Getting out of the fishbowl that Chris Brogan mentions is essential if you want to reach new audiences, no matter what form of media you participate in. The fishbowl is a comfortable place to be, and may even be a refuge for you when you need to recharge, but spend too much time in the…
Entered in world 4/30/07. What is the promise of Second Life? What is its core appeal? A world that’s better than reality, a world that approaches the limits of human imagination, a world where we can create that which we might not necessarily have in first life. I spoke recently with a higher education official…
Chris Brogan blogged this morning about today being a day to be nice to someone, so I figured I’d take the contrarian view (sort of) and recommend that today, you be an asshole. Specifically: – commit today to no longer communicate or work with people who are poisonous to your well being. You know who…
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: –…
Another fantastic seminar with master teacher Stephen K. Hayes has come to an end, and this one is even harder to put into words. Meditations, martial arts, and mind science all blended together for an eye-opening weekend. A few takeaways that I can put into words come to mind… Second Life. Was there Second Life…
… because what’s coming out of it is a load of shit. From an MSNBC article: Oda said banning guns on campus might do more harm than good. He said people bent on violence might resort to other, perhaps bloodier methods, such as swords. “A person that’s got skill with a sword in a very…
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A followup to the previous post. I’m sitting in a courthouse jury pool in Marlborough, Massachusetts as I write this, and in the jury pool room is a TV with a daytime talk show playing, talking about digital tactics to spy on your significant other. A quick check of other channels by one of the…
I don’t know about you, but lately, from my perspective, there have been a lot of things going wrong with life in general around me. Not specifically in my own life, which has been blessedly good, but in the bigger picture. Whether it’s the overseas military campaigns, scandals in loan industries (take your pick), it…
I talked to a fellow podcaster this evening, who was told by his network (the podcaster and network shall remain nameless) that in order to get sponsor deals, he needs to get his numbers up, hit certain metrics, etc. His network is missing the point because it’s still on the CPM model. CPM is an…
