Many of us who work in media – whether as publishers, producers, marketers, or evangelists – create stories around the work that we do. It’s our job to create tales to interest people, to gather attention and, in most cases, sales or contracts. As creating media becomes easier, businesses – and business owners and employees [...]
The #ReadItAll week Challenge Begins Now!
July 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
Today marks the beginning of the Read It All week challenge Justin Kownacki and I talked about last week. For more detail see either my post from last Monday, or Justin’s post about the challenge. Here’s how it’s starting for me. At 9:47pm Sunday night, I marked everything in my reader as read. I currently [...]
“Read It All Week” – An Open Challenge
July 12, 2010 By 9 Comments
How much time do you spend actually reading blogs? Yeah, self-serving question – hear me out here. Justin Kownacki and I are offering a challenge, between July 19th and July 25th, for anyone interested to measure the size of their personal libraries. this came out of a discussion we had about why people share, what [...]
Should your blog be wearing a tie?
March 4, 2010 By 6 Comments
People treat you different when you wear a tie. For five years I wore khakis and a button-down shirt, open at the collar, with no tie. I got along with everyone, which was my job, and was mistaken for management wherever I went because I learned early on to walk with intention and assess everything [...]
What Hairspray Taught Me About Activism
February 7, 2010 By 17 Comments
Sometimes it’s the smallest things that can get your mind spinning. Last night, I saw Hairspray. I wasn’t terribly interested in the movie – musicals only get so much mileage with me, as much as I love to sing (it’s the same reason I don’t watch football; I’d rather be on the field). However, a [...]
The Need for a Three Dimensional Economy
January 29, 2010 By 8 Comments
Just like declaring any technology dead has become a bad joke, talking about alternative economic models seems to be popping up more and more. What we’re seeing is exploration into concepts like Whuffie, or a Relevance-based economy, the kinds of systems that look so good and tempting on paper that we’re willing to buy into [...]
Looking Forward
January 6, 2010 By 10 Comments
