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Blog Herald Temporarily Insanity — Asks Me to Join Stable of Columnists

Tony Hung — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:48:37 +0000

And I said ‘YES!’ … ha ha! No touch-backs!

Yes, I’ve joined Blog Herald as one of their new columnists.

Check The BlogHerald every day for news, views, and other interesting commentary from their current and upcoming bloggers such as Jessica Doyle, Matt Craven, David Krug and Duncan Reily.

Cheers,
Tony Hung

THIS is How You Monetize Your Blog!

Tony Hung — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:40:47 +0000

Chris Pirillo, demonstrating, in fact, that he has quite possibly the biggest, brassiest balls this side of John Dvorak, has floated out offers about sponsoring his vacation on an Alaskan Cruise he plans to take later this week, principally because the Internet connectivity is quite expensive on Holland Cruises.

WHAT?!

That’s bloody amazing! It is!
It really broadens the mind as to what people extend sponsorships to.

Why stop at sporting events, trade shows, and local street festivals — those are silliy “traditional” outlets — just move on to A-Lister’s vacations! :)

Man, if I could command such traffic, I’d probably sponsor my wife’s upcoming delivery.

I’d probably float out offers so that as I take minute by minute video of the upcoming event, BAM! Sponsors would get their name and offers in every second of that glorious event.

I’d have different levels of sponsorship too.

Bronze: Signage on swag: your logo gets to be on those pink or blue little ribbons on the cigars I plan to handout. “Thanks for coming to the delivery! Make sure you visit GigaOM for all of your favourite web2.0 news!“.

Silver: Voice over credits at the beginning and ending of the video with a logo and URL. “This video made possible, thanks to the generous contribution of the Sony HC3, courtesy of Engadget!”

Gold: Billboard signage PLUS a voice over after every cut. “Tony’s wife’s delivery made possible, in part, thanks to TechCrunch! Covering WebApps, Web2.0 News, and planning kickass conferences!“.

Platinum: Signage in the form of special obstetrical gear: monogramed towels, tools, and of course, a small washable “tatoo” that comes up every time we’re focusing on the Belly — its placement in every shot! Imagine it “This delivery, brought to you by Digg!” PLUS, a running ticker tape at the bottom of the video featuring a just-in-time feed of upcoming Diggs!

Its brilliant, because its Win-win baby … win-win. ;)
(pun, intended!)

PS. Really, there is a company called American Brass Balls. If you want swag associated with big brassy balls, that’s the place to hit it up.

Maps for GTD

Tony Hung — Sun, 21 May 2006 05:24:17 +0000

All paper-ins: Physical Inbox

Box 1: Reference Box
Box 2: Medical Reference Box
Box 3: Active Projects Support
+ Next Available
+ Tickle
+ Business Reference Box

Online Project Support: Google Notebook
Calendar: Google Calendar
Email: Gmail
List of Open Loops: Netvibes
List of Projects: Netvibes
List of Next Actions: Netvibes
Daily Tracker: Blog

GTD is a way of life

Tony Hung — Sun, 21 May 2006 05:21:09 +0000

Have been eschewing nightly counterstrike +/- source with Garner for reading and implementing Getting Things Done — By David Allen.

A “ground-up” way of organizing your life, as it is meant to help you process mundane things … so you can effortlessly start managing higher level projects.

Although most things about it are intuitive, what is interesting is placing emphasis on certain things which may make a profound difference in doing things.

Such as collecting ALL of your “open-loops” into a universal “inbox”.