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US Elections: Results, Analysis and Implications

Written by, Professor (Emeritus) Kamuti Kiteme, Ed.D Karibu Rais Obama! The 44th President, elected 221 years after the United States Constitution was first adopted in 1787, is an embodiment of the change he preaches. For the previous 43 Presidents, from George Washington (1st) to George W. Bush (43rd), have all been white. It ...

US Elections: Politics, Color and Racism, Part I

Written by, Professor (Emeritus) Kamuti Kiteme, Ed.D On November 4, 2008, American voters will elect the most powerful man of the only superpower in the world – the President of the United States of America. That man will be either Barack Obama or John McCain. Unlike any other country on earth, the ...

US Elections: Politics, Color and Racism, Part II

Written by, Professor (Emeritus) Kamuti Kiteme, Ed.D Color classifications among Americans of different races and ethnicities are often perplexing to people outside the US – including Kenyans. Why, for example, is Senator Barack Obama referred to as black, while he is so light – you know, lighter than some Indians and Arabs? The US ...

Future of Mortgage Foreclosure

According to a CNN Money report, filings for foreclosed homes jumped to eleven percent of all bankruptcy filings in the first three months of 2008. With the presidential race now in its final stretch, voters are starting to credit more and more about what the candidates contingency plans are ...

Morgellons - Treatment and Research for Morgellons Disease

Morgellons, also known as Morgellons Disease or Morgellans Syndrome is a very serious infection and requires immediate medical attention. Symptoms of Morgellons Disease Rashing of the skin that does not heal, or heals very slowly Any granular/crystal like objects that are extracted from lesions in the skin Overwhelming fatigues / intense exhaustion Difficulty in focusing, ...

IzeaFest 2008 - Blog Design Essentials - Matt Blancarte, Scott Allen, Christopher Schmitt - Part IX

An indispensable feature of a blog is its aesthetics, the blog design. Unlike a website, web usability standards for blogs are in an undefined league. However, Matt Blancarte, Scott Allen, Christopher Schmitt helped decipher the puzzle of good blog design. Here is the panel discussion on blog design optimization:

IzeaFest 2008 - Video Blogging - Loren Feldman, Part VIII

The infamous video blogger Loren Feldman with his cocky bravado gave his insights into successful video blogging. He has created a successful brand name as the goto videographer and video blogger. Here is Loren Feldman's speech on How to Video Blog:

IzeaFest 2008 - Blog Successfully with Personal Productivity - Merlin Mann, Part VI

Merlin Mann spoke about Building a Good Blog that Can Generate Loyal Audience Traffic. His mantra about smart blog and smart blogging essentials are: Find your obsession. Everyday, explain it to one person you respect. Edit everything, skip shortcuts, and try not to be a d_ _ _. Get better. Here is The Mann's speech:

IzeaFest 2008 - Social Networking for Bloggers - Lena West, Sean Bonner, Etan Horowitz, Part VII

Social networking is critical to generating buzz about your blog. Lena West, Sean Bonner, and Ethan Horowitz shared their experiences with social network experimentation. Lena West presented a more traditional approach to social networking while Sean Bonner presented the generation X & Y view. It was interesting to see them ...

IzeaFest 2008 - Increase Your Blog Traffic - Brian Clark, Lea Alcantara, Alex Schek, Tamar Weinberg, Steve Spalding, Part IV

Some renowned bloggers Brian Clark of Copyblogger, Lea Alcantara, Alex Schek, Tamar Weinberg, and Steve Spalding shared their thoughts on tips to grow blog traffic. I was pleased to see Alex join the panel, as he services the needs of the the growing Spanish-speaking community with sites like FayerWare. Overall, ...

IzeaFest 2008 - What Blog Advertisers Want, Michael Brito, Katia Adams, Randall Richards, Michael Jenkins, Part V

Straight from the horse's mouth, it was quite insightful to hear from internet advertisers and blog advertisers, what they are looking for from blogs. Randall Richards, Michael Brito, Katia Adams, and Michael Jenkins raised some valid points from the blog advertisers point of view. But the take home message ...

IzeaFest 2008 - Big Money Bloggers No Holds Barred - Jeremy Shoemaker, John Chow, Neil Patel, Stephanie Agresta, Part III

This was a very interesting panel discussion composed of Jeremy Shoemaker, John Chow, Neil Patel, and Stephanie Agresta. I found it intriguing how off-cuff the discussion was, no holds barred. They were frank and honest about their start, what they are doing, and why they are doing it. It was refreshing ...

IzeaFest 2008 - Susie Gardner of Blogging for Dummies, Part II

I have read Blogging for Dummies and it is a must have reading for anyone thinking about getting into blogging. I can't believe I finally got to meet her because I am big fan of her book. She did a nice job of laying out the fundamentals of blogging. Here is ...

IzeaFest 2008 - Bloggers Conference - Jeremy Shoemaker, Part I

It was a great to go IzeaFest 2008. I had a great time learning about new blogging topics, while some topics helped reinforce existing knowledge. The first keynote speaker of the event was Jeremy Shoemaker of Shoemoney fame. He speech was really good, basically stating that ...

Nofollow, noindex, time for nodigg?

In an effort to further a webmaster's control over their domain, it seems only fitting that Digg should offer such control. Sure doing something nifty and getting noticed for it is grand, but Digg and Slashdot are both known for their ability to render servers helpless and leave them huddled ...

The Awakening of a Political Revolution

It's long coming for America. A political revolution of a massive scale, that may change the scales of power in this country for a long time to come. Special Note: This blog is written by a 22 year old, who has gotten tired of his government and is empowered by the ...

MasterCard Needs Money : Charges Customers for Oversea’s USD Charges

The practice probably isn't new to you, but after a transaction with istockphoto.com on my paypal account garnered a 3% foreign transaction fee, you can bet the word pissed, wasn't any way to begin describing it. If your looking for a reason to get mad at MasterCard, a division of the ...

The Recession Backlash

We’re all feeling the painful impact of the current economic recession in one way or another…. I mean gas prices are now high enough to make you feel sick! But what’s even more ridiculous is when you take a step backwards and look at the bigger picture. Looking at the ...

The Domain Renaissance

In the beginning, there were .com, .net, .org, .gov and .edu. And then we went fully global and created country TLDs. So now there's .us, .uk, .jp, .cn, .de and more. Well, that world is about to explode. Imagine going to McDonalds and your local fast food eatery has a website: ...

Worst Firefox Toolbar according to Google

The screen capture says it all:

The Secret to Finding Cheap Gas Prices

Finding cheap gas prices in your local city or town can be a torturous process of driving around from gas station to station in search of the lowest prices...which essentially causes you to waste more gas. We all know that gas prices are no longer considered cheap, but how do ...

Creating Content - Hitting Homeruns Everytime

What would it be like to be the man who couldn't hit anything but a homerun? Every time you stepped up to the plate you knocked the ball out of the park and got to take a saunter around the bases. It'd be pretty rad right? Baseball, for all of its ...

GUTS to Return

Word has spread that Universal Studios Orlando will be filming a return of GUTS, American Gladiators for kids, this Summer. The catch? It's 'Family' Guts. So we'll see the athletic son pumping the bike around the track navigating through the quasi-obstacles. The cute daughter trying to make as many basketball ...

Mitt Zombie 2008

I helped a buddy of mine from Dragon*Con put this video together, click here for more funny geek videos

SEO for Enterprise - Five Ways to Maximize Organic Search

As I've talked about previously in my post on Web 3.0, search engines today are somewhat limited in their capacity to index information. The onus is on the organization to publish their information in an organized and search friendly way. Some organizations employ in-house search engine optimization experts ...