Why You Keep Buying Seth Godin’s Books, Even Though You Already Know The Material
Marketer and author Seth Godin is renowned for his short, punchy, effective books about thinking about your business. He’s a bestseller, and his books are widely lauded. Yet inside his books, there’s nothing supremely groundbreaking. You can summarize his last few books [...]

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… I’d write a Facebook application that would silently download every scrap of data in the FQL accessible database silently, amassing it into a huge database and cross referencing it with other data collected from other sources. You know, stuff like all your photos (handy for blackmail!), your friends (handy for marketing!), your birthdate (handy [...]

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A tip for those marketing on Facebook who are in danger of being flagged as “spammers”. Be SURE your groups that you have on there have more than just the group founder as an admin. There may come a day when your personal account on Facebook is suspended or disabled entirely, and Customer Service gives [...]

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In talking with a friend tonight, I posed the question:
“What do you feed your brain with?”
Power comes from within you. True, there’s a lot to be said for things like money and Rolodexes, power lunches, etc. but these are outward symbols of what’s going on inside your mind. The conversation got me to thinking about [...]

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Here’s a breakdown of some popular superhero powers - and the means by which you have them right now, with no additional work on your part.
Clairvoyance/Remote Viewing:
- Google Earth
- Google Maps
- YouTube
- UStream.tv
- Flickr
Telepathy/Empathy:
- Blogs
- Twitter
- RSS
- Email
- Server log files
Telekinesis/Psychokinesis:
- EatNow.com
- Webcams
- Stickam
- Buying anything online
Psychometry:
- Google
Precognition:
- Google
- RSS
- Data Aggregators
- SPSS
Astral Projection:
- Second [...]

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I had an interesting thought today while attending Coffee with Crayon. If you haven’t gotten it already, I strongly recommend picking up a copy of The Timeless Way of Building, by Christopher Alexander. It’s a fantastic book, nearly legendary in some circles. It is to architecture what Gavin de Becker’s Gift of Fear is to [...]

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