http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog Personal blog of Sean Schantzen (not updated as often as I would like) Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:11:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today at work I was using the Overture keyword selector tool to find search numbers on some search terms one of our clients wants to start a PPC campaign on. Just FYI, this tool allows you to find out how many people searched for a specific search term during the ... http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/07/05/depressing-discovery/ I have a bad habit of having waves of excitement about things I do, which is why I haven't blogged in a few months. I have been in a blogging trough as it were, but thanks to some friends that are starting new blogs of their own (thanks Brian and ... http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/06/26/riding-waves/ I found this today while perusing instapundit.com. A link to some encouraging actual numbers about how the war is going in Iraq. And people actually believe mainstream media isn't biased. http://www.myelectionanalysis.com/?p=875 http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/04/05/interesting-statistics-on-the-war-in-iraq/ The Washington Post has an article on how macs and linux machines are now being used as bots in botnets. Being a big mac fan and owner, this is very saddening. Even though I knew it would some day be published publicly that this could and would occur. The redeeming point ... http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/03/24/can-macs-be-used-as-bots/ As I was writing an entry today for another blog I run called Business Book Blog about a book called Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki, I something new that I'd like to see. I want to be able to search the content of my browser's history. Choose a day ... http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/03/17/stuff-id-like-to-see-2/ I had an epiphany this morning while reaading a ZDNet article this morning about the Powerpoint notes that were "acccidentally" left in a published presentation at Google's Analyst Day a few weeks ago. The notes focus on plans Google has for the future - how they are going to expand/improve ... http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/03/17/ideas-are-like-windless-sails-a-good-idea-but-useless-on-their-own/ I stumbled across a microfinance organization called Kiva today through Firepoll's fireblog. being that one of my major long-term goals is to be involved in microfinance, I was immediately touched by their approach to microfinance. Most (all that I know of) NGO's have a lot of adminsitrative overhead and once ... http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/03/15/kiva/ I was talking with my friend Adam (not roommate Adam, another one) the other day after church and had an interesting conversation on why writing is so useful to anyone. Adam is currently writing a book and has good insight into writing as more than just a means of communication. As ... http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/03/15/why-i-like-writing/ Most everything I write about or think about is just a synthesis of inspiration from other sources/people/ideas. I have very few (if any) truly original ideas. I have been trying to think of a good way recently to give credit where credit is due without cluttering up my writing with ... http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/03/15/those-who-inspire-me/ Interesting study on what font types people would most likely use in different mediums. http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/81/PersonalityofFonts.htm http://www.seanschantzen.com/blog/2006/03/10/choosing-fonts-for-software-or-anything-else/