Today on MahaloDaily.com Loren Feldman of 1938media.com did a wonderful interview with the Puppets at Puppetolio.  Please check it out!!

Just wanted to take a minute and tell everyone who is RSS’ing to this blog, that I am sorry.  I have not posted in quite some time.  I have been extremely busy and I have gotten far behind in the Mahalo world.  I guess you can say I took a bit of a “vacation” from Mahalo after the VLOG Idol.  I poured a lot of energy in to that and I guess I was a little burned out.  Well, I am back in the game and I will be posting a lot more real soon.

To give you a little heads up.  I will be doing a computer video series on http://www.seesmic.com and posting some content on my connectedgeek.net sites.

Also, if you haven’t seen them, please check out:

http://www.bacheLon.com - A Fan Site for Lon Harris

http://www.clawsonparade.com - A Clawson, MI Parade website

http://gameleagues.connectedgeek.net - a COD4 gaming league

http://www.firebynightministries.org - a future location of a Church site

and

http://www.sarahatwood.net - Sarah Atwood of Nerdtainment, her new site

I was working on these during my “vacation”.

Thanks again to everyone for subscribing to my blog!!

I know the title makes not sense at all, but I had to make fun of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Anyway, today I hit a milestone at Mahalo.

I have recommended 2002 website links to Mahalo.  It has only taken me 7 months to do so… and if my calculations are correct, I should not do this for a living

So… it took 7 months, right? Well, that is approximately 210 days (30 days per month).  That would be about 9.5 links per day.  Averaging 2 minutes per link, equaling approximately 66 hours.  Now if you calculate that time - to be paid $10.00 an hour (like C.K. stated on his blog) I would only get $660.  So, I think I will keep my day job.

Now that I have met the milestone I wanted to accomplish, what’s next?

Well, I haven’t done anything in the greenhouse yet? hmmmmm.

Thanks for the fun…  4000 here I come

Ok, I am trying something new (again)… this time, it is a Seesmic/Mahalo/ConnectedGeek.net conversation

Enjoy

Jason Calacanis is probably the smartest human on earth!

He created a company called Mahalo.com - The Human Power Search Engine, where you can do re-search.  At this company/site, you can search for all types of information (from Paris Hotels to iPhones).  You will get a well defined - curated page with accurate links and a short (well thought out) Guide Note.

Mahalo also has an VLOG called MahaloDaily.com.  This site began right after Mahalo came on to the Internet scene.  It was hosted by Veronica Belmont.  Veronica came from CNET and she brought a ton of followers.  MahaloDaily.com did very well with her at the helm.  Veronica (as most of you may know) moved on to Tekzilla with Patrick Norton.  This was a good move to her, since she did haven’t to travel as much.

Well, as you may have guessed, Mahalo needed a new host for MahaloDaily.com…  So, about two months ago, Jason Calacanis opened up his UStream.tv account and told the Internet that he was in search of a new host for MahaloDaily.com.  Well (yes I said well again), that started a series of events that took a boat load people out to sea, dropped off about 88 of them and came back to shore where there was a bunch of happy, crazy and angry people.  What I am trying to say is… that for the past two months Jason and the Mahalo team have given the followers of Mahalo and MahaloDaily.com a very bumpy ride!

To see the happiness, craziness and angry-ness, check out these sites (make sure you read the comments):

http://mahalo.com/Mahalo_Idol

http://www.mahalodaily.com/

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jason-calacanis

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mahalo

http://www.andydesoto.com/web-culture/mahalo-vlog-idol-a-success-or-failure/
Mahalo Vlog Idol: a success or failure?
Author: Andy DeSoto

Ok… now that the history lesson is over…

So, here we are today.  After much suspense, Jason and the Mahalo team have finally picked a new host…. Leah D’Emilio  along with Lon Harris.  Also, Jason stated that Andrea Rene will stay on as a correspondent.  We wish her all the best!!

Now, if you made it this far in to the post and your not completely bored.  The next section is what I really wanted to say…

BTW… if you haven’t already figured it out, I suck at writing and I say “so”, “well” and “…” a lot.  It’s just my writing style, sorry.

Moving on… why did Jason and the Mahalo team go about picking a new host for MahaloDaily.com this way???  Well, that is a good question!  One reason (in my opinion), PEOPLE.  Jason wants people (or the P.C. thing to say is, community).  But, why?  Well, I think he will do anything to get people to come to Mahalo.  I know all of this a quite obvious and you are probably wondering why I am babbling on about it…  Well, I truly think that Jason has a good heart and he really wants to stand behind what Mahalo is trying to do… “We’re here to help.“.  I think he is community driven and doing this Mahalo VLOG Idol, The Bachelon, Episode 1 and The Mapprentice, Episode 1 were just a way to get people in the door at Mahalo.com.  Don’t get me wrong, I know producing these shows and working with people’s schedules is a nightmare.  However, all of the drama and the “who is going to be kicked off” reality show style episodes, did nothing but bring more people to Mahalo.  You know, I don’t work for Mahalo and I don’t know what type of traffic Mahalo got during this contest; however, I do know that the comments on the VLOG Idol blogs were a flurry!

I guess my point is… (yes, after making you wait this long, sorry)… Jason and the Mahalo team are on a mission and since it is to help and they need people to give that help too (and make a few dollars along the way ).  They just need to make the boat ride more fun next time and maybe they can keep it to a three hour tour instead

Mahalo

Larry

I found out about Jason Calacanis about 6 to 7 months ago from Leo Laporte’s TWiT.  I had never heard of this guy named Jason or even wanted to get know him.  I didn’t even consider myself an Entrepreneur (and I still kinda don’t).  But… there is/was something about Jason Calacanis that struck me ……. I can’t seem to find the word…. funny, odd, familiar, etc…

Anyway, Jason started up this company Mahalo - The Human Powered Search Engine (a wikipedia style website).  At first I thought it was incomplete and why would anyone come here.  I checked it out for a while and contributed a couple links and then moved on…. like most people did at first (until they get to know Jason and understand what Mahalo is all about).

So, time marched on and Jason was on TWiT again.  This time, he mentioned that he may give a new laptop to anyone that could contribute to Mahalo the most (i.e. most friends, most links recommended, most content written, etc…)   Well, I said… I can do that… and I did (RE: most recommended links). 

Well, he changed the rules and I didn’t get the laptop.  I was not happy that I didn’t get it; however, I finally realized what Jason was doing and if know him, you would understand why (watch the videos below).  Even though the laptop (or the lack there of) got me in the door at Mahalo (virtually), it is no longer my goal in dealing with Jason and Mahalo.  It has grown in to a whole new way of thinking and possibly a whole new future for me and my family.

Jason’s interpretation of business (as shown below), isn’t revolutionary, it’s just smart.  Our society/world have been brought up to just go with the flow and you will do well in life.  Well, I don’t want to think that way any more… thanks Jason! 

I want more from life… Obviously, I want a happy and healthy life for me and my family, first and foremost (and I already have it). 
I want satisfaction in my work life and I want to create something that I am proud enough to tell the whole world! 
I will obtain it!

http://www.calacanis.com/2008/05/28/entrepreneurial-insanity/

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Entrepreneurial Insanity - Part 1

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Entrepreneurial Insanity - Part 2

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Entrepreneurial Insanity - Part 3

Part 4

Entrepreneurial Insanity - Part 4

This evening I hosted a “TalkShoe“/podcast with former VLOG Idol contestants: Lisa Brewster, Sarah Atwood and Kristina Allison. Later on in the show Jason Calacanis showed up and then Andrea Rene.

We talked about the contest and their reactions to the whole thing. Also, we heard about the viral video that Andrea Rene was making… and Jason talked about the comments and voting.

Please check it out and let me know what you think!!

ConnectedGeek Mahalo Podcast - Mahalo VLOG Idol Contestants

So, it looks like I didn’t win the laptop (again)! On well…

Leah and Andrea have to make a viral video within 5 days of today… let’s hope they do a good job. I can’t wait to see what they will do

• Leah D’Emilio
• Leah’s audition and post-audition interview
• Leah D’Emilio’s Mahalo Daily - Capoeira Besouro

• Andrea Rene
• Andreas’s audition and her pre-audition interview
• Andrea Rene’s Mahalo Daily - How to Shoot a Gun

Here is Episode 2:

MD131 - The Mapprentice, Episode 2

Even though Sarah Atwood and Lisa Brewster didn’t win, I am still very happy for Leah D’Emilio and Andrea Rene. Best of luck to both of you… Since I wasn’t voting for either one… I will have to see who does the best viral video. Let the race begin!!! Who ever does the best job get’s my vote! Even though my vote probably doesn’t count… I will still comment and blog about it

I have much more to say about this topic and probably more than I need to So, I will be doing a podcast this evening with pcnerd37 of http://unofficialmahalopodcast.com/ and http://globalgeeknews.com/ on http://www.talkshoe.com. Stay tuned. The actual podcast will be out Friday or Saturday.

BTW… Kristina Allison is AWESOME!!! Best of luck to you!!

I’d like to take short intermission from your Mahalo VLOG Idol… which should be ending real soon, so stay tuned!!!

Two things would like to talk (in short)…

1) Twitter, yes our beloved Twitter.  This weekend Michael Arrington did a post on TechCrunch called Twitter!  I will have to say…  I had a ton of fun with this blog post.  Reason: Loic Le Meur the creator Seesmic.  The only way to describe the post is… well, go check it out and see… it was fun, stupid, interesting and most of all a glimpse in to our future of communicating. Check it out: Twitter! 

2) A good friend of mine is doing a series on Personal Branding.  It is a interesting topic and I believe it will be an excellent read… Check out!

On a personal note… I would like to thank all of the people that have visited my site over the past month (during the Mahalo VLOG Idol).  I truly appreciate you taking the time to stop on by! 

You’ll come back ya hear!

Thanks!