Month: August 2009

  • The following daily

    Simple and easy way to show some love for people who mention you: 1. Go to search.twitter.com and type in your Twitter handle with the @ sign. 2. For profiles you haven’t visited recently (blue links), control-click (on PCs) or command-click (on Macs) to open each profile in a new tab. 3. Swap through each

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  • Beating fear

    What makes the difference between someone who has confidence, someone who believes in themselves and in their cause, and someone who sits on the sidelines of life? Fear. Fear of ridicule, of loss, of pain. The folks who are winners in life are the folks who have conquered their fears, trampled them as they ran

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  • A Thoroughly Read Review of Trust Agents

    Had enough of Trust Agents buzz yet? I have. Let’s see if the reality matches the hype. If you’re already a trusted community member/manager, already a thought leader of sorts, Trust Agents isn’t going to do anything new for you. There isn’t anything in the book that you haven’t already heard and practiced before. Some

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  • What if no one tells you that you're wrong?

    On the most recent Media Hacks, we were discussing the Crocs extortion case, and this thought popped into my head: The most dangerous part of social media is that it’s inherently self-selecting towards agreement, which means that fewer and fewer people will tell you that you’re wrong. What do I mean? Simple law of attraction.

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  • Getting better answers out of your head

    Did you know that your head is basically a giant computer? It’s true. It’s a massive parallel processor that has individual circuits which are not terribly fast (compared to silicon CPUs in your laptop) but that are meshed together to form an incredible supercomputer capable of processing incredible detail. That said, your head-based computer comes

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  • Winning in the Red Ocean

    Beth Dunn got me thinking in the comments on my previous post about gender, race, and social media. Blue Ocean Strategy makes total sense and is the easiest way to win in a disruptive environment. You occupy the empty playing field, set the rules, norms, and customs, and make your own game. Newcomers to the

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  • Arguing against your limitations

    One of the most interesting conversations at PodCamp Boston 4 was on the lawn, a discussion about race, gender, and social media. Lots of different viewpoints, from a belief in a glass ceiling in social media to an equally strong belief in the democratization of media and the power of us all to break out

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  • Breaking the shackles on your potential at PodCamp Boston 4

    If there was one overarching theme in the entire weekend of PodCamp Boston 4 that kept occurring over and over again for me, it was the theme of shackled potential being freed. Everyone I met was incredible, wonderful, kind, and seeking answers to burning questions, which pleased me to no end. Even the veterans, the

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  • Office breakfast in 2 minutes

    Want to save money and still eat well? Try this stupidly simple office breakfast that’s low carb, high protein, cheap as can be, and tasty. All the materials together will probably give you about 10 days’ worth of breakfast and cost only 2 days’ worth. You’ll need: 1. A pack of fajita wraps. I tend

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  • The Esoteric Secrets of Pomegranate, Kisses, and Social Media

    There are two basic kinds of secrets – secrets of information and secrets of experience. Secrets of information are data points. The ingredients in Coca Cola. The Colonel’s 11 herbs and spices. These secrets are valuable until the information becomes commonplace or available enough that competitors can use them to their advantage and your disadvantage.

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