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How to make business cards that people keep
Nick Douglas · 06/26/06 07:38PMPretend you went to Bloggercon
Nick Douglas · 06/23/06 02:55PMAs long as you're pretending you went to Supernova, pretend you hit every conference in downtown San Francisco this week. Old-school blogger Dave Winer is holding his BloggerCon "unconference" down the road from Supernova, and he can only let 150 attendees in at a time. (At least at Supernova, there's room to sneak into the Palace Hotel and schmooze for free.) Don't worry, Dave and his attendees are making BloggerCon the most un-unmissable conference of the season.
Pretend you went to Supernova
Nick Douglas · 06/23/06 12:36PMHow to fix conference wifi
Nick Douglas · 06/22/06 06:16PMHere at the Supernova tech innovation conference, speaker Craig Newmark (the Craig in Craigslist) was wandering around with a network administrator, testing the main room's wireless connection (so he could write this blog post). All day at Supernova, attendees have suffered the most common conference headache — a wifi network that almost works. This is what they should have done:
How to write an A-list
Nick Douglas · 06/22/06 09:30AMHow to walk out the door in one day: Microsoft's Google assassin fired
Nick Douglas · 06/20/06 09:01PMHow to boycott Yahoo (and Google. And Ask. And MSN.)
Nick Douglas · 06/19/06 05:57PMWhy you're not at Supernova
Nick Douglas · 06/19/06 09:30AMGood morning and welcome to Conference Week, Waggers! Yes, this week brings such cons as Supernova, Bloggercon, Mashpit, Dorkbot, and BarCamp. You need no excuse for missing most of these, but Supernova has real speakers and all, and missing it requires an excuse. A local journalist shares this guide to copping out.
How to turn down a buyout: lessons from Digg, Facebook, and Chris Pirillo
Nick Douglas · 06/15/06 07:10PMHow to beg a favor
Nick Douglas · 06/06/06 04:25PMIt's not what you know or who you know — it's how you ask. (Well, that and how much blackmail fodder you've collected.) All favor-asking letters are really the same, so to take the guesswork out, here's the Valleywag template for begging anyone to do anything. Keep in mind these three crucial elements: feigned personal connection, direct request, and strong hit at reciprocal favors.