Why Social Media and New Media Can Be Mentally Damaging In a recent discussion with my teacher, Mr. Mark Davis, one of the topics that came up was how we remember things. At one point, the conversation turned to social media and new media, and how new media can be incredibly damaging to our perceptive…
A Choice with Grief You have a choice with grief that results from loss, from death. On the one hand, you can choose to let it consume you, to let it haunt you, sapping your vitality away, until all that is left is a mere shell of what once was a human being. This was…
Metcalfe’s Law and Network Promotion I’ve had a couple of conversations recently involving social network marketing. One of the things that has been on my mind lately is network size. With social networks and social media, once your network reaches a certain size or focus, it has value in and of itself. Ask Chris Brogan…
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…
Jared Spool over at UIE posted this incredible job ad. I love it because it’s innovative in its approach, clearly sets expectations, and conveys accurately not only a sense of what’s expected of the candidate, but also where the company is going or could be going with the right person. Kudos to Jared and the…
Jake Pulver, 13 year old scion of Jeff Pulver, recently posted this YouTube video, converting a jailbroken iPod Touch to a VoIP phone. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-AKRESzdeE[/youtube] If the folks at Skype had any sense, they would have rolled out a jailbreak version of Skype the day the iPod Touch dropped. Instead, it’s a 13 year old on…
The official endorsement from Christopher Penn for the candidates for President of the United States: No one. Do your own homework. There are some candidates that I like more than others, but it’s entirely driven on my beliefs. I believe in a market-driven economy relatively free of government interference except when absolutely needed; the current…
I wish you a very happy new year 2008. 2008 is going to be an interesting year. Economically, it’s going to be a rough ride. You know this, and so does everyone else. Oddly enough, this is kind of comforting. I wish for peace, health, happiness, and prosperity for all my friend, but a dose…
