Displaying all posts for August, 2009

Keep Your Eye on The Ball

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Social tools – and the internet at large – give us unprecedented insight into the world around us in a way we’ve never had before. They also give us unlimited ability to pay far too much attention to what other people are doing, and formulate opinions, conjecture, assumptions and judgments Read more »

The Bridge Between “Evolve” or “Die”

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Is it true that you have to evolve or die? Yes. But no one said you had to do it alone. There are resources and ideas and discussions, and value in baby steps. You don’t have to do it all tomorrow, or even today. Those that believe in what’s coming Read more »

Talk Like We Do

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I got a pitch via email today that was actually for something pretty cool, and something I might actually pass along to folks. It included a short informational press release, which was fine. But I nearly choked on the quote that was in the release. I’ve changed identifying details so Read more »

Productivity and Time Wasters in Social Media

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We all want to be more productive and know that where we’re spending our time is worthwhile. I’m asked this question a lot and I see it of others, so I wanted to discuss, in specifics, some of my most productive activities in social media, and some of the biggest Read more »

What To Love about Trust Agents

I don’t often do book reviews. I read TONS of books, usually several simultaneously, and I suppose I’m just not usually focused on them as part of my blogging (and I probably think other people do reviews better than I do). But I wanted to share my initial thoughts after Read more »

Embrace Long Conversations

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There are a million things I love about the digital, bite-sized world. I love the rapidity of connections and fleeting, random thoughts that turn into bigger ideas. I love short bursts of succinct brilliance on Twitter. I love Facebook status updates that give me fleeting glances into someone’s world Read more »

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