My parents did a very smart thing when I entered high school. Rather than worrying over whether or not I would continue to take French class – and it’s still my regret that I decided against that – they made darn sure that I took keyboarding. I’d already been typing for years, but the hard [...]
Notes From #blogchat – Open Mic November
Open mic night! Yowza! Let’s go! Open mic night is always a little frantic – it’s hard to believe that in the six plus months I’ve been participating in #blogchat’s monthly free for all, it’s ramped up in intensity pretty regularly. Thankfully, some regular troopers like Margie Clayman and Prosperity Gal decided to lead the [...]
Video Saturdays – Clay Shirky on Collaboration vs Institutions
Clay Shirky. Need I say more? Not usually. However; When we talk about creating community, we need to make sure we know what we’re talking about. We want to build communities – but are communities what we need? What’s the outcome we’re looking for? What’s the benefit of organizing, compared to loosely aiming a large, [...]
Are you branding too early?
The world of personal branding is a big deal lately – everyone wants to be visible, unique in their own not-so-far-from-the-box way, but at the end of the day, differentiation counts for more than global recognition. Branding – in the big picture sense – is better for recognition than differentiation. Look at a business – [...]
Delivering Value
Rethinking Leadership
Some leaders are great because we mesh with them on a personal level. Some are great because they generate momentum for their cause. Still others are great because they advance the very paradigm under which their industry operates. Which of these leaders is hard and fast the best? Good leaders deliver a power that is [...]
Video Saturdays – m00t’s TED Talk on Anomymity
One of the biggest powers behind anonymity on the web is Anonymous. On this video, the founder of 4chan, Christopher “m00t” Poole, makes a case for the power of anonymity. In the middle to late nineties, anonymity on the web was a foregone conclusion. Screen names, multiple personae – there was no way to take [...]
Forget the Niche – Identify a Craft First!
All kinds of people are creating these days. Bloggers are getting book deals, recording fantastic videos to post online, becoming speakers… Consultants are becoming brand advocates, agency leaders are going freelance – in addition to moving business online, individuals are also moving, across not just subjects and genres within their industry, but across entire industries. [...]
The Digital Migration
On Setting Priorities
We are so very digital lately. Accessible everywhere, communicating ubiquitously, never shutting down, never stopping, always moving forward. We’re letting people in, engaging broader audiences, stretching Dunbar’s number to its very finite limits. We’re trading old tradition for new efficiency. Is this a good idea? Where did Sunday breakfast go? Sausages, scrambled eggs and fresh [...]


