Author: Christopher S Penn

  • Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences : Thursdays

    Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences : Thursdays Thursday is about mental focus. Correct thought, in the traditional sense, means thinking clearly, unimpeded by runaway distractions of every kind. Clear your mind if your schedule permits, and grab your media library. Indulge in a short movie clip, song, or personal saying that…

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  • Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences : Wednesdays

    Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences : Wednesdays Wednesday is about communication. Correct communication, in the traditional sense, means speaking with purpose. Clear your mind if your schedule permits, and grab your media library. Indulge in a short movie clip, song, or personal saying that emphasizes ways of communicating effectively, powerfully, and…

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  • Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences : Tuesdays

    Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences : Tuesdays Tuesday is all about action. Correct action, in the traditional sense, means doing things with purpose. Clear your mind if your schedule permits, and grab your media library. Indulge in a short movie clip, song, or personal saying that emphasizes decisive action and reaching…

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  • Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences : Mondays

    Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences : Mondays Monday is the traditional start of the work week. It’s a great day to reboot, a great day to start fresh. If your schedule permits it, start off each Monday with a brief meditation session. Bear in mind meditation doesn’t need to be sitting…

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  • Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences

    Five Step Method of Protecting Yourself From Negative Influences There’s a lot of chaos and negativity in the world; a quick glance at the evening news is practically enough to send anyone to the psychiatrist. Negative energy, negative thinking, can sap you of your energy and torpedo your motivation. There is, however, a proven five…

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  • Declaring Social Media Independence Not Always A Great Idea

    Declaring Social Media Independence Not Always A Great Idea We make a great deal out of saying how independent media is terrific. Independent media is the future. The usual stuff – and I don’t disagree, independence is a wonderful thing, the right and privilege to do pretty much whatever you want. No gatekeepers or superiors…

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  • Twitter has Pulver-ized me. Time to move to Plurk?

    Well, Twitter has flipped me the bird. When I sent in a support request, asking what this was about, a few folks pointed me to a wiki talking about rate limiting – i.e. preventing certain actions for a period of time, like queries to the API. However, after 4 days, things didn’t get better, so…

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  • Transmitting Essence in Social Media

    Transmitting Essence in Social Media As I continue to learn more about digital photography and graduate from clueless hack with a nice camera to somewhat clueless hack with a nice camera, one of the lessons I’ve learned so far is that very often, representing the whole can be done through representing the essence. What the…

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  • The evolution of marketing after search

    Image via Wikipedia The evolution of marketing after search Search changed everything. In the world of advertising, before there was search, there was only interruption. Put as many ads as possible in as many places as possible in the hopes that when a consumer needed something, your ad would be there and they’d think of…

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  • Fireworks alternatives for the 4th of July

    A few news outlets are reporting bans on fireworks and cancelations of 4th of July exhibits – so what do you do in place of fireworks? Well, there’s always Diet Coke and Mentos. Seriously. Diet Coke and Mentos will not start wildfires. Diet Coke and Mentos will not make your clothes smell like cordite. Diet…

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