• Facebook: Annoying? Mysterious? Both?

    by Matt • December 24, 2011 • 1 Comment

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    I just finished updating my Facebook profile to the new Timeline. What a nerve-racking experience….because with Facebook, you never know what privacy settings have been changed without your permission, what new options and features are turned on by default, and so forth. Facebook doesn’t exactly have a good history of protecting its users, especially when [...]

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    Google’s Scheme Revealed!

    by Matt • December 21, 2011 • 0 Comments

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    Yesterday afternoon I came upon an invite to Schemer.com, a recommendation engine owned by Google that got a little press within the last few weeks. The idea is that, with help from friends, you can discover things to do — big or small stuff — track what you want to do, what you’ve done, etc. [...]

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    I Shrieked When I Saw This

    by Matt • December 20, 2011 • 1 Comment

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    Okay, it’s been almost a week since I posted anything about the new house, so bear with me here. I was going to post yesterday, but managed to show some restraint, okay? Okay. So, when driving from our current house over to where our new house is, at the very end you go around a [...]

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    Can You Pick Up a Peanut M&M with Chopsticks?

    by Matt • December 20, 2011 • 0 Comments

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    Once the bag of peanut M&Ms was opened, there was no turning back. Thomas Ballantyne of Bulwark Pest Control was at the table and had given me a t-shirt with this tweet of mine on the front: I am powerless in the vicinity of a bag of peanut M&Ms. — Matt McGee (@mattmcgee) April 18, [...]

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    The Latest Reason Why My Son ROCKS

    by Matt • December 14, 2011 • 0 Comments

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    My son, Sean, turns 14 on Friday. (That’s him at right; he’ll probably be angry that I’m using his picture here, but at least it’s a great photo, right??!!) When we asked him to come up with a list of gift ideas a while ago, he said there wasn’t anything he really wanted this year. [...]

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    Building Our House with Space Age Blankets

    by Matt • December 14, 2011 • 2 Comments

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    Get this: They’re using a Space Age Blanket to help build our new house. I’m serious. That’s really what it’s called. See, it dates back to last week. Thursday, December 8th to be precise. I had just come home from SMX Social Media Marketing in Arizona the night before, and since I hadn’t seen the [...]

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