Category: Rant
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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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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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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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Nothing in life is free
There is no such thing as free unless the thing in question is without value. When you write a blog post you give away to the world on your blog, it is not free. You spent time, energy, effort, and knowledge writing it, time that could have been spent doing something else. When you share…
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I was on a boat called PAB09
Podcasters Across Borders 2009 has wrapped up and the team of Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche threw yet another impressive event. This year’s PAB theme was ostensibly bringing outside knowledge into the podcasting world, but the general subject of many of the presentations was on story more than anything – ways to more effectively communicate…
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People I respect
From Twitter: sophware: @cspenn Good stuff. Do you have a similar list of people you respect? That’s usually harder to make catchy, but would be great to see. People whose records actually do speak for them. People who accomplish real, tangible results. People who happily say “I don’t know” and follow up with “but I…
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People I'm Wary Of
Financial coaches who aren’t fabulously wealthy. Chefs who crusade against foods. There’s more than enough to advocate for that if you’re crusading against something, you’re probably not cooking delicious things. Fitness personal trainers who are seriously overweight. Black belt “masters” under the age of 13. Social media experts. Any (American) politician whose ads include the…
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Micro?
A serious question in a bit. First, consider: Micro-famous. Micro-blogging. Micro-finance. Micro-marketing. Are we so desperate to feel any sense of importance that we’ll attach the word micro to anything just so that the definition includes us? (by the way, the same applies to new and social) No disrespect to the creators of the terms,…
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Yes, you're in a depression
There’s no formal economic definition of a depression like there is a recession. That said, a depression is basically a really bad recession. The current environment fits that description aptly. Despite wishes to the contrary, more folks are realizing that we are in the midst of a new depression. Wall Street Journal: International Monetary Fund…
