http://michaelyurechko.com Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:25:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wednesday was my first day at Techvibes Media Inc. as the newly appointed Content & Marketing Manager. How did I get the job? I left a comment on Fred Wilson's blog. Looking back, the comment does come off as quite douchey, but it worked. The post I commented on was appropriately ... http://michaelyurechko.com/2009/06/how-i-got-a-job-from-a-blog-comment/ For anyone who was up early enough this morning doing a search or on Twitter you probably realized Google broke. At about 6am this morning I realized every single link in Google was being marked as malware with a "this page may harm your computer" warning. All is fixed now, but ... http://michaelyurechko.com/2009/01/day-google-broke/ I recently saw Merlin Mann's post on taking a Twitter break. Just turning off Twitter for awhile because it consumes so much of our lives. I am going to give it a shot and take a break for awhile. I'm not setting hard dates, so it may be 2hrs or ... http://michaelyurechko.com/2009/01/taking-a-twitter-break/ I've been on Twitter for about 2 years now. In that time I've seen dozens and dozens of Twitter clients. I originally started out with Twitterrific, moved to Snurl then Twhirl and recently back to Twitterrific. Not to mention the 10+ iPhone Twitter apps. There's always something new and there's ... http://michaelyurechko.com/2009/01/destroytwitter-yet-another-twitter-client/ I've discovered a trend that just seems to get bigger and bigger. Everyone is a "social media consultant" or "social media guru." If you've ever taken a look at some of the people who follow you on Twitter or who blog prominently in the web 2.0/social networking space you may ... http://michaelyurechko.com/2009/01/everyone-is-a-social-media-consultant/ For as long as I can remember FeedBurner has been the preferred method for hosting and managing your RSS feeds, especially when it came to WordPress blogs. At one point you could see the FeedBurner FeedSmith WordPress plugin on many blogs listed as an "essential plugin." Like everyone else I ... http://michaelyurechko.com/2009/01/feedburner-alternative-for-wordpress-blogs/ So I figured I'd take this first post to introduce myself, if you don't know who I am. Lets start with the basics, A/S/L? 17, male, Vancouver, Canada - and my name is, as you can tell by the domain, Michael Yurechko. FAQ How the hell do you pronounce your last name? It's ... http://michaelyurechko.com/2009/01/who-am-i/