Dickon Sire’s TEDx Talk in Albuquerque

Dickon S. — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:40:04 +0000

I had many people to thank in preparing for this talk. Friends, family and the incredibly supportive TEDxABQ team really helped me pull this together. It was a wonderful experience and I hope that anyone who sees it can take something away that is useful.

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Too much SEO? The rules keep a changin’

Dickon S. — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:10:22 +0000

Just ran across this great blog post on seomoz.com. You know how you search something on Google, like ‘cute puppies’ and then you end up on some ugly website that is covered in links saying ‘cute puppies’ or ‘cuter puppies’ or ‘cutest puppies’, and so on… You don’t really know what the purpose of the site is but in a weird way it relates to your Google search though probably not going you any really useful content. Well that’s an SEO trick of ‘optimizing links’. It’s ugly, it’s not natural to read, and google has caught on (yay!).

Nick Eubanks, an SEO guy in Philly shows us how his real life experience requires that when we plan and write the content on our sites, if it’s over optimized your site may get penalized… I think there’s a fair amount of rework for some people to do but the good news is that hopefully this will force all site owners to really do a good job in providing quality content if they want to rank well with the search gods.

Here’s Nick’s story: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/recovering-from-the-penguin-update-a-true-story

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Albuquerque’s B2B Event

Dickon S. — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:46:18 +0000

We met lots of great folks at the B2B event hosted by Exhibit – here’s the video that was looping all evening, shorter than the previous version.

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We’re at the Hard Rock Casino in ABQ tonight!

Dickon S. — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:17:08 +0000

Will be meeting plenty of folks at the Hispano Chamber of Commerce “Beat the Heat” mercado… Here’s a video that will be running in a loop all night long.

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Design based on nature’s R&D

Dickon S. — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:03:24 +0000

This is amazing design, learning from the master – Mother Nature.

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Blogging frequency

Dickon S. — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:45:20 +0000

The thing to keep in mind if you want a blog is that it takes work. It takes time and effort to jot down things that you feel are relevant, useful, interesting and worth writing about. As evidenced below, you will see that the last posts to this ‘web log’ were back in 2008!

I recently had a conversation with a client about this, and now make a habit of being as clear as possible to let people know that your website is like a lover, spouse, or even a child.. It will require a lot of attention, otherwise it will not only feel neglected but it will begin to look neglected to everyone who sees it… Not having a blog is better than a blog with one measly post every six months (telling this to myself now).

Let’s see if I can not neglect this one.

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Intelligent Graffiti

Dickon S. — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:58:04 +0000

If you haven’t seen Banksy’s work, check it. Really smart stuff, and how does he pull it off without getting caught?

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What a wonderful way to spend 6 months…

Dickon S. — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:41:14 +0000

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

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The most awesome street art

Dickon S. — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:37:58 +0000

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

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Wonderful Insight Into The Brain

Dickon S. — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:31:44 +0000

This is pretty cool… and moving.

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

It makes me think a little about what my best friend went through with his brain tumor.

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