Disgusting Self-Promotion

Genetic Testing on The John and Ken Show

The John & Ken Show on LA radio station KFI AM-640 covered genetic testing on their Saturday (5/3) broadcast.
Note: I tried to figure out a way to incorporate "100,000 watt blowtorch lighting the LA afternoon skies" into the above paragraph but gave up.
They invited Trish Brown, a VP at DNA Direct, and myself to [...]

 
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Look Ma, I’m in Newsweek

Make sure you pick up a copy of Newsweek this week.
The one with this cover (April 21, 2008 Issue):

Claudia Kalb did a great write-up of all the new-fangled personal genome services that have been popping up lately, like deCODEme, Navigenics and 23andMe (that's the one I did), and how they're being marketed.
The article is [...]

We Joined The DNA Network plus Exciting Spit Challenge News

Two really cool things happened today.
First, we joined The DNA Network with our "My Genome" blog category.

The DNA Network is a Feedburner Network that is an aggregation of the latest headlines from blogs documenting the genome revolution.
It was started by two excellent genome-focused bloggers Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei at Eye on DNA and Rick Vidal at [...]

BUZZYEAH’s Official Blog Category Guide

We here at BUZZYEAH are strong believers in clean, good-looking and highly functional user interfaces. That's why we are constantly twiddling with things on this blog.
And, that's why we are posting this quick blog category guide for our readers.
When users come to your site, or blog, they should be able to find what they are [...]

BUZZYEAH Adds Two New Widgets: Recent Posts, Google Reader Shared Items

About two weeks ago, I posted a guide to BUZZYEAH's left sidebar. The guide took you through a quick tour of the widgets on my left sidebar, explaining what they did and why I thought they were useful to you the reader.
Since then I have removed two of the widgets: MyBlogLog & Google Subscribed Links [...]

Guide to BUZZYEAH’s Left Sidebar

Hey everyone, maybe you noticed that BUZZYEAH's left sidebar looks a little cleaner today. Or not. I guess it's your opinion. Let me know in the comments.
Why does it need a guide?
It doesn't.
But, I was bored and did some user-interface tweaking and added a few new things. And, I think that gives me an excuse [...]

Get a BUZZYEAH Email Subscription. It’s Good For You!

And tastes good, too.
I have plenty of great things I'm going to be tracking and blogging about in 2008. See my New Year's post for the gritty details.
I don't want you to miss any riveting posts, so get a BUZZYEAH email subscription right now. It's better for you than eating vegetables and will make you [...]

BUZZYEAH Has a Facebook App Thanks To BlogFuse

Let's make one thing very clear: I have absolutely no coding skills whatsoever.
But, thanks to BlogFuse I was able to create a pretty clean Facebook app for BUZZYEAH.
Check it out:

BlogFuse is a really cool new startup. They allow bloggers to publish their blog posts on Facebook with their brand new product called Facebook App Creator [...]

What To Look Forward To From BUZZYEAH In 2008

2007 was a good year:
I graduated from college.
I interned for TechCrunch and helped launch CrunchBase.
I decided to do my own thing and build affordable housing in Sonoma County (I will provide more info on this in future posts).
BUZZYEAH grew a small audience and should continue to grow as I blog about stuff that interests me. [...]

Who does this guy think he is?

I repeat, who does this guy think he is? Why would Big Green let him post anything?!?