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So if you haven’t seen the press release or read a blog post about it, SV Moms Blog is shutting down their site and their 12 other regional sites. The reason, it’s not a sustainable business model. Translation, they aren’t making money. This reason baffles me. Knowing nothing of their business practices I can’t help but wonder how a 13 website company with 400 bloggers consistently writing for this site with ...

Come celebrate a new brand, a new website, a new vision Innovation starts 06.30.2010 6:30 - 7:00pm - Registration & Cocktails 7:00pm - Unveiling 7:15 - 9:00pm - Feature Exploration Fountain Entrance @ San Jose Convention Center Immerse Yourself in Technology - Chat with Us. Be Transformed - Share Your Photos A New Spin on Your Favorite Carnival Treats Oh and did we mention...iPad giveaways & Tickets to Raging Waters! Be ready to enjoy... Signature Drinks | Delectable Treats | ...

Based on conversations I had today. From the AP STYLE http://www.apstylebook.com/?do=view_recent_ask Q. What's the reasoning behind changing your long-held position from Web site to website, but keeping Web page and Web feed as two words? – from Chicago, IL on Fri, Jun 04, 2010 A. rpting response from May 27: the Web, shortened proper name for the World Wide Web, as in Webster's. The dictionary also has separate listings for Web page ...

After a series of events it’s come down to this. I had a chance to speak with Jill and Jose, and fortunately they may be able to continue to operate the facility on a volunteer basis so that the project doesn’t die, however, there just isn’t any resources from our organization right now to allow us to take on this project with the current city’s request that 100% of the revenue ...

May 24th – I received an email back from Devony Taylor at the City Manager’s office about my inquiry and she referred me to Ernest Guzman. I tell her of the situation and link her to my blog post. May 25th – Ernest calls me after having read my blog post. He told me that Team San Jose had put in a proposal for the management of the facility a few ...

I’ll preface this first with an apology to anyone whose name I misspell as I didn’t always have a chance to ask how the name was spelled. It started with an email on May 10th from our hosting provider informing us that the DNS for monopolyinthepark.com had been changed. Questions immediately arose as we didn’t have the domain registered with either of our two registrars. I immediately contacted Network Solutions, one ...

Over the last couple years the company I work for has been working on the development of a site using a CMS (Content management System) platform, a good change in my opinion and something that many companies are moving towards with their sites now as it allows for quick and efficient changes to a site without requiring a full time developer or web designer on your staff. That said, as CMS ...

Business: Cintara, www.cintara.com Owner: Lisa Tollner Industry: full-service branding agency Opening Blurb:  From deep roots in the bay area, working in an apartment kitchen, to a company that now services industries including technology, healthcare, consumer products, hospitality and financial businesses meet the founder and woman behind Cintara. Today I sat down with Lisa Tollner, owner of Cintara, a full service branding agency located in down town San Jose off Post and First Street. In ...

Have you ever been to a strip club that let you hose down a fully nude nubile in a shower tub only inches in front of you? If you haven’t then you may want to visit the lovely ladies of the Pink Poodle gentlemen’s club in San Jose open from noon until three in the morning Friday and Saturday and from noon until midnight the rest of the week. While Santa Clara ...