Bill Cammack

um… WOW! hahaha :D

This is all @Brett‘s fault. Brett put up a reward for a picture of me when I wasn’t posing, and @Skyle figured she’d cash in!!! :O

Unfortunately, Selina didn’t know how hard it was going to be to get paid, so she had all these extra attempts and decided to make a montage out of them with Animoto! hahaha.. well…

I might have to use this as my show open from now on, hahaha

um.. Thanks, Selina… *waves* :D

Just found this picture that @courtenaybird posted:

Good Times! :D

I posted videos from that evening @ Who’s The Man? and Bill on NYC Partying: A Daily Operation.
#ChatPack

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Bill Cammack vs Brett Petersel – Tech Beef: Round 01

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Next New Networks / Barely Digital Launch Party – February 10, 2009

Dock Drumming, Tim Kress-Spatz, Victor Karamalis, Matt Trush, Gregory Narain, Roger Wu, Karina Grotz, Maria Ogneva, Josephine Dorado, Megan O’Brien, Ari J. Greenberg, Tony Bacigalupo, Oz Sultan, hess, Whitney Hess, Jonathan Dingman, Bill Cammack, Paul Lewis, Nater Kane, Sarah Cooley, Brett Petersel, Stephen Klenert, Michael Gruen, Kristen Hull & Michael Kohn @ TechKaraoke

Maria, Bill, Josephine & Brett, originally uploaded by Bill Cammack.

Maria Ogneva, Bill Cammack, Josephine Dorado & Brett Petersel

My fellow MIT alum, Liz Burr doesn’t care about my pictures. :( She doesn’t care if The Kid drinks a bunch of alcohol and hangs out with a bunch of chicks. :(

(L to R) Oz Sultan, Florence Holdeman, Bill Cammack, James Im, Michelle DeForest & Whitney Hess @ TechSet NYC
Photo by Brett Petersel

This is what I’ve learned since consolidating my blogs into one stream, which is BillCammack.com. Consolidation has gotten me a ton of hits/traffic/whatever, but the end result hasn’t been a crossover by “fans” of any particular aspect/section/category of my blog/life.

For instance, even though my “Brass Rat” is in a ton of pictures, people I’ve known for months are like “I didn’t know you graduated from MIT!”.

Limor Fried, Bill Cammack & Phil Torrone

Or people that happen to know that I’ve been page 1 on Google for “Bill” for the last 8 months apparently never clicked through, because they ask stuff like “So… What do you do?”, indicating that they’ve never been to my ABOUT or CLIENTS/PROJECTS pages, which are clearly marked at the top of my site. :/

I also mentioned in “How many people read my blog?” that 88% of my hits are “single-serving friends” (ref: Fight Club), so there can’t possibly be any crossover if people are only accessing ONE PAGE on my site. :D

So now that I don’t care anymore, I’m splitting my feeds. I used to be interested in people finding out several things about me, but that’s not how this game works. :) The way it works is that people look for what they’re interested in at that moment, and then they move on. IMO.. There’s no point in showing people OTHER STUFF that has nothing to do with what they’re currently interested in. If they came to my site to see pictures, they’re not interested in editing. If they came to research video editors, they’re not interested in my video blog. If they’re interested in my video blog, they’re not interested in my dating advice, etc etc… So now, I’ve created a feed for each particular interest:

Bill Cammack
RockStar
DatingGenius
Video
Social Media
Photos

I didn’t want to do this before, because I was attempting to gather people with different interests into one location. Forget that. :D If people want to read about Social Media and not wacky dating advice, more power to them. I feel they should have a way to get ONLY what they want from my site, instead of what I’m trying to offer them while they’re here.

This also solves an issue I was discussing with Liz Burr about my new “Rock Star” series:

“Rock Star” is partially a standalone series, but it’s actually not. It’s a lifestyle blog at the same time that it’s a music blog. In one way, it should have its own site, and in another, it’s actually a part of my usual video blog. Splitting Feeds solves that issue for me, entirely. Also, if I decided to make a different iTunes feed just for the show, all I have to do is link to the new, standalone “Rock Star” feed.

The “downside” to separation is that BillCammack.com becomes invisible, and just the “host” for whatever people are really looking at. However, the way I see it, my site was invisible to begin with, as most people were Googling stuff and ending up here and then skating immediately. At least this way, if they can subscribe to one particular aspect that they like, they’re more likely to receive an update in their reader that they might actually be interested in, instead of a random picture of The Kid posing with his bike.

Brett, Florence, Michelle & Whitney, originally uploaded by Bill Cammack.

Brett Petersel, Florence Holdeman, Michelle DeForest & Whitney Hess

Brett & Alana, originally uploaded by Bill Cammack.

Brett Petersel & Alana Taylor

Jon, Bill, Chrissie & Brett, originally uploaded by Bill Cammack.

Jonathan Dingman, Bill Cammack, Chrissie Brodigan & Brett Petersel

Brett & Chrissie, originally uploaded by Bill Cammack.

Brett Petersel & Chrissie Brodigan