Chris Webb's Lifestream

Watching Alex do the Hot Dog Dance.

Mar 29th

First Thunderstorm Warning of the season. Here we go…

Mar 29th

RT @CaliLewis I’m in a small town in a restaurant where there’s a sign that says...

Mar 28th

Was waiting on a book from @thomasnelson but it has not arrived yet. Might be able to squeeze both...

Mar 28th

Started reading April’s book early - Tony Dungy’s Uncommon.

Mar 28th

“‘You’re gonna miss us when we’re gone!’ has never been much of a business...

Mar 27th

RT @alexahirschfeld every good book Ive read this year has been published by Wiley - without knowing...

Mar 27th

Wha? RT @RhondaAbrams publishing survey High % of lower middle class in UK think people who read...

Mar 27th

Big audio book sale going on over at @booksamillion - up to 90% off in some cases http://is.gd/pfI9

Mar 27th

RT @joelcomm: Cool. Audiobook of Twitter Power now in iTunes store. Kindle version coming soon....

Mar 27th

Wiley authors @chrisbrogan and @LanceUlanoff quoted in USA Today article on Social Media....

Mar 27th

RT @wrox: RT @acangiano: Leaving Amazon What I learned last 4 yrs http://is.gd/peFR “Customer...

Mar 27th

Purdue loses. Man, just wait ‘til next year…

Mar 27th

Just learned that 46% of all statistics are made up.

Mar 27th

RT @jeanenne Watching @DMScott ’ s presentation at #sxsw http://tinyurl.com/ct3mrp How will...

Mar 27th

Already nervous about tonight’s Purdue / UConn game…

Mar 27th

Purdue down by 3… no wait, 11. Sigh.

Mar 27th

Come on Boilermakers - you guys have me on edge tonight.

Mar 27th

Looking at Windows 7 interface features that didn’t make the cut. I think I would have liked...

Mar 27th

Authors: When pitching your non-fiction book never say that there is no competition. Of course there...

Mar 26th

Second Lifers - RT @jennylwebb Jan Zimmerman of Web Marketing For Dummies preso in Second Life at...

Mar 26th

Well there goes Faraday’s rules of time travel?

Mar 26th

HOLY CRAP! #LOST

Mar 26th

You telling me Sayid can’t take the bounty hunter? Fickle hand of fate…

Mar 26th

Remember Faraday’s theory of time travel - like a highway. Can travel back and forth, but you...

Mar 26th

A Separate Reality, the book young Ben handed to Sayid in tonight’s LOST episode:...

Mar 26th

The monetization of Twitter begins - how much are you willing to pay? http://is.gd/oVxH

Mar 25th

Building. Reviewing. Rejecting. Revising. Contracting. Negotiating. Selling. Promoting. Marketing....

Mar 25th

RT @david_mayhew: Somber mood in the local Kinkos. I guess it’s hard staying chipper pressing...

Mar 25th

RT @WileyTech: Are you at Photoshop World? Visit the Wiley booth for great books on CS4 and Digital...

Mar 25th

RT @ZDNetBlogs: Jeff Pollock discusses his new book, The Semantic Web for Dummies -...

Mar 25th

Would you rent a book? RT @ColumbiaUP: What can the publishing industry learn from Netflix?...

Mar 25th

On track for my commitment to read at least 1 book a month this year. 3 down with a few days to...

Mar 25th

Hey, where’s the rest of John Oates?

Mar 25th

Hmmm… RT @renate The iPhone has 12% market share and yet commands 50% of smartphone internet...

Mar 24th

RT @ForDummies: Bookpool.com is the latest Dummies Month partner… save 34%...

Mar 24th

Help Frommer’s with a travel survey for a chance at $300 / 200 GBP in Amazon gift certificates...

Mar 24th

RT @subjoin: Wiley Reaching Out to Bloggers by Mailing Books http://is.gd/oHOO

Mar 24th

Dow up nearly 500 points!

Mar 24th

Watching users give wefollow.com their Twitter username and password. Not necessary to be added to...

Mar 23rd

RT @FreeformCentral: The HP/Freeform Dynamics Green IT for Dummies Special Edition mini-book....

Mar 23rd

The best part of my job? It’s what I am doing now - building new things.

Mar 23rd

RT @thisiscapstone:Capstone is a ‘Success Sabrina’! This is a wicked quiz for female...

Mar 23rd

RT @r: I’m only interested in the articles, of course, but Playboy has posted its entire...

Mar 23rd

Smiths News has acquired the U.K. distributor Bertram http://is.gd/oyRM (Publisher’s Weekly)

Mar 23rd

Is there a way to add the public timeline to @tweetdeck?

Mar 23rd

Reading: How E-Books Make (A Lot) Of Cents http://is.gd/oxaa

Mar 23rd

Ability to run PHP apps on the Azure platform? Cool.

Mar 18th

RT @a7an: @timsneath has live blog on the #mix09. He has nice screenshots of the actually...

Mar 18th

Not at #mix09 ? Watch live here: http://live.visitmix.com/

Mar 18th

SuperPreview: um, Adobe MeerMeer?

Mar 18th

Remember when we left our desks for lunch? Back in the old days we even left the building!

Mar 18th

Discovery Communications Files Patent Suit Against the Kindle - Says Kindle’s ebook sceurity...

Mar 18th

CAnt seem to get a new search window in @tweetdeck v.24b

Mar 18th

Video: Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies http://is.gd/nAXK (YouTube Link) I didn’t...

Mar 17th

Recession may be boon for book sales in Europe http://is.gd/nANd

Mar 17th

RT @ForDummies: NY Times interviews Dummies author Eric Corey Freed to learn 5 easy steps to making...

Mar 16th

I like the idea of a Twitter Landing Page for company accounts (via @problogger) http://is.gd/nzVm

Mar 16th

I know many in the US, but looking for UK or EU Agents who represent tech book authors.

Mar 16th

Come to think of it, I probably don’t know all in the US either - any US Agents who rep tech...

Mar 16th

AIG, WTF?

Mar 15th

Sitting at Ohare for connection home to Indy. On standby for earlier flight, but its iffy.

Mar 14th

New blackberry version of TinyTwitter is really nice.

Mar 14th

RT @ForDummies Comparing Stock Options to Other Derivative Securities http://tinyurl.com/ag7prt

Mar 14th

WH Smith booksellers is blowing out paperbacks at the Terminal 1 store. 4 books for 3 GBP?

Mar 13th

7 am and the airport bars are hoppin’

Mar 13th

Social Media Tools For Publishing...

Mar 12th

New blog post: Social Media Tools For Publishing Professionals http://tinyurl.com/dbuzvb

Mar 12th

Congratulations to @mariaschneider @mikemackay @writereader @BJMuntain @redcrew @JeanetteMcLeod

Mar 12th

Congratulations to 10 winners of copies of @joelcomm ’ s Twitter Power http://is.gd/n32i -...

Mar 12th

Twitter Power winners contact @JuliaLampam to claim your copy.

Mar 12th

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest - Ill announce 10 winners shortly.

Mar 12th

Contest starts now, just RT my next tweet for a chance to win a copy of Twitter Power - ready?

Mar 12th

RT this for a chance to win - Hey @chriswebb I want to win @joelcomm ‘s book Twitter Power!...

Mar 12th

10 minutes to the Twitter Power book giveaway - watch for your chance to win one of 10 copies....

Mar 12th

Just a few more minutes to the @joelcomm ‘s Twitter Power Book giveaway - watch for your...

Mar 12th

A little more than an hour to my social media talk for my UK publishing colleagues. Putting on the...

Mar 12th

Must have missed this - Grand Central is now Google Voice http://is.gd/n2go

Mar 12th

You can win @joelcomm ‘s new book, Twitter Power during my social media talk starting at 1:00...

Mar 12th

Giving away copies of @joelcomm ’ s book Twitter Power starting at 9:00 AM EDT / 1:00 PM UK....

Mar 12th

Anyone know of a Twitterfall-like real time search for other SM sites like Facebook, for example?

Mar 11th

RT @janetgoldstein Interview w/ Adrian Zackheim, publisher of Portfolio, on business book trends....

Mar 11th

RT @stephenfry I collect books… I will no more throw out “real” books cos I have a...

Mar 11th

Ok, is it just me or is the new Shuffle all kinds of wrong? Proprietary headphones? <ducks>

Mar 11th

The space shuttle is showing its age. Another scrubbed launch tonight. I remember watching the first...

Mar 11th

Usually try to get Indian food at least once while in the UK. Tonights the night!

Mar 11th

RT @elleinthecity: Get @dmscott ‘s book World Wide Rave FREE for Kindle...

Mar 11th

RT @ForDummies 30% off select Dummies books at Barnes & Noble (http://bn.com) during Dummies...

Mar 11th

Developers: three words that describe agile methods. Go.

Mar 11th

UK colleague is German and married to a Frenchman. Needs a baby boy’s name that is the same in...

Mar 11th

Off to a marketing meeting - anything you want me to cover?

Mar 11th

RT @jeanenne: RT @jennyann23: Hilarious video tie-in with new Wiley book,Toy Monster, that blasts...

Mar 10th

RT @azurcher2: RT @MoneyMethods: Enter my Facebook for Dummies book giveaway....

Mar 10th

The Cadbury kids with the dancing eyebrows are kinda freaking me out.

Mar 10th

Shifting Sales Channels, and What Publishers Are Doing About Them: http://is.gd/mHy4 (via...

Mar 10th

Trying to buy a gift voucher in the UK using my US credit card and billing address is basically...

Mar 10th

RT @jafurtado: Borders UK is planning to launch an alternative e-book device to the iLiad...

Mar 10th

Just back from a great Q&A with Wiley’s P&T President. Broad discussion which included...

Mar 10th

RT @ljauss: I just got the Canon EOS Rebel XS and am very happy so far. Plus, there is a “For...

Mar 10th

Heading to an all-company meeting where the President speaks “town hall style.” Lots of...

Mar 10th

RT @ackadia: Checking out Joel Comms’ Twitter book ‘Twitter Power’ on Amazon...

Mar 10th

RT @markee_be: {blog} [Bruce #2] Custom Publishing In The UK http://tinyurl.com/d7aj7q

Mar 10th

Social Media more popular than email? Does that mean I can stop checking my email now?...

Mar 10th

iPhone users - what is the most beautiful app you’ve seen so far? Looking for something to...

Mar 9th

On the train heading back from tonight’s London geekup. Met some great web developers.

Mar 8th

I have indeed read Cluetrain.

Mar 8th

Passing by Arundel Castle. I never get tired of seeing that.

Mar 8th

Waiting on a train back to London for tonight’s GeekUp

Mar 8th

Read The Shack in a single sitting on last night’s flight. Amazing book. Have you read it?

Mar 8th

Packing up for a London-bound flight later today.

Mar 7th

Dummies.com is giving away $5000 (US only) and 90 other great prizes - http://is.gd/mb7A

Mar 6th

If you happen to be near a bookstore this weekend, get a $5 rebate (US only) on a For Dummies book...

Mar 6th

RT @florianseroussi: changing our clock tomorrow. Thank you Twitter for the reminder!

Mar 6th

RT @PagesofOurLife: I love following @Lightroomers author of “Lightroom for Dummies”....

Mar 6th

RT @jjochwat: Publishing 911 — very funny!! http://tinyurl.com/d7yn3j

Mar 6th

O.M.G. Start Trek Trailer: http://is.gd/m4dN

Mar 6th

Wrapping up my week, preparing for travel to the UK tomorrow. Operational Reviews, Social Media...

Mar 6th

40% off Symbian Press books from Wiley. Visit Symbian Developer Network for details :...

Mar 6th

Yahoo! Maps doesn’t know where London’s Victoria Station is ? Hmmm…

Mar 6th

…and maybe a touch of @amandachapel to add a little spice.

Mar 5th

…and throwing in some @dmscott , a dash of @julien , a little bit of @lizstrauss , a pinch of...

Mar 5th

trying to channel some @chrisbrogan into my upcoming SM presentation…

Mar 5th

RT @KBourgoine Wiley is looking for a mkting mgr for our professional architecture & design...

Mar 5th

RT @thinkmaya: @chrisbrogan has a book coming “Trust Agents” by Wiley. trust is the...

Mar 5th

sorry @tstirler - not sure what happened there.

Mar 5th

Went to purchase ink for the home printer at lunch. Ended up buying a new printer - it was less...

Mar 5th

“The important thing here is to recognize the purchasing decision for a book doesnt take place...

Mar 5th

B&N buys Fictionwise as part of a digital strategy that includes launching an e-book store later...

Mar 5th

RT @Ihnatko This is one of those Good Eats where Im begging Alton to PLEASE put the puppets away and...

Mar 5th

Just saw a trailer for Know1ng. Looks interesting, but Im a geek that way.

Mar 5th

Watching LOST again. Every episode for years. I’m such a sucker.

Mar 5th

Great to see @dmscott ‘s new book World Wide Rave is climbing the charts at Amazon.com today:...

Mar 4th

RT @ricoflan: I can also now announce the new book I am working on for Wiley & Co.: The Joomla!...

Mar 4th

RT @andyrathbone: Buy any Dummies book in March get a five buck rebate. Details and rebate form on...

Mar 4th

Win a $25 bookstore gift certificate by tweeting! Follow @joelcomm and visit...

Mar 4th

Twitter advice from Wiley author Joel Comm, LIVE right now - http://tinyurl.com/54vkco

Mar 4th

The new U2 album is solid. Personal favorites: Get on Your Boots, and Stand Up Comedy.

Mar 4th

RT @robertflynn: App store news 1: Nice plug for Frommer’s iPhone app on App Store’s...

Mar 4th

RT @robertflynn: Frommer’s KIndle-based city guide pack (12 cities) now available for iPhone...

Mar 4th

A comparison of the Kindle 2 and the Kindle for iPhone application: http://is.gd/lKh1

Mar 4th

Interesting: @ThomasNelson offers all-in-one purchase plan for paper, e-book, and audio book via new...

Mar 3rd

RT @LisaSabinWilson: Free WordPress For Dummies books and WP Themes- ServerBeach Exhibit Booth -...

Mar 3rd

RT @ForDummies: March is Dummies month! Save $5 on any Dummies book through March 31:...

Mar 3rd

Preparing for my first Publishing and Social Media presentation next week. So many things I want to...

Mar 3rd

RT @andyrathbone: Finished first half of Windows 7 For Dummies last night at 3 am…

Mar 3rd

RT @p_b_o: Wiley Nautical to launch free online almanac in May, covering Channel, Thames Estuary and...

Mar 3rd

RT @BiolSciNews: Wiley-Blackwell Life Science store on Amazon. Great savings available...

Mar 3rd

RT @Myrl: Meet the Author Jan Zimmerman, Web Marketing for Dummies, in There.com on March...

Mar 2nd

And by the way Skittles, the annoying popup on the left side of the screen obscures most of the info...

Mar 2nd

And Skittles product info points to Wikipedia?

Mar 2nd

Or is Skittles saying that most of their customers are involved in SM and therefore will get it...

Mar 2nd

I mean, granted *we* are talking about Skittles, but those not on Twitter (PS: they exist) will have...

Mar 2nd

Am I the only one who thinks the Skittles experiment has the potential to do nothing more than...

Mar 2nd

RT @KathySierra: The big disconnect: the company thinks it’s Aragorn/Sam/Gandalf to the...

Mar 2nd

RT @testgenie: is reading Computers For Seniors For Dummies (For Dummies (Co… by Nancy C. Muir...

Mar 2nd

RT @jennylwebb: March is Dummies Month! Visit dummies.com/go/dummiesmonth for participating...

Mar 2nd

RT @JuliaLampam: Having checked out http://bit.ly/19X12Y - how can we use these ideas to promote...

Mar 2nd