Posts for Mitchell Hislop


Why I am skipping sxsw

From Mitchell Hislop
March 10, 2010 at 11:30 am
Another year, another missed SXSW. But why? Why would a jetsetting, young, social interactive nerd and tech analyst skip a trip to Austin, TX in the middle of winter? Well, the ... (more)

links for 2010-03-08

From Mitchell Hislop
March 9, 2010 at 12:02 am
SEOmoz | Search Marketing Success Stories (tags: seo read/review SEM search) Related posts:links for 2009-12-26 SEOmoz | Link Consolidation: The New PageRank Sculpting (tags:... What ... (more)

Apple vs HTC: The gloves are off

From Mitchell Hislop
March 3, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Early this week, Apple slapped HTC with 20 patent infringements. Holy shit. As always, I want to give you the “why does this matter” angle. This is an interesting move ... (more)

Why I got the Droid

From Mitchell Hislop
February 27, 2010 at 2:16 am
So, I have now had my Droid for long enough to talk about it. And I love it. To get why it is so great for me, its important to realize that I live my daily life in Wordpress, ... (more)

Location based apps and privacy

From Mitchell Hislop
February 25, 2010 at 1:05 am
Over the few months, I have been putting two of the top location-based mobile applications through their paces in our fair cities. The contestants were Foursquare, the location-based ... (more)

A few quick updates

From Mitchell Hislop
February 23, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I will write a better post later today, but I wanted to officially post these items: I am now a writer for Minnov8! I am really excited to work with these guys-look for my first ... (more)

Disclosure post

From Mitchell Hislop
February 22, 2010 at 12:20 pm
This is one of those posts that is fun for me to write: I am helping CoCoMSP as a “Co-Community Manager”. This is a very undefined role, but the part that I have to ... (more)

Why I got the Droid

From
February 21, 2010 at 6:07 pm

I will do a more in-depth review in a few days, but this is the short version:
~it can connect to my server via ssh or ftp
~its easy to develop for
~its open
~the full qwerty is

... (more)

Get your skills

From Mitchell Hislop
February 19, 2010 at 1:39 pm
In addition to getting out and networking with other verticals, anyone in social media needs to get more skills. You need to know web, or ppc, or analytics, or something. My litmus ... (more)

Questions for caribou?

From
February 18, 2010 at 12:54 pm

I will be spending a few hours later today at Caribou HQ, for my marketing class. Anything that you would want me to ask? I will update this post later with answers/what I learned

... (more)

Google Wave Use Case-”Honey, Do” list

From Mitchell Hislop
February 17, 2010 at 1:26 pm
I am blessed with a semi-techy girlfriend. Last night we were talking, and stumbled on a use case for our favorite service to make fun of, Google Wave. We are using it as our honey-do ... (more)

Digital Ownership

From Mitchell Hislop
February 16, 2010 at 9:11 pm
So, Tumblr is in a bit of a flap with some of its users, all over the idea of dormant accounts. Ill recap: Pitchfork (the music site) wanted a Tumblr. pitchfork.tumblr.com was ... (more)

Verizon just changed the game

From Mitchell Hislop
February 16, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Image via Wikipedia Earlier today, Verizon announced that their smartphones (Blackberry and Android based) would all be getting Skype over 3G next month. For any small ... (more)

HCI, and Voice

From Mitchell Hislop
February 15, 2010 at 5:58 pm
I was watching “Iron Man” last night, and had some revelations on HCI (Human Computer Interaction). Tony is constantly talking to his suit, and it is responding. ... (more)

Google Buzz

From Mitchell Hislop
February 14, 2010 at 3:03 pm
For me, the most interesting thing about Google Buzz is not in its features, abilities, or its concept. Its in the rate of change, and rate of use. Google Buzz is well over 9 ... (more)

Searching for Customer Service on Google

From Mitchell Hislop
February 11, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Google has been in the news again. Although, they usually are. This is an interesting situation to look at, though. Geeks are getting upset with the service that they are getting ... (more)

Innovation seems cyclical

From Mitchell Hislop
February 9, 2010 at 3:46 pm
As you all know, I was at CES. This trip took place right after I spent a while looking closer at my life, my skills, and what I am doing. I have wanted to make a webapp for a ... (more)

I am a fanboy

From Mitchell Hislop
February 9, 2010 at 1:56 am
Yup, I am a fanboy. A Moleskine fanboy. An Apple fanboy. A Google fanboy. A MediaTemple fanboy. Why am I a fanboy? Because I love what the companies stand for, how they are run, ... (more)

First half superbowl ads

From Mitchell Hislop
February 7, 2010 at 8:49 pm
First half thoughts on the ads: So many men-targeted ones. Some see as sexist, I see it as correct targeting. The most hyped ones sucked. The Doritos “Crash the SuperBowl” ... (more)

Thinking about sponsored blogging/tweeting

From Mitchell Hislop
February 6, 2010 at 4:29 pm
For the past few weeks, I have been playing with a few things. One, I have let a few posts into my Twitter feed that are sponsored. This has been interesting-I dont see them come ... (more)

Minnedemo second half

From Mitchell Hislop
February 5, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Mobilerealityapp: platform for mobile reality apps, branded for the company. A buyer side app that let’s users search the MLS mobile, all with a really nice UI. Customer ... (more)

Minnedemo quick hits part 2

From Mitchell Hislop
February 5, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Minutebids: an online bid manager for property managers. Looks really useful if not niche. Really cool map feature to calculate costs that you draw on maps. Service providers can ... (more)

Minnedemo quick hits

From Mitchell Hislop
February 5, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Here are my quick thought on the first three presenters. I will add new posts for the rest. ArtsApp: online media application management for arts students. Really cool idea that ... (more)

Get out of your own room!!

From Mitchell Hislop
February 5, 2010 at 4:07 pm
This morning, I was at the MN Startup Culture roundtable. There was a conversation about how marketing people only go to marketing events, and developers only go to dev events. This ... (more)

How I work

From Mitchell Hislop
February 4, 2010 at 2:32 pm
The #1 question that I find myself getting asked is “How can you manage school, work, side projects, and a personal life” I hope to shed some light on this. I have ... (more)