by Mark Mason | Dec 22, 2007 | Miscellaneous, Video
In December 2007, I was fascinated by a demonstration video of the MTHEL, the Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser. As an engineer, I could not help but geek out over the technology, even while acknowledging the complicated political implications of laser weapons...
by Mark Mason | Dec 21, 2007 | Miscellaneous
In December 2007, my friend Chris Mack published a book called “Fundamental Principles of Optical Lithography: The Science of Microfabrication.” This might seem like an unusual topic for an internet marketing blog, but it is a window into my other life as...
by Mark Mason | Dec 21, 2007 | Getting Organized
It was late December 2007, and like millions of other people, I was taking inventory and setting goals for the new year. New Year's resolutions sound so great in early January, but they can be such a beating by the time spring rolls around. To be honest, I could not...
by Mark Mason | Dec 19, 2007 | Blogging Software
In December 2007, I was deep into my experiment with b2evolution as a blogging platform. One of the things that attracted me to b2evo was its built-in support for multiple blogs from a single installation. I wanted to run several niche sites without maintaining...
by Mark Mason | Dec 19, 2007 | Humor, Video
In December 2007, I shared a video that was making the rounds online: an a cappella group called Straight No Chaser performing their version of “12 Days of Christmas.” If you have never seen it, you missed one of the great viral moments of early YouTube....
by Mark Mason | Dec 17, 2007 | Humor, Video
Back in December 2007, one of the funniest things I had seen on YouTube was a video called “One Semester of Spanish Spanish Love Song.” If you are a bad Spanish speaker like me, this one hits different. It is a comedy sketch where someone performs a...
by Mark Mason | Dec 17, 2007 | Blogging Software
In December 2007, one of my first tasks as a new blogger was figuring out which blogging software to use. There were several options available, and I spent about a week playing around with different platforms before making my choice. Why I Originally Chose b2evolution...
by Mark Mason | Dec 17, 2007 | Blogging Software
Back in December 2007, one of the first decisions I had to make on my internet marketing journey was choosing a web host. If you were going to have a website, you needed somewhere to put it. This was before the days when platforms like Squarespace and Wix made it...
by Mark Mason | Dec 17, 2007 | Web Monitization
About a week after catching the internet marketing bug in late 2007, I had been reading blog posts, eBooks, and forums nonstop. Based on everything I consumed, I came up with an initial plan for making money on the internet that was consistent with the goals I had set...
by Mark Mason | Dec 17, 2007 | Web Monitization
About 36 hours after publishing my very first blog post in December 2007, I had already started down the rabbit hole of trying to figure out how to make money on the internet. My mission was straightforward: try to make money online in an honest way, part time, and...
