Business Blogging Pros

Friendfeed

I'm looking for a nice little client app for Friendfeed. Something like Twhirl is for Twitter, but for Friendfeed.

Dave Barnhart in the Arizona Republic Business Section

A friend emailed me yesterday to let me know about a great article that appeared yesterday (Thursday, May 15) in the business section of the Arizona Republic.

It was some additional coverage of the Scottsdale CHamber of Commerce's First Friday Breakfast event for which I was a member of a panel on social media. The great thing about speaking engagements like that is that it is a room full of baby boomer business owners and they are my favorite people.

If you are a baby boomer business owner you know what I mean: You've escaped from cubical nation and had to decide what to do next. "What do I want to be when I grow up?" is the common refrain.

You looked around and chose something that you found interesting, exciting, and are passionate about. You make the best bloggers because that passion comes through.

Google Reader is Broken

Google Reader and Google Blog Search appear to no longer be on speaking terms.

If I click on "Subscribe to a blog search feed for _______ in Google Reader" at the bottom of the Search Results page, it responds with "Google Blog Search: has no items."

Or if I right-click on the "RSS" link in the left sidebar of the Google Blog Search Results page, select 'Copy Link' from the menu and then attempt to add the feed to Google Reader manually, I get "No feed available for ________________"

It's pretty pathetic with Google Reader doesn't like the feed URLs provided by Google Blog Search.

Social Media Panel at Scottsdale Chamber First Friday Breakfast

Jay Jennings, Chip Lambert, and I were on a panel Friday morning at the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Breakfast. There is a good write-up of it in AZ Central (Registration Required):

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