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About Krist

Companion of Wally who is featured at MrWally.com. More at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristjake/

3 Laguna Beach Entrepreneurs

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Krist

Having visited relatives in Orange County’s Laguna Beach for several decades, last year my wife and I purchased a cottage there, where we are, for the 1st time, near to family.  (Just 3 blocks & 2 miles).  Laguna, an hour south … Continue reading →

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Speed Book Reviews – good sellers re Twitter & Amazon

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Krist

Speed review of Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal  by Nick Bilton  With 195 almost uniformly favorable (4 and 5 star) customer reviews at Amazon, another favorable review (by me) wouldn’t add much to the pot.  An … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio #2

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Krist

On Monday, April 7, 2014, at the newly expanded, world-renowned Cleveland Museum of Art, the first Northeast Ohio Entrepreneur Expo took place.  This was an all afternoon event with elements of a trade show, networking, speed dating, a short talk, … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneurism in Northeast Ohio

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Krist

As I have often over the past decades,  earlier this month I visited Northeastern Ohio  including my hometown of Berea.  This trip I added two more days to my personal investment in the Cleveland business startup scene. It isn’t well … Continue reading →

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PHX’s Musical Instrument Museum + Death Valley pupfish

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Krist

On consecutive weekends last month my wife & I traveled to Phoenix for a wedding and then to Death Valley for a car camping trip with family and friends.  This entry is to make note of a highlight from each … Continue reading →

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SF Ocean Film Festival #11 – a brief review

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Krist

The 11th annual version of the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival ended last Sunday – the festival was a smashing success with exceptional ocean-related films and record attendance. 46 films were screened from 17 countries with lengths of from … Continue reading →

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Domain Names #5 – update on new TLDs

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Krist

On February 5th, several new gTLDs launched!  From DotWhatever.com, we quote: “Today at 8am PST, a new phase in domain name branding begins as General Availability for seven New gTLD’s will now be available to the general public for registration:  .bike, … Continue reading →

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Domain Names #4 – Selected resources

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Krist

If the reader of the earlier posts on domains would like to dig deeper, I offer the following (curated) selection of resources. Selected resources on domains/domaining: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – ICANN oversees the Internet. The ICANN portal for new … Continue reading →

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Domain Names #3 – more on new TLDs

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Krist

The ICANN process for new TLDs, in brief: There were 4 categories for applications: Brand (for owners of trademarked brands), Geography (by a city, state, etc.), IDN (non-Latin alphabet), and General (all else).  For each new TLD application, there was a $185,000 … Continue reading →

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Domain Names #2 – NamesCon conference

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Krist

Last week in Las Vegas, a new conference, NamesCon, took place.  Namescon was created in direct response to the expanding list of TLDs, a subject described briefly in the post Domain Names #1.  Evidently, the subject matter hit a chord, … Continue reading →

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