more than just technology to ensure online safety and security&hellip; it takes people power.    Seems I wasn&rsquo;t the only person paying attention to the summit.    With at least 25 unique media stories&hellip; you may have heard of it outside of the VOXUS blog.    Check out some of the links:


...&middot;               USA Today (http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/)


&middot;               Seattle PI (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/365598_cybersecurity04.html)


&middot;               Seattle Times (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004458445_brier05.html)


&middot;               NPR (http://publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news/content/1294129.html)


&middot;               KIRO-AM (http://www.mynorthwest.com/?

...&middot;               Computerworld (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?  command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=web_site_management&articleId=9093719&taxonomyId=62&intsrc=kc_top)


&middot;               Network World (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/060508-more-laws-collaboration-required-for.html)


&middot;               eMarketing and Commerce (http://www.emarketingandcommerce.com/blog/just-when-you-thought-you-were-safe)


&middot;               DMNews (http://directline.dmnewsblogs.com/2008/06/04/aota-focuses-on-trust-on-heels-of-eec-trust-breach/)


...(Poster of Craig Spiezle, AOTA Chairman and Founder)
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Friends in high(er) places</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-06-19T14:24:10-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/803a0a3197d3d924c246df979d685aba-406.php#unique-entry-id-406</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/803a0a3197d3d924c246df979d685aba-406.php#unique-entry-id-406</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My former coworker-turned-full time blogger, Deb Hamilton, has hit the big time.    She was quoted in a Newsweek article this past weekend -- and I can understand why.    She's now the leading expert in developing bento lunch boxes for U.S. schoolchildren.    (A bento is a Japanese box lunch.)    I've written about her blog site before, but you should check it out at www.lunchinabox.net.


This is a shining example of how the media world has changed to enable someone to take a passion (in this case, an interest in healthy and portable lunches) and turn it into a full-time career.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Journalistic ethics on the campaign trail</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-06-10T13:00:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/073c16084f9c722cf5aa4ce22b387556-405.php#unique-entry-id-405</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/073c16084f9c722cf5aa4ce22b387556-405.php#unique-entry-id-405</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The NY Times has an interesting article up about journalistic ethics on the campaign trail.    You may recall a recent flap over Bill Clinton's critique of a Vanity Fair article as "sleazy" and "slimy" during an interview.    Or Obama's comments about how frustrated Pennsylvanians "get bitter, they cling to guns or religion."


Turns out that both of these were the result of amateur reporting by a single individual.


The woman, Mayhill Fowler, who calls herself a citizen journalist, wore no credential around her neck and did not identify herself, her intentions or her affiliation as an unpaid contributor to Off the Bus, a section of The Huffington Post.   While her digital audio recorder was visible in her left hand during that encounter last Monday, she says, she did not believe Mr. ...  &ldquo;I think we can safely say he thought I was a member of the audience,&rdquo; she said in a telephone interview on Friday.


This has created quite a stir in journalistic circles, with many opposed to the practice, including Newsweek columnist and reporter Jonathan Alter.  

...But to Jane Hamsher, a onetime Hollywood producer who founded Firedoglake, a politics-oriented Web site that tilts left, Mr Alter&rsquo;s rules of the road are in need of repaving.   For starters, she said, the onus was on Mr. ...  Hamsher said, the public got to experience the unplugged musings of a former president (and candidate&rsquo;s spouse) in a way that might never have been captured on tape by an old boy on the bus like Mr. ...  &ldquo;It&rsquo;s hurting America that journalists consider their first loyalty to be to their subjects, and not to the people they&rsquo;re reporting for,&rdquo; she said.   Told, for example, that the Times ethics policy states that &ldquo;staff members should disclose their identity to people they cover (whether face to face or otherwise),&rdquo; Ms. 

...As someone who has worked alongside the media for more years than I care to remember, I can say that there are clear ground rules.    For example, we counsel our clients to be aware that everything they say in an interview may be "on the record" even if they ask that it not be.    But it must, MUST, always be made clear that this is in fact an interview, because on the other side of this slippery slope is Paparazzi journalism.    And that's not the type of media environment I want to live in.  


The press has enough credibility problems as it is, they don't need amateurs that don't know how to play by the rules.    If you want to write and publish for yourself, go right ahead (it's called blogging).    But if you're going to tape record someone for an interview that you are using in the article, you make it clear at the start.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Keep It Visual Stupid</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-06-10T12:56:44-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c94dd7c0731efb51bbc9bdb80bed7730-404.php#unique-entry-id-404</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c94dd7c0731efb51bbc9bdb80bed7730-404.php#unique-entry-id-404</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It takes more than just words to tell a story and VOXUS friend Bellamy Pailthorp, at Seattle NPR affiliate KPLU, has brought a certain event to my attention.    Bellamy and a number of other prominent journalists will be taking part in the annual Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference July 18-20 at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.    If you&rsquo;re up for learning about and discussing visual journalism in a beautiful setting, you should check it out.


-posted by Andrew]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Research is weird science&#x2c; or we&#x27;re just dumb</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-06-10T12:53:41-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c9bb6ddfa2576dddb8244bfcf947eda4-403.php#unique-entry-id-403</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c9bb6ddfa2576dddb8244bfcf947eda4-403.php#unique-entry-id-403</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sinrod Marketing Group's international opinion panel just completed a survey of 75,000 adults to determine first names associated with intelligence.    The winners: Abigail, Alexis, Grace, Leah, Meryl and Vanessa for women, and Alexander, David, John, Kenneth, Samuel and Tim for men.     The names most associated with leadership were Ruth, Alexander, Dwight and Lance.    You can see the entire results of the survey in The New Baby Name Survey Book.


The fact that none of us at VOXUS have these names kind of puts the validity of this research in dispute.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Neener&#x2c; neener&#x2c; neener...I&#x27;m in heaven (and you&#x27;re not)</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-06-04T16:35:42-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/cf1022d6af2123aeada0b6f30ab15f41-402.php#unique-entry-id-402</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/cf1022d6af2123aeada0b6f30ab15f41-402.php#unique-entry-id-402</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Remember the old song by the Manhattan Transfer called "Operator," where the singers want to get Jesus on the telephone?    Now there's a web startup that's gone a step further.    It enables those who are swept up to heaven in the Rapture (according to Christian tradition, this is what happens before the AntiChrist's seven-year reign of terror leading up to Armageddon) to send emails to those of us sinners left behind.    For only $40 per year, YouveBeenLeftBehind.com will let you send messages to up to 62 people six days after you've departed Earth, if you're one of the raptured ones.    And how does this happen when, presumably, the owners of the site have also zoomed on to their just rewards?    There are five gatekeepers for the website, and if three of them don't log on for six days in a row, the emails are sent.    I could point out some of the potential security hazards of this, or make any number of witty comments...but I'll just point you toward the article in Wired's blog.    It's a good read.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Goodbye&#x2c; Kinko&#x27;s...and good night</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-06-04T16:34:24-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/17da8e7b0e8ae0513aa2a478dd470e6f-401.php#unique-entry-id-401</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/17da8e7b0e8ae0513aa2a478dd470e6f-401.php#unique-entry-id-401</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When I first began working in the PR business, late night runs to Kinko's for last minute presentations and copies were the norm.    Before Powerpoint, color copiers and whiz-bang office supplies were readily available, it was just me and "Kinky's" that stood between a client's success or failure on the road.    So it is with some regret that I noted that FedEx, the new parent company of Kinko's, is dropping the name in favor of shoring up the FedEx brand.    I suppose it was inevitable, as thousands of us no longer make midnight runs in our pajamas to fix one final typo in a presentation booklet.    Maybe that's a good thing.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>11n</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Stephanie Martin</category><dc:date>2008-05-29T16:18:45-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/a718f9e7682b37625dcc1ade00ead83a-400.php#unique-entry-id-400</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/a718f9e7682b37625dcc1ade00ead83a-400.php#unique-entry-id-400</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[VOXUS client AirMagnet is in the midst of a nationwide 802.11n workshop series, and when they hosted the event in Seattle, I had the opportunity to attend.   Led by wireless expert Keith Parsons, the event is a rundown of all things 11n, and I left feeling as though I could successfully deploy a new 802.11n network all by myself (with the right AirMagnet tools, of course).    So far, the workshop has been held in Atlanta, Seattle and San Jose.   Upcoming dates include  Washington D.C.   (June 10) New York City (June 11) and Chicago (June 12).   If you'd like more information about the event or would like to register to attend, go here.


Below are a few pictures from the Seattle event.


Wireless expert Keith Parsons prepares to share his knowledge with the group.


Attendees prepare to absorb lots of 802.11n information.


-posted by Stephanie]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Will the Wii Fit Get Me Fit?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Stephanie Martin</category><dc:date>2008-05-29T16:16:27-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/d20df1cc03ec4a046dee05ad9405df77-399.php#unique-entry-id-399</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/d20df1cc03ec4a046dee05ad9405df77-399.php#unique-entry-id-399</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So, on May 21st, Wii Fit was released in the U.S. (with the exception of NYC, which got an early batch last Monday).   As a proud owner of a Wii  (which was played constantly for the first month or two after Christmas and has since been collecting quite a bit of dust... which I suspect has happened to many of the Wii owners such as myself who have no kids and can only swing a remote in the air like a tennis racket so many times before finding the couch and American Idol far more interesting) I am very intrigued by this whole concept.


The Wii Fit is a bundle of game software and a white board that you stand on that can weigh you (boo!)   and sense your movements (yay!).   "Games" include yoga, hula hooping, skiing, running and many more.   There have been a ton of articles written in the past week about the Wii Fit, including this one from CNN that gives a good summary of what it's like to actually experience the Wii Fit.   The general consensus seems to be that it is super fun, somewhat challenging and will get people off the couch and moving around, although it may not be quite enough to replace regular work-out routines.


In conclusion, yes, I will probably go out and buy this new contraption, because I do things like that - and yes, it will probably be fun and entertaining - but no, I don't think I will be canceling my gym membership... at least not yet.


-posted by Stephanie
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Virgin Mobile&#x27;s Sugar Mama and Facebook Offer Sweet Savings</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-05-20T16:23:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1978c257e5ea6f5766194fc6d9d9937d-398.php#unique-entry-id-398</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1978c257e5ea6f5766194fc6d9d9937d-398.php#unique-entry-id-398</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile has expanded its subsidized mobile program, appropriately named "Sugar Mama," with a new Facebook feature.    According to a FierceWireless story, Virgin Mobile users that download the company's Fund My Phone application to their Facebook profile can earn minutes when their friends view advertising and participate in market research.   I'd like to see this same type of creative subsidization in the mobile entertainment market: allow friends to help other friends earn credits toward TV and video.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Want To Look Like A Star?  Click Here</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-05-20T16:18:43-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/38338aa79f15bd3cde2c2494ce9e78f4-397.php#unique-entry-id-397</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/38338aa79f15bd3cde2c2494ce9e78f4-397.php#unique-entry-id-397</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I have some friends who are addicted to keeping tabs on stars like I&rsquo;m addicted to watching the weather on the local news (yes, I&rsquo;m a geek).    So, it&rsquo;s no surprise to me that a Web site recently launched showing what celebrities are wearing and even goes so far to show how you can get your hands on those products.    For example below, you can see Paris Hilton spotted wearing Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses.    The site&rsquo;s called Coolspotters.    You can read their launch press release here.    It looks like the way they&rsquo;ll make money is through click-throughs of basic advertising from the products the trendsetters are wearing on the site or related advertising.    The company is an arm of Fantzer, Inc. which is funded by Seattle VC firms Second Avenue Partners and Curious Office Partners.    A couple thoughts that I have with this&hellip; will the celebs now demand they get endorsements dollars for literally everything they wear and are we really that materialistic?


-posted by Andrew
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Against iPod&#x2c; Microsoft is Number 2...or 3...or whatever</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-05-13T16:52:44-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/edfddee6162d0b92056ebd785bf2f953-396.php#unique-entry-id-396</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/edfddee6162d0b92056ebd785bf2f953-396.php#unique-entry-id-396</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Interesting article in VentureBeat earlier this month.    Microsoft is notorious for fluffing its market figures by emphasizing the positive, so it's been widely noted by analysts, editors and bloggers that the company has been curiously silent on Zune...and now we know why.    Only 2 million units have been sold since it launched in late 2006; in comparison, Apple sells a little over 3.5 million iPods a month.    It's hard (and maybe unfair) to compare the two figures, as Zune is only sold in the U.S. (and the iPod is global), but one can safely say that Zune is underperforming -- and I don't think its new gaming initiative is going to make up the sales gap.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Winner Winner&#x2c; Chicken Dinner</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Justin Hall</category><dc:date>2008-05-13T16:46:48-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/9ce4b3f40e8dd8b7d3a178cbef524c1b-395.php#unique-entry-id-395</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/9ce4b3f40e8dd8b7d3a178cbef524c1b-395.php#unique-entry-id-395</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, Interop Las Vegas is once again a wrap.   As usual, VOXUS was on hand to offer client support -- primarily for AirMagnet, although D2 and Netreo were also in attendance.   AirMagnet had some big show news.   The company debuted their new WLAN tools for 802.11n, an industry first.   The VOXUS team arranged more than 15 meetings at the show and had three camera crews stop by the booth for filming (InformationWeek TV, TechEvents TV and CXO.TV).   In addition, AirMagnet won the Best of Interop Award for mobile and wireless (the AirMagnet 11n Suite), making it a two-peat &ndash; last year the company won the award for their Vo-Fi Analyzer.   Overall, attendance appeared to be down for the show, but there was no shortage of booth gimmicks and tricks (if you were there, how can you forget the screaming monkey).   Here some pictures from the event, enjoy:


Dave Berlind of InformationWeek interviews Wade Williamson, director of product management at AirMagnet.


Chris Roeckl, VP of marketing at AirMagnet, gives an interview to CXO.TV.


AirMagnet's Best of Interop Award.


Yes, those are bikes being ridden around in a circle....


Trapeze Networks....oh, the value of a clown!


-posted by Justin]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Got a spare afternoon?  Start a company&#x21;</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-05-13T16:44:12-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1e764d289903445183454c719581234f-394.php#unique-entry-id-394</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1e764d289903445183454c719581234f-394.php#unique-entry-id-394</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Six Hour Startup, a Seattle-based networking and educational organization, is sponsoring a pretty interesting conference on May 31 at the Columbia City Theater.    If you're interested in starting a business, this is the place to go -- you'll get all of the nuts and bolts you need to be off and running.    Best of all, it's just $99 and includes lunch (a bargain).    Speakers include entrepreneur Andy Sack, Dan McComb from Biznik.com and Carolyn Duncan from Fundinguniverse.com.


-posted by Rachel
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>iPhone commercial ringtones</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-05-06T10:29:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/bb2609deb1a6f35ea41980f43b08890c-393.php#unique-entry-id-393</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/bb2609deb1a6f35ea41980f43b08890c-393.php#unique-entry-id-393</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[VOXUS has long been an all-Mac shop, so I suppose it's natural that we have a number of iPhones running around the office.    As the owner of one, I've always found it interesting that the ringtone used in the Apple ads is not commercially available (didn't know THAT, did you?).    Well, until now, that is.    LifeClever has tracked down the fact that the tone actually is available, it's just buried in the sound effects folder with iLife '08.    They've even created a downloadable version for you here.    And if you like that, you might also like this similar tone from Helder Luis that gets progressively louder.


[via DaringFireball]


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Online alcohol&#x2c; condoms and...diapers</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T17:18:53-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f750a1cc9a6c0885773df994ebbdf230-392.php#unique-entry-id-392</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f750a1cc9a6c0885773df994ebbdf230-392.php#unique-entry-id-392</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So I just got back from Key West, where life is definitely on the wacky side, only to find that the Seattle startup community might be trying to emulate that light-heartedness (or just downright craziness).    Drumroll, please...in my absence, Seattle welcomed i-booze.com, the brainchild of California escapee Karim Varela.    Still in beta, i-booze provides instant gratification for those of you too busy (or too lazy) to leave home to buy an amazing array of -- how shall I put this?   -- disparate products that I never thought I'd see on the same shopping list.    The catalog includes "Baby Stuff" (diapers, etc.)  , "Drinking" (including a category for chick drinks), and "Sex Utilities" (you know what I mean) alongside more mundane items such as bongs and nitrous oxide.    After I stopped laughing, I wondered if maybe i-booze.com is the poster child of marketing genius, as I bet I'm not the last one to write about it.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Interop&#x27;s Best</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Stephanie Martin</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T17:16:44-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3b60595d60884808c0c7c508129a5942-391.php#unique-entry-id-391</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3b60595d60884808c0c7c508129a5942-391.php#unique-entry-id-391</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The winners of the 2008 Best of Interop Awards were just announced at the Interop Las Vegas show, where VOXUS client AirMagnet won the Best of Interop Award in the Mobile and Wireless category.   This is the second year in a row that AirMagnet has won the prestigious award.


You can find the full list of this year's winners at http://www.bestofinterop.com/winners/


-posted by Stephanie]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Tukwila Borders Goes Digital</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T17:15:22-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/7a14c86c328d43ef7ffe13a5737b7b7a-390.php#unique-entry-id-390</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/7a14c86c328d43ef7ffe13a5737b7b7a-390.php#unique-entry-id-390</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was surprised to read that Borders has selected Tukwila (really?)   as one of the sites for its 14 digital media concept stores.   While I don't get to Tukwila often I just might have to go check this out.   The new stores, according to USA Today, include digital centers for downloading music and books, burning CDs, ordering photo albums etc. 


Like (most) everyone, I love being around books and I love wandering through the aisles of a book store.   Adding digital centers is a powerful way to monetize this advantage that physical stores have over their online competitors.   Hey Borders, can you light up the Gig Harbor store next?


-posted by Adrienne]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Second Chance At Sight</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T17:13:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1e88cb15e0f4021b3eeb04b428d5054c-389.php#unique-entry-id-389</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1e88cb15e0f4021b3eeb04b428d5054c-389.php#unique-entry-id-389</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In what could be a major milestone for gene therapy, for the first time, researchers have used gene therapy to improve vision in blind patients. 


 


Homegrown (for VOXUS) Seattle&rsquo;s Targeted Genetics conducted part of the study of six patients with an extremely rare form of blindness called Leber's Congenital Amaurosis.    According to the study which appears in the New England Journal of Medicine, four of the six people who received gene therapy had some vision restored.    If this test is successful on a larger scale, researchers say it could help people with more common types of blindness.   Macular degeneration, the  leading cause of blindness for those under 20 years old in the United States, affects 1.25 million Americans; the number is expected to grow to 3 million by 2020 as the population continues to age.


 


Gene therapy involves replacing defective genes with normal versions.    The research marks a major milestone for gene therapy, a discipline many scientists find promising but so far has failed to produce a marketable product in the U.S.


-posted by Andrew]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Perlego helping tackle telecom expense management</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Shawnna Yee</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T17:11:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/453c41c98e201b0b9f019c7b7e395245-388.php#unique-entry-id-388</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/453c41c98e201b0b9f019c7b7e395245-388.php#unique-entry-id-388</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Within the telecom expense management (TEM) field, the issue of mobile device management has recently begun to take center stage.   In a recent report from ABI Research, mobile device management services are predicted to grow from $583 million in 2007 to a whopping $20 billion by 2013 (a statistic recently highlighted in Gadget Network&rsquo;s blog entry &ldquo;Mobile Device Management Services, a $20 Billion Opportunity by 2013.   But Who Will Manage?&rdquo;).   Our friends at Perlego Systems have secured a large corner of this market by offering a hosted, over-the-air solution that enable enterprises, carriers, device manufacturers and resellers to quickly deploy and control an entire fleet of mobile devices &ndash; regardless of OS platform or carrier.


-posted by Shawnna]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Verdiem gets more cash</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T17:09:45-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3774a8d61c33b7dad8ff3e8b1e404483-387.php#unique-entry-id-387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/3774a8d61c33b7dad8ff3e8b1e404483-387.php#unique-entry-id-387</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It seems like it wasn't that long ago when Seattle was getting slammed for its lack of green tech innovators, so it's nice to see Verdiem continue to make progress.   According to PSBJ they've raised an additional $12M bringing total funding to $27M.   Verdiem makes software that turns off computers when they are not in use, thereby lowering power consumption.   At savings of $20-$60 annually per PC it's obviously a large enterprise play, and they've got some great customers to tout such as the state of Washington, Clear Channel Communications, and Turner Broadcasting.   We're a small shop so we'll likely continue our power sucking ways, but we look forward to watching this company grow.


-posted by Adrienne]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mobiles Dumbing Down Language?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-04-23T15:44:26-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c6277576ff0e678fb3a5a936dd080035-386.php#unique-entry-id-386</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c6277576ff0e678fb3a5a936dd080035-386.php#unique-entry-id-386</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Have you ever uttered text-speak out loud?    I'm guilty of saying "OMG" in social situations and yes, I've received some interesting looks.   While I thought that may be a sign of some dysfunction on my own part, the long-term impact of mobile communications on language and society never really crossed my mind.   The Economist recently took a hard look at this trend.   In the article, experts suggest that "Entire subcultures now define themselves primarily or exclusively through their chosen text-messaging or instant-messaging argot."   This can be troubling for younger texters learning language in school and also texting shorthand, a form of communication that oftentimes lacks spelling, punctuation, syntax, and other core language rules.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Finally&#x2c; An Online Makeover You Can Trust</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Lindsay Stril</category><dc:date>2008-04-23T15:42:38-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1252da008514be63a399a31a2c62143d-385.php#unique-entry-id-385</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/1252da008514be63a399a31a2c62143d-385.php#unique-entry-id-385</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A new Web site was brought to my attention recently -- www.taaz.com.    The site allows women to upload their photos and try on new hair and makeup styles.   Having seen a few sites like this before that turn women into clowns, I was skeptical, so I decided to try it out.   First, the site was extremely easy to use, no tech-savvy computer skills required.   Second, the site offered a ton of hair and makeup selections.   The toughest part was determining what was the best look.    At the close of the session, you're provided with product recommendations -- for free -- that will allow you to achieve your look in real life.

This site would be a hit at stores like Sephora and regular drug stores like Bartells and Rite Aid.    For me, it would greatly slim down the amount of time I spend debating in the aisles.    For cosmetic companies, I could see this "photorealistic" virtual makeover driving both sales and customer satisfaction by boosting the confidence a customer has in a product and lessening returns. 

Good Luck TAAZ -- women of the world need you.


-posted by Lindsay]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Northwest companies are red herrings</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-04-23T15:39:34-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/b9854f1c49ba01f62a08dd20af97abca-384.php#unique-entry-id-384</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/b9854f1c49ba01f62a08dd20af97abca-384.php#unique-entry-id-384</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Our friends at Yapta and Strangeloop Networks made the first cut in this year's Red Herring Top Tech Startups in North America.    So did Jott Networks, NanoString Technologies and Teradici Corporation.    We'd say this is yet another indication that the Pacific Northwest startup community is thriving.    You can see the entire list here.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A place for (grand)mom</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-04-23T15:31:36-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/564bc01969c38da49f9e93d657cfb0ed-383.php#unique-entry-id-383</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/564bc01969c38da49f9e93d657cfb0ed-383.php#unique-entry-id-383</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Seattle-based A Place For Mom has made its debut.   The company offers the nation's largest referral service for senior care options.   Since I just went through the process of finding a place to live for my fabulous and spunky grandma, this site appealed to me (and because in addition to spunky, my grandma is fickle, hence we're still scouting other options).   I did a quick search - the site is easy to navigate and packed full of info. 

Backed by Battery Ventures, the company's CEO John Temple was named to the Puget Sound Business Journal&rsquo;s 2007 40 under 40 list.   The company has also received several awards for its growth, including the Inc. 5000 and Entrepreneur Magazine Hot 500.


-posted by Adrienne]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The perils of the PR call</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-04-10T11:32:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/b097cc290898fc97d0109cda961c69bb-382.php#unique-entry-id-382</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/b097cc290898fc97d0109cda961c69bb-382.php#unique-entry-id-382</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Most people have had some iteration of the dream where they show up naked for a final college exam they haven't studied for.    The PR version of that dream is jumping on a conference call where you badmouth an editor, only to find out that the editor has been silently listening.    If you're interested in knowing how that feels, you can ask the folks over at UK carrier O2, which did exactly that for a call with The Register.


I don't even want to think about this.


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fear the Flash Drive.  Fear it&#x21;</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Justin Hall</category><dc:date>2008-04-10T11:29:49-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/a99fe4391b3173df2fa8419e9962b9ac-381.php#unique-entry-id-381</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/a99fe4391b3173df2fa8419e9962b9ac-381.php#unique-entry-id-381</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[With all the data loss and identity theft around these days, you'd think the term "flash drive" would make IT professionals, especially security professionals, cringe.    BUT, apparently not &ndash; do these folks live in an alternate reality!    A new survey conducted by SanDisk reports that companies around the world are unaware of the extent to which unsecured flash drives are used in their organization.

Check out these stats from Sandisk:

- 77 per cent of corporate end users use personal flash drives for work-related purposes, but, when asked to estimate what percentage of the workforce uses personal flash drives, corporate IT respondents reckoned only 35 per cent.

- According to SanDisk, people use flash drives to hold customer records (25 per cent), financial information (17 per cent), business plans (15 per cent), employee records (13 per cent), marketing plans (13 per cent), intellectual property (6 per cent), and source code (6 per cent).

- Approximately one in ten (12 per cent) of corporate end users reported finding a flash drive in a public place.   And when asked to pick the three most likely actions they would take if they found a flash drive in a public place, 55 per cent said they would check out what was on it.

- Almost half (44 per cent) of end users revealed that, to their knowledge, their organization did not have a policy forbidding the copying of corporate data on personal USB flash drives. 

- 41 percent of corporate IT managers report they are at least 'somewhat uncomfortable' with the level of USB flash drive usage in their organizations, revealing a significant level of potential risk.


-posted by Justin]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Zero Day Threat launches</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-04-10T11:27:54-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/755e242f8cbfe3d656fd21d0dd725923-380.php#unique-entry-id-380</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/755e242f8cbfe3d656fd21d0dd725923-380.php#unique-entry-id-380</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Our friends Byron Acohido (who lives just up the road) and Jon Swartz, two reporters with USA Today, have launched their book, Zero Day Threat.    It's got an intriguing subhead: "The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity."    Wired is running an excerpt that explains how Mr.   O, a Nigerian national, created the largest data security breach in history when he hacked into the confidential information of 4.3 million individuals held by ChoicePoint.    Fascinating stuff.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>If this is true&#x2c; then I am invincible</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-04-04T08:43:37-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/e4963ff97b0318fa81e6341a0eb53c6f-379.php#unique-entry-id-379</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/e4963ff97b0318fa81e6341a0eb53c6f-379.php#unique-entry-id-379</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[BBC News:  Daily Caffeine Protects Brain


(via DaringFireball)


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The disagreeing web</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-03-31T09:23:18-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c43f6e980d99193565b506028562d3f9-378.php#unique-entry-id-378</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/c43f6e980d99193565b506028562d3f9-378.php#unique-entry-id-378</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For those that participate in the blogosphere &ndash; and by participate, I don't mean just "read" &ndash; there is a definite symmetry to the comments section.    Comments typically start with a somewhat reasoned argument, and eventually devolve into comparing the author to Hitler by page 11.    Paul Graham has written an interesting essay on disagreement on the web that makes compelling reading:


If we're all going to be disagreeing more, we should be careful to do it well.   What does it mean to disagree well?   Most readers can tell the difference between mere name-calling and a carefully reasoned refutation, but I think it would help to put names on the intermediate stages.   So here's an attempt at a disagreement hierarchy.


(via DaringFireball)


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>French blog aggregates say &#x22;adieu&#x22; to links</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-03-31T09:21:44-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f1dc52e79ee52c9a11967fbbf8e405d8-377.php#unique-entry-id-377</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/f1dc52e79ee52c9a11967fbbf8e405d8-377.php#unique-entry-id-377</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Interesting development overseas...the French courts have ruled against a blog aggregate site, Fuzz, for printing a link pointing to an article containing details of the private life of actor Olivier Martinez.    In typical French hyperbole, this judgment is being called "a black day for the French web."    The courts held the website editor, Eric Dupin, liable for collecting and publishing links to articles of questionable validity, even though he didn't initially write the articles.    (For those of you not familiar with Fuzz, it's similar to any aggregate site, such as Digg.)    One of the reasons this story is interesting: the French court is saying that blog aggregators have the same level of journalistic responsibility as writers of original content.    If you can read French, you can find more details in Le Figaro.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Google The Dinosaur?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-03-31T09:16:03-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/39eb54fdace78bd60f2e0c2c89aeb846-376.php#unique-entry-id-376</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/39eb54fdace78bd60f2e0c2c89aeb846-376.php#unique-entry-id-376</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For the second time in the last month, a Google executive has jumped ship for Facebook.   Ethan Beard, the former director of social media at Google, will join the privately held company as director of business development.  &nbsp; Some speculate the move to infiltrate Google's ranks is a direct result of the social-networking company trying to provide some senior support to its 23-year-old CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.  &nbsp; They say the momentum started to shift from Google to Facebook much like it moved from Microsoft to Google about a year ago.  &nbsp; That's when ex-Googler and current Facebooker Justin Rosenstein wrote a public email declaring the social network (Facebook) was "the Google of yesterday, the Microsoft of long ago.   &nbsp;That company where large numbers of stunningly brilliant people congregate and feed off each other's genius." 

Will people begin saying &sbquo; "Google is so last year"?


-posted by Andrew]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Modu Means Money</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-03-31T09:06:58-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/d54a562d91ed080d78ebbed65266a49f-375.php#unique-entry-id-375</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/d54a562d91ed080d78ebbed65266a49f-375.php#unique-entry-id-375</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Red Herring recently reported that Modu, the Israeli startup that the Guinness Book Of World Records claims has developed the lightest cellphone at 1.41 ounces, has raised $100 million in venture funding.  &nbsp; Not bad for a company that launched its phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year.  &nbsp; The company was founded just a year ago by Dov Moran the founder, chairman and ceo of M-Systems, which invented the USB Flash Drive.  &nbsp; Modu claims its phone can be slipped into a wide variety of Modu jackets and transformed into different electronic devices, from a phone to a digital camera to a music player.


Check out the picture of the phone.  &nbsp; It may remind you of the phone from one of my all-time favorite movies Zoolander.


-posted by Andrew]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>50 most powerful blogs</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-03-25T10:01:55-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/4a99b981990fe07358b782ee3acd661e-374.php#unique-entry-id-374</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/4a99b981990fe07358b782ee3acd661e-374.php#unique-entry-id-374</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Blogs are obviously gaining in stature and influence compared to traditional media.    This recent article by The Guardian offers up their list of the 50 "most powerful" (seemingly a euphemism for "most influential") blogs today.    We regularly read a number of these, which makes us powerful by extension, right?    Shockingly, this blog isn't on the list.    Clearly an oversight.    Maybe we're on the "most easily distracted" list.


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>It Ain&#x27;t Easy Being Cheesy</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-03-25T09:24:03-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/914fc5353d24140d2c4221383ac273ac-373.php#unique-entry-id-373</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/914fc5353d24140d2c4221383ac273ac-373.php#unique-entry-id-373</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The other week, I had the privilege of attending the Puget Sound Chapter of The American Marketing Association's monthly luncheon featuring Tillamook Cheese.  &nbsp; For those of you not from the Northwest, Tillamook is one of the iconic brands of the region.  &nbsp; That's right...   Microsoft, Boeing, Nordstrom and Tillamook Cheese.

Tillamook's roots in the region span all the way back to 1894 and it has always operated as a farmer owned cooperative.  &nbsp; Jay Allison, Tillamook's Marketing VP, talked about the company's iconic brand, its strategic packaging which includes its recognizable Tillamook repetition on the label and much more.  &nbsp; To summarize...   Tillamook's cheese tastes great but its iconic image and highly strategic sales plan may have more to do with its success.

My favorite piece of trivia from the speech... there are more cows than people in Oregon's Tillamook County.  &nbsp; Maybe happy cows come from Oregon and not California?


-posted by Andrew]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Video (and Podcasts and YouTube and Blogs) Killed The Radio Star?</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Andrew Goss</category><dc:date>2008-03-25T09:07:59-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/18362c77e7da4a10ef6c669a61b31e80-372.php#unique-entry-id-372</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/18362c77e7da4a10ef6c669a61b31e80-372.php#unique-entry-id-372</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's well-documented by print journalists of the death of traditional radio stations.  &nbsp; While radio listening by the traditional mediums of a car stereo or portable radio may be dropping, listening to original stories from those organizations by other mediums (i.e... the internet) are not.  &nbsp; 

For example, my client, Dipiti, was just featured on a local Seattle AM radio station called 710 KIRO.  &nbsp; The story (give a listen below) was part of Jason Brooks' CEO Spotlight and not only aired on the radio, but also on their website.  &nbsp; While most people I know didn't hear the story during their morning drive, they did hear it on KIRO's website.

My take on this whole death of traditional media; the way you'll get your news will change, the need for content will not.


Podcast


-posted by Andrew]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/podcast_372.mp3" length="266156" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Starbucks back to basics</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Adrienne Lenhart</category><dc:date>2008-03-25T09:05:56-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/af549e2d3cf5fa708d95671a7c0c4738-371.php#unique-entry-id-371</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/af549e2d3cf5fa708d95671a7c0c4738-371.php#unique-entry-id-371</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Starbucks at its annual shareholder meeting has pledged it will get back to its roots - coffee.   New equipment, better/more informed baristas, fresher coffee, yahda yahda.   Sounds like a good branding 101 plan.   Joe Pine, co-founder of Strategic Horizons LLP and an expert on marketing experiences, warns that the plan could go wrong if the company doesn't do a good job explaining the changes to baristas who will be responding to "confused customer's questions."   Not sure what's confusing...  Starbucks is going to give me a better latte.    What I do find confusing though, is the company's plan to begin offering energy drinks and get into the health and wellness business.   Pretty sure last time I checked energy drinks and caffeine weren't so great on the body.   Oh well, I'm just happy about the better latte.

Allison Linn's MSNBC article has more info.


-posted by Adrienne]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lockdown locks up</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-03-25T09:04:32-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/daf59f4c224be15b2a75228d6ca87d9b-370.php#unique-entry-id-370</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/daf59f4c224be15b2a75228d6ca87d9b-370.php#unique-entry-id-370</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Seattle-based Lockdown Networks has closed its doors...but the story lives on in comments to a blog posting by the Seattle P-I's John Cook.    It's pretty enlightening reading about the eternal push/pull between marketing and product design.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Tech Makes Recovering Stolen Mobile Devices Simple</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Justin Hall</category><dc:date>2008-03-25T09:03:07-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/d8ef4ae81cd194d26b91125dd2bd4ec6-369.php#unique-entry-id-369</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/d8ef4ae81cd194d26b91125dd2bd4ec6-369.php#unique-entry-id-369</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[These days, almost everyone has a mobile device, laptop or MP3 player.    And we all know, these device aren't cheap.    In the back of our minds we're always worried about them being stolen or lost.    I'm willing to bet this has already happened to a large portion of users -- it's happened to me!    Well, you can worry a little bit less now.   There's a great new technology from our friends down in Portland, OR -- Gadget Trak.    Gadget Trak has designed a new software that sits on your device and if stolen or lost, it basically reports back home. 

Here's how it works, in general.   You lose or have your device stolen.   The next person to use the device activates the software, which then reports back to an email address (specified by you).   It provides a variety of information --  where the device is (IP address, network, etc.), it takes a picture using the device phone (if you have a camera), forwards new number information if it's a phone, etc..    It can even render the device useless by locking it down if you so choose.    There are obviously a variety of different flavors available and each one has slightly different features.    But all in all, a very cool and inexpensive solution (starts around $20).   You can then take the information to the police, and BAM, order in SWAT.

The company has been getting good traction.    They been featured on MacWorld TV, FOX News, Dateline NBC -- and in Wired, NewsWeek, MSNBC and more.    They're available on the MacStore, company web site and a variety of other places.    They're even being bundled with Packard Bell computers.


-posted by Justin]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Questioning Wired cover stories</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-03-21T16:00:21-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/6ebbb22fcd70cb78a6badcb41eee0042-368.php#unique-entry-id-368</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/6ebbb22fcd70cb78a6badcb41eee0042-368.php#unique-entry-id-368</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[John Gruber over at Daring Fireball rips into Wired for the (at least in his opinion) decreasing quality of the articles Wired magazine.    His current target:  the cover story by Leander Kahney on Steve Jobs.  


For instance, Kahney writes:


Everybody is familiar with Google&rsquo;s famous catchphrase, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be evil.&rdquo;   It has become a shorthand mission statement for Silicon Valley, encompassing a variety of ideals that &mdash; proponents say &mdash; are good for business and good for the world: Embrace open platforms.   Trust decisions to the wisdom of crowds.   Treat your employees like gods.


To which Gruber responds:


What do any of these things have to do with &ldquo;evil&rdquo;?   Who, prior to Leander Kahney here in this piece, has decided that this is what Google means by not being evil?   These three things may well be apt descriptions of Google&rsquo;s corporate strategies (although it&rsquo;s debatable), but they&rsquo;re unrelated to Google&rsquo;s &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be evil&rdquo; mantra.   Mediocre employee cafeterias are evil?


I have to admit that I don't find this piece to be one of the better articles to come out of Wired... it is clear to me that Kahney started with a highly questionable theme (that Apple is judged "irredeemably evil" in light of the tech industry's thorough embrace of Google's mantra), and refused to let it go no matter how torturous the metaphor became later in the article.    As a writer, I have run into this issue myself &ndash; sometimes your initial enthusiasm blinds you to thematic and structural issues down the road.    Yet one would hope that Kahney's editors could work with him to improve the piece before publication.    That appears not to have happened in this instance.


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Posts from the International Association of Time Travelers forum</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-03-21T08:36:57-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/ccb8abcd76616939911e264bdc18d14f-367.php#unique-entry-id-367</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/ccb8abcd76616939911e264bdc18d14f-367.php#unique-entry-id-367</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[11/15/2104


<blockquote>At 14:52:28, FreedomFighter69 wrote:


Reporting my first temporal excursion since joining IATT: have just returned from 1936 Berlin, having taken the place of one of Leni Riefenstahl's cameramen and assassinated Adolf Hitler during the opening of the Olympic Games.   Let a free world rejoice!


At 14:57:44, SilverFox316 wrote:


Back from 1936 Berlin; incapacitated FreedomFighter69 before he could pull his little stunt.   Freedomfighter69, as you are a new member, please read IATT Bulletin 1147 regarding the killing of Hitler before your next excursion.   Failure to do so may result in your expulsion per Bylaw 223.


At 18:06:59, BigChill wrote:


Take it easy on the kid, SilverFox316; everybody kills Hitler on their first trip.   I did.   It always gets fixed within a few minutes, what's the harm?  </blockquote>


(via Kottke)


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Reporter fights with anchor on camera</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Paul Forecki</category><dc:date>2008-03-20T16:14:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/4be0763a13a131b3434f5e5896a49b1d-366.php#unique-entry-id-366</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/4be0763a13a131b3434f5e5896a49b1d-366.php#unique-entry-id-366</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This gets very, very awkward.


Yes it does.


-posted by Paul]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Calling all women entrepreneurs in Seattle...</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-03-19T10:47:39-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/5c380ee157a1d9eb30c177ca0ec56a89-365.php#unique-entry-id-365</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.voxuspr.com/blog/files/5c380ee157a1d9eb30c177ca0ec56a89-365.php#unique-entry-id-365</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ksenia Oustiougova, CEO of Lilipip has co-founded a new website that seeks to support women entrepreneurs in the Seattle area.    Go take a look at PregnantWithStartup.com.


-posted by Rachel]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Your choice: feather or foam</title><dc:creator>info@voxuspr.com</dc:creator><category>Rachel Berry</category><dc:date>2008-03-19T10:46:19-07:00</d