ScienceFiction.com Launches and a Few Other Things

Merry Christmas to my readers and friends, sitting here on Christmas Eve while my kiddos play with all of their new toys (and my daughter takes over my new iPad) I thought I would post a few thoughts from events this past week.

First off congrats to my good friend and fellow blogger Patrick Ruddell for his launch of ScienceFiction.com, Patrick is a hard worker and great promoter and he deserves a big congratulations on the acquisition of this great domain name and the press on TechCrunch.com. I am looking forward to see what he has up his sleeve as far as marketing and plans for this site.

Also, thanks to Morgan Linton for the very kind words on this post today about reflecting and domainers that have changed his life. Morgan is a true friend, as bright and energetic as they come and just all around great guy.

Another random thought, last year Facebook was big over the holidays, but it is AMAZING to me how mainstream it is this holiday compared to last year. Check out your newsfeed on Facebook and it is filled with pictures, videos, and everything else surrounding Christmas, mostly posted by people that last year at this time probably did not know a whole lot about it and for sure did not know how to upload videos or pictures to the site. Times they are a changing.

On a side note, as much as Twitter is great, I see a whole lot less of this holiday chatter on Twitter, which makes sense if you look at how people actually use Twitter versus Facebook.

If you have not read the post at TheDomains.com about the percentage of Christmas sales done over the internet read it now. If you do business online or have a business that wants to stay in business for the long haul you do not want to ignore the shift that is happening more and more everyday. People are looking online and the percentage actually buying rather than just looking online increases everyday.

And one more interesting story to read, the 10 Hottest Private Companies in Tech, if you want to know where dollars are going take a look, hint hint, lots of social.

Enjoy your holiday and be safe! Do NOT DRINK AND DRIVE, remember there are other people on the roads that would like to make it home safe. Do not ruin your holiday by making a decision to drive when you think you are ok but your reaction time says otherwise.

Domainers.us Monthly Influential Domainer Voting Happening Now

Just a quick note that the monthly voting for Influential Domainer Of The Month is running now. The nominees this month are:

Rick Latona

Elliot Silver

Howard Neu

Frank Schilling

Chef Patrick aka Patrick Ruddell

Looks like all of the Chefs creative blogging has got him an early lead . I still think this little monthly poll is an interesting way to see what is in the front of peoples mind at any given point as it pertains to domainers in the news. Aron Meystedt was the winner last month after causing a stir with his acquisition of Symbolics.com which has become his blog now.

Good luck to those in the running.

ChefPatrick.com and BruceMarler.com Together On Video At Bido.com

I will be getting back to full blog posts starting tomorrow but in the mean time heres the video of the ChefPatrick and Bruce Marler show on Bido. It was a great time and I hope there is plenty of info on there to keep you interested. Its fun being live and not knowing what type of questions are going to come your way. Sorry if I do not look like Patricks usual partners on his Friday videos!

Thanks for watching.