Archive for December, 2006

Here at the World Headquarters of SiteLogic, I become the focus of some very destructive user testing. No, not website user testing – this is much more exciting, and makes much more noise. As I posted in the 5 things you may not know, I am on a sizeable plot of land here in Ohio. When I bought it, it was very overgrown, as it hadn’t been maintained much in about twenty years, so it requires a lot of effort to reclaim the land. Unfortunately, it is grown over with briars, wild rosebushes and other invasive plants that aren’t native to the area. This makes maintaining much of anything very…

So I got tagged by Matt McGee, and this thing has spread like wildfire. Apparently, there is a tagging thing going around where, if you are tagged, you have to tell five things about yourself that people may not know. Matt McGee, we’ll definitely have to meet up at the next SES – I think we only saw each other in the hallways in Chicago. Well, here we go.
I live on 30 acres in the middle of Ohio. I like to tell people that it is the last place to get broadband before you hit Amish country. Really, I’m only about 15 minutes from the nearest Amish restaurant and quilt…

Last week’s Search Engine Strategies in Chicago probably holds the distinction for being the coldest SES on record. This presents some interesting logistical problems, such as how far can one walk to a restaurant before losing feeling in their extremities? How can you be sure to get the cab driver who is NOT on their first week on the job? And other critical entertainment related questions. Because of the location, the cold weather, and the logistical interest of hosting parties on the other side of the city, I’ve decided to give away unofficial marketing awards to the companies at Chicago SES that I thought stood out from the rest by…

This past week, I was speaking at Search Engine Strategies in Chicago, so I took up residence in the Chicago Hilton for a week and had many experiences that I just have to talk about. My name is Matt and I am a Gateway Computer User . . . Seriously.  I know that I said that I would never buy a gateway.  Back in the late 90’s it felt that I was always trying to fix my family and friends’ gateway computers, and it left me jaded against the experience.  I’m not sure why, maybe because I always saw the brand. Last spring, I was shopping for a new laptop, one that…