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How The Death of Google Reader Made Me Fall in Love With RSS All Over Again

Joshua Steimle — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:01:53 +0000

On July 1st, 2013 Google Reader will die. In the wake of its announced execution a petition to preserve Google Reader attracted over 150,000 signatures and articles decried the impending loss with poetic flourish. Then hope shined forth as other RSS aggregators stepped up, Feedly leading the way. Newsroom employees and tech geeks rejoiced and the conversation turned from mourning to [...]

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How To Follow My Writing on Forbes

Joshua Steimle — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:51:23 +0000

I was recently “hired” as a contributor to Forbes Magazine online. I say “hired” because I don’t get paid in any traditional sense that involves money. But I don’t write for free, I do obtain substantial benefits from writing for Forbes in the forms of experience, feedback on my writing, exposure, and simply the enjoyment [...]

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SpaceMonkey, The Backup Solution I’ve Been Waiting For?

Joshua Steimle — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:05:50 +0000

SpaceMonkey is a Utah-based startup. I saw them present at Launchup a little over a week ago. I was particularly interested in their presentation because online computer backup has been a particular sore point for me, as you can see here, here, and here. Offline backup is less of an issue. Apple’s Time Machine is [...]

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Questions and Answers

Joshua Steimle — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:53:23 +0000

Time to set the record straight on a few minor misconceptions. Here are some questions and answers related to my recent and upcoming activities. Q: Are you already in Hong Kong? A: Not quite. Our flight out is May 25th, 2013. We arrive in Hong Kong on June 7th (we have a few stops on [...]

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DonLoper.com Relaunch Preview

Joshua Steimle — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:19:22 +0000

Lot’s of changes coming in the next few weeks. A move to Hong Kong to open a branch office of MWI, I was just signed up as a contributor at Forbes (click the “+Follow” link to be informed when my first piece goes live), major push going on with Full Occupancy, looking forward to the launch [...]

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Review of Highrise from 37signals

Joshua Steimle — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:18:55 +0000

I swear I’m such a laggard. All my friends and family think I’m some sort of tech guy, but I never have the latest phone, I never have the latest computer, and when it comes to software I’m the guy saying “Nah, I’m good.” It’s only when I get forced into a corner that I [...]

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Attending a Vistage CEO Meeting in Utah

Joshua Steimle — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:56:49 +0000

I got invited to a Vistage “peer advisory group” meeting which I’m attending right now. I’ve never heard of the association before, but a quick Google search makes it look like they are established, so I’ll give them that. I’m naturally skeptical about any “CEO association” so it’s kind of amazing I committed to a [...]

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Easy Out = Easy In?

Joshua Steimle — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:37:59 +0000

A few years ago I had a bad experience with a gym membership. That is, the membership was fine, but canceling it was a nightmare. It was obvious that the contract was set up in such a way as to get an extra $30 out of each customer when they quit, although it actually got worse than [...]

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Is My Data Safer In The Cloud Or On My Home PC?

Joshua Steimle — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:53:43 +0000

Disclaimer: I do not work for any cloud-based company. I do not stand to benefit (at least not at the moment) by pushing people to store their data in the cloud. I’m also no expert on cloud computing, I’m just a somewhat techie guy thinking out loud. My wife uses Microsoft Money for our finances. [...]

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Marketing With Chocolate

Joshua Steimle — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:20:55 +0000

MWI has never done much outbound marketing. We generally depend on word-of-mouth from existing clients or others who know the firm, or we get clients by people going to Google and typing in “utah seo”. That has served us well. But over the past few years MWI has gotten into the self storage industry and [...]

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