mike | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 19 2008 | seattle, reviews, judys book, yelp
Another approach to the local review services - non-profit "Consumers' Checkbook" sells a magazing subscription with peer reviews on home services for various local markets (including Seattle).
They charge $30 for a two year subscription, which gives you a quarterly(?) magazine sent to your home, and access to the online site.
But they forgo all SEO opportunities putting their site behind a subscriber-only firewall. Seems like a dumb idea to me.
Quoted: Reports on over 3,800 Puget Sound area firms, compiled from 180,000 consumer ratings.
Quoted: This nonprofit website rates local service firms and provides unbiased consumer ratings and information on local auto repair shops, home repair services, health care providers, and more.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - yesterday | seattle, startups, vc
Local venture firm - Rob Shurtleff, Kevin Ober, Pradeep Singh, and Kevin Ober.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - yesterday | journalism, startups, seattle
I'm working on a new site, PagesLike.com, that Roy and I started at last year's Gonzo Camp.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - 4 days ago | seattle, police, shooting, Maurice Clemmons
Just catching up on the news that Maurice Clemmons was shot on Dec 1st. Was Maurice setting a trap to kill the first responder to a reported stolen vehicle. That seems plausible, but why then did he approach the police car with his gun in his pants, instead of drawn and ready to fire?
I can't imagine the stress placed on Officer Benjamin Kelly in making the identification and decision to shoot Clemmons in just a matter of seconds.
Quoted: Maurice Clemmons body was probably still warm when I started getting text messages and e-mails from my friends in the Seattle/Tacoma area early Monday morning. The manhunt was over. The mainstream
ShareViewed: 9 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - 6 days ago | seattle, twitter, aids
Very nice article about my AIDS Day experiment yesterday (raising $9,305 to fight AIDS).
Quoted: News, profiles and commentary on Seattle technology startups, Microsoft, Amazon.com, gadgets, PCs, software, venture capital and Internet services.
ShareViewed: 4 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - 11 days ago | 520, seattle, highway, project
click to playThis is what 520 will look like when the new floating bridge project is completed.
Quoted: This simulation shows the planned improvements of the SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project. The Eastside project will rebuild the corridor from Evergreen...
ShareViewed: 5 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - 13 days ago | seattle, startups, gifts
Don't everybody all get me the same thing!
ShareViewed: 1 Time - mike | Shared With: Everyone - 22 days ago | startpad, transactor, seattle, startups
I was interviewed on a podcast with Scott Wisniewski about StartPad (and Scott's Transactor backup utility for developers).
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - 28 days ago | legal, seattle
Quoted: At Imua Legal Advisors, we understand the entrepreneurial passion because every lawyer on our team shares it. We bring years of seasoned business experience as well as legal expertise to every case, so along with outstanding legal counsel, you get a valuable business perspective.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - mike | Shared With: Everyone - 28 days ago | seattle, startups, techcrunch, database, maps
You can see a map of all the Seattle based Startups in TechCrunch's startup database.
Faves and RescueTime are both on the map.
ShareViewed: 4 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 29 2009 | seattle, catering, events
Tom Douglas' Palace Ballroom - 3,600 feet main area for events.
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