Patrick O'Keefe

WordCamp Raleigh 2010 Recap

Patrick — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:28:29 +0000

In May, I spoke at WordCamp Raleigh, held at the Sheraton Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina. Now that I have my SXSW Interactive recap out of the way, I wanted to sit down and share my experience at this event. It was actually my first time in Raleigh, beyond just driving through, and a bunch of [...]

Upcoming Speaking Engagements in Atlanta, Greensboro (NC), Las Vegas and Raleigh

Patrick — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:06:51 +0000

I have been busy booking speaking engagements for the late summer, fall and early winter and as some of them are coming up, I thought that I would share all of them with you, in case you have any opportunity to attend. I hope to have even more to announce soon. Modern Media Man Summit (Atlanta, [...]

BlogWorld Expo 2010 Coupon Code for 20% Off: IFROGGYVIP

Patrick — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:24:51 +0000

For the second consecutive year, I’ve partnered with BlogWorld & New Media Expo to promote the event on the iFroggy Network. I have attended and spoke at the conference for the last two years and I believe it to be one of the most beneficial blogging, social and new media based conferences that exists today. I’m [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive 2010 Recap

Patrick — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:09:01 +0000

South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive is a special conference for those of us in this whole tech, web, social media thing of a space. For me, it’s special because the networking is great. Everyone is there. Well, not everyone. But, most everyone. It’s impossible for me to walk from my hotel to the convention center [...]

Cut Opportunists Out of Your Life

Patrick — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:35:19 +0000

photo credit: See-ming Lee 李思明 SML One thing I’ve learned over time is to make sure I cut a certain class of people out of my life. My label for them is opportunist, though maybe you can think of a better one. Being an “opportunist” by the definition is not a bad thing – one [...]

Speaking in Raleigh and Greenville, North Carolina This Month

Patrick — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:17:27 +0000

As previously announced, I will be speaking at WordCamp Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event will be held from May 22 and 23 and I’ll be speaking at 9:30 AM on May 23. On May 22, I’ll be co-hosting a special, first ever live edition of the SitePoint Podcast, in person with prizes and [...]

Global Grind Kills Top Frame Bar, Full Content Scraping; Adds Direct Source Links

Patrick — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:41:59 +0000

On Monday, I detailed and reported on Global Grind’s practice of content scraping. In short, they were copying full articles from an array of online publications, both small and large. They would then display this content on their website without any direct source links. The only link on the page, which was not very prominent, [...]

Two Years of “Managing Online Forums”

Patrick — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:17:26 +0000

I only have a couple hours left on this day, April 28, but I wanted to write a post to thank everyone for their support of “Managing Online Forums” over the past two years. Today marks two years since it’s official publication date. Thank you to everyone who has mentioned the book line and everyone who [...]

Global Grind Copies Content, Submits it to Google News

Patrick — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:57:04 +0000

Update: Global Grind has now addresses these concerns. Please read the follow up. Global Grind is a mix between social news site (like Digg) and blog network. According to the Rush Communications website, they fancy themselves as a sort of curator of information, calling Global Grind “the ultimate source for today’s media that [...]

April Fools’ Day 2010 on the iFroggy Network

Patrick — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:18:29 +0000

Over on ManagingCommunities.com, I’ve detailed the April Fools’ Day pranks that we pulled this year on the iFroggy Network. April Fools’ Day affords many website owners with the opportunity to have a little fun with their visitors and I am not one to pass that up. So, just like last year, some of [...]