So…What Did Your Kids Do Yesterday?

by chris thompson on February 20, 2010

Mine didn’t do much.  Not much at all.  Kind of a boring day yesterday.

OH!  My wonderful, beautiful, smart daughter Lauren Thompson was accepted to Ball State University yesterday for the fall semester!!!

Other than that…not a bunch.

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Scribe SEO Is Alive!!!

by chris thompson on February 11, 2010

The product that I promised would go live on February 9th didn’t but only because it was just right.  So today, February 11th, 2010, I present to you http://scribeseo.com…and it’s just right.

What is Scribe?  Scribe is a WordPress plug in that helps you evaluate the content you have written in terms of how well it will be received by search engines.  There are many details that need to be followed in order to obtain the best possibility of having your content rank well with Google, Live, and Yahoo.  So many details in fact that whole careers are based on these things.  So, to remove the writer from having to know all of the these nuggets of data, we built a tool that will tell you when you don’t have enough hyperlinks, when you’re not using the right keywords, when your keywords aren’t in the right spot, when your title is too short, etc.

In short, we’ll tell you if you’re writing well for search engines all from within the lovable WordPress environment.

Go take a look and give our free account a try and then allow yourself to be seduced by the genius that is Scribe.  For a limited time, we’re offering accounts for just $27 a month.

This product was the result of some really talented people.  You can read about them here.

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Sparticus: Blood and Sand

January 23, 2010

I enjoy gladiator-type shows.  I loved Gladiator with Russell Crowe, I enjoyed Ben-Hur, 300 was awesome, I even found some pleasure in watching Brad Pitt’s Troy.
So what did i think of Starz’s new show Sparticus: Blood and Sand?  Not a whole lot.
This show is pretty much a combination of all the movies I listed above [...]

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February 9th, 2010 – Writing for the Internet Will Be Different

January 23, 2010

During our meeting yesterday, we decided that February 9th will be the go-live date for my work’s latest project.  I won’t go into a ton of detail now other than to say if you use Wordpress fairly regularly and you are concerned about how well you write for your audience and the Internet in general, [...]

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Are You In Need of a Stud .NET Technical Architect?

January 21, 2010

A friend passed along a resume for a friend of his and he appears to have skins on the wall.  If you need him or know someone who needs him please email me at christopher dot thompson at gmail dot com.

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We Are Microsoft Charity Challenge

January 18, 2010

So last weekend was the event and it was a combination of the best and worst feelings a human can experience.

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I Hate How My Kids Are Funnier Than Me

January 8, 2010

Me:  “Cameron, since I’ve been home Anna has yelled at you and Katherine has yelled at you.  What’s the common thing there?”
Cameron: “….they’re sisters.”
He won.

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I Have a Girlfriend and Her Name is Insomnia

January 6, 2010

She has been visiting me…AND spending the night…more frequently over the past few months. I’m going on my 3rd day with no sleep and let me fill you in on a secret…it sucks.

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Mr. Apostrophe, I Stand Correcte’d

January 4, 2010

So, all these years I thought that the name “Chris” was really awesome because in order to show the possessive form of it I believed it was – Chris’ – (dashes used instead of double quotes to emphasize the apostrophe).

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Pictures are Up for Christmas 2009

January 4, 2010

This is my Christmas present from Lauren to me.  Yes…I am as cool as this looks.

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