http://www.nathanjohns.net A point of view from the Silicon Valley Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:26:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SMX West is coming to Santa Clara next week, Feb. 10-12. This was a great conference last year and it sounds like people are pretty excited about it again this time around. Danny Sullivan, John Battelle, and Vint Cerf are giving keynotes. I'll be sitting on the Expert Technical Review ... http://www.nathanjohns.net/2009/02/06/smx-west/ I finally got around to moving off blogspot and onto my own domain. I suppose if anyone cared, or if I had enough subscribers to matter, I should have posted about this before I actually moved it. Oh well. http://www.nathanjohns.net is where it's at now! http://www.nathanjohns.net/2009/01/24/ive-moved-well-my-blog-moved/ I'll start by saying I don't support a government-sponsored bailout of the Big Three automakers in the U.S. Some quick rambling points:I understand there are a lot of jobs at stake. However unfortunate, this is not a valid reason for the auto bailout. The Big Three have been struggling for years. ... http://www.nathanjohns.net/2008/12/12/the-auto-industry-bailout/ They need more skits like this. http://www.nathanjohns.net/2008/11/11/mark-wahlberg-talks-to-animals/ Last week, I sat down with Tech Talk Radio to talk about blogs, feeds, and web spam. I was joined with my colleague Anindo - You can listen to the full two hour show or get the shorter podcast.Tech Talk Radio is based out of Australia. They have Lidjia ... http://www.nathanjohns.net/2008/10/03/interview-with-tech-talk-radio/ Went to see My Morning Jacket in concert at the Greek in Berkeley last Friday evening. I have to say it may have been the best concert I've ever been to.There weren't any opening bands, just MMJ. They came out around 8 and finished around 11, so we got nearly ... http://www.nathanjohns.net/2008/09/23/my-morning-jacket-2/ I'll be at the Search Engine Strategies conference this week in San Jose. This will be my first time as a speaker (panelist, really) for Google, and I'm happy to get a chance to represent and help others if possible. I'll be a panelist for the Site Clinic on Thursday ... http://www.nathanjohns.net/2008/08/17/attending-ses-san-jose/ Just tried out the video downloads on the PS3 network last night. I downloaded a couple episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Since it's just a cartoon, and a rather short one at that (around 12 minutes an episode I think), the download didn't take very long at all, and ... http://www.nathanjohns.net/2008/07/18/ps3-video-downloads/ I tried to register a couple of .me domain names today. Searching for the domain names returned "available!" messages, so I continued through the registration and payment process. Entered credit card info, etc. etc. Even got the confirmation email. Then I got an email saying "The following domain name cannot be ... http://www.nathanjohns.net/2008/07/17/godaddy-fails/ Time for a doomsday post, but first, a funny cartoon that's been around for a while: <a href="http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end">The End of the World</a> from <a href="http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/">Albino Blacksheep</a> When you consider all of the things we worry about these days, it can really be quite depressing. Take the following for example: global warmingthe economy and ... http://www.nathanjohns.net/2008/06/29/the-end-is-near/