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Entries from January 2008

The Space, The Face, and Buddy Cole

Posted by Ocelopotamus on January 27th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

I’m on deadline tonight with a major deliverable (ahhrrrrr! I just used the word deliverable!) so here I am careening into another week with major blogging operations on hold.
Well, maybe after tomorrow I can rev the OcPot up again. In the meantime, I will say this: Now that I’ve been on Facebook a little […]

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Tags: Meta · Music · Journal · Comedy · Internet · Mike Scott & The Waterboys · Kids in the Hall · Online Communities · Online Networking

LinkingIn at CreativePro

Posted by Ocelopotamus on January 18th, 2008 at 8:15 am

I have an article published on CreativePro.com this morning, called “The Fine Art of Linking In.” (It’s the featured article for Friday, January 18, 2008.)
That was one of the projects that’s been keeping me busy the last few weeks.
As the title suggests, it’s basically tips for using LinkedIn effectively — how to spiff up your […]

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Tags: Culture · Tech · Blogs · Journal · Internet · Business · Essays · Online Networking

Mid-January Frosted Mini-Roundup

Posted by Ocelopotamus on January 17th, 2008 at 10:58 am

I’m starting to worry that Ocelopotamus has become like that stock old-man character from sitcoms and things, who falls asleep for a while and then wakes up sputtering and tries to pick the conversation up wherever it was five minutes ago, as if no time has passed.
On the other hand, it’s heartening that I […]

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Music: The Swingers, “Counting the Beat”

Posted by Ocelopotamus on January 3rd, 2008 at 2:17 am

Crazy busy with work this week, but here’s a little video fun to keep the Ocelopotamus happy — Phil Judd’s post-Split Enz group the Swingers, doing “Counting the Beat”!
Good heavens, I love this song. It was one of my weekly staples back when I was spinning at Club Foot (Sunday nights, “New Toys for Glow […]

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Tags: Culture · Music · Blogs · New Wave · Split Enz · New Zealand · Video