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Posted by inna on March 30, 2009
This post feels a bit like deja vu of they professional blog… but here goes:
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Tomorrow in San Francisco I will be moderating an event with Craig Newmark and Matt Mullenweg.
Here is the event blog post and the official event writeup (its at the bottom of the page.)
Shout out to Amanda Noz from Blaze Solutions Group, and the AJC staff for the excellent work they are doing to put this event together.
Posted in business owner, grown-up stuff, high-tech toys, web2.ohhhhh | Tagged: craig, craigslist, matt, wordpress | Leave a Comment »
Posted by inna on October 27, 2008
I have decided to follow the American tradition of risk, reward and small business. I have started a consulting company helping individuals and companies develop strong web identities, increase web presence awareness via blogging & social networks, and improve productivity using web2.0 tools and technologies. I am also learning all the practical ins & outs for hanging your own shingle. The toughest challenge was picking a name, and I choose Inna Boren Technologies, because that name googles my complete professional life. I have also set up a company blog and even had my professional gig/business development activity: check out my company blog for more detail.
I am excited to what this week will bring.
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Posted by inna on September 24, 2008
I am feeling nostalgic and remembering when Worldcom was trading at 6 cents per share and had a market cap of $30 million. Many of my co-workers were getting margin calls on mortgage loans (your house was your collateral) of 6 figures at 9 am to be payable in cash by 2 pm the same day. Of course, there was my favorite - AMT: you lost everything but still got a bill from Uncle Sam on your non-existent earnings. I do not remember a bailout, or lengthy discussions on the hill about how to save the hi-tech industry.
As an industry we took our lumps, learned our lessons, retrenched and came roaring back with companies/products like google, facebook, ipod and wordpress (disclosure: that’s where diaper money comes from.) Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by inna on September 19, 2008
I am a boardmember of the AJC – Bay Area Chapter. I consider them my good luck charm as during our association: I met Ryan, had two children, got married and adopted “Aaya DOG!” (as my oldest call her.) I have been assisting them on redesigning their website to incorporate new technologies and web2.0 practices. Its been a learning experience on both side, but with the support of the staff we have had traction in several key.
1- Shai Agassi event has turned into a viral marketing campaign with invites sent out via facebook, evite and this blog.
2 – A link to David Harris’s blog now sits on the main page. Hopefully this will help drive traffic to his site. This is a pet peeve of mine: people sending blog posts and website copy in emails. Just please send the link referring people to the right place on the www. The page owner, blog owners, advertisers, and people with bursting email boxes will love you.
3 – Jono (my main AJC contact) and I are using a prologue themed blog instead of IM. Otherwise I would have to drive 60 miles one way and pay outrageous garage parking fees, or increase my cell phone plan to the outrageous minutes per month option.
Now we have a long way to go before the site is complete and our work is done, but I just wanted to give everyone at the AJC office a shoutout for getting on the latest and greatest technological bandwagon.
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Posted by inna on September 5, 2008
Last Friday Jim Fenton treated me to lovely lunch. Thank you Jim and next time its my treat.
Naturally our discussion wandered on to web2.0 technologies (my favorite thing) and security (Jim’s favorite thing.) After a summer of kids, bbqs and poolside tanning sessions, it was a pleasure to talk shop with such a tech-savvy individual. (And no I am not gushing – I am stating fact.)
Disclaimer: All opinions expressed by Jim are his own and do not represent his employer.
Here is our takeaway:
(For all the fact-checkers out there, please rest assured if I misrepresent anything Jim will be the first person to comment.)
1- Twitter, facebook, wordpress (well it is paying the family bills) and Perez Hilton will tell me what I want to know anytime and anywhere. The monopoly on information and distribution channels by traditional media companies, highly-paid analysts, entertainment industries, and data warehouses has been broken by anyone with a connected device. These mavericks are not interested in copyright or DMCA, but rather the propagation of their views: the more hits they get on their blog, the higher the their digg rating and the more rss feeds the better. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in grown-up stuff, web2.ohhhhh | Tagged: 1``, popular adoption, security, web2.0 | 3 Comments »
Posted by inna on August 26, 2008
Annie Leavitt was my science teacher and advisor at Fay. She will be dearly missed. She and her family are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Posted by inna on August 26, 2008
Now that I am not part of the Cisco juggernaut, I am no longer bound by their blogging codes and guidelines. So fasten your literary seat-belts as I start blogging about the world according to Inna.
So here is my first unCisco thought of the day…
Best way to increase traffic to your blog… send out a resignation announcement. My traffic went up exponentially that day and has increased overall since then (yes, I am blog stat junkie.) So now the pressure is on to continue the trend.
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Posted by inna on August 12, 2008
So I have decided to try a little experiment: does having a resume on your blog lead anywhere???
Its like a grown-up version of telephone… I am interested in seeing where it will land.
So dear reader please feel free to read, submit and interview. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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Posted by inna on August 12, 2008
So I used to think that the National Inquirer was, well, not credible. I mean they always have an alien next to a president, or some other wild new story on the cover. Boy was I wrong. It turns out that they are credible, and timely, and ACCURATE!!!!
I mean what is this world coming to? No wonder no one is reading the traditional papers, but following the Colbert report.
I could say so much more – but I feel the tingling sensation of blog-rant-o-itis coming on.
As for aliens living among us- that explains so much.
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Posted by inna on July 16, 2008
So its been approx 3 weeks since…well, how did Dilbert put it… my job has been reorganized out of existence. I have been focusing on the family, on the house, on my tan and doing a little bit of retail therapy. I think its finally time to think about what I want do for the next stage of my professional life. Seems that solar energy is all the rage, and insulated from the current economic downturn (plus it goes nicely with my newly acquired tan.)
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