February 2009
9 posts
The Relevance of Online Media
Cheaters Never..
Look to the media each day and you’ll find something worth squeezing some wisdom.
Today, and for the past few days. It’s been Alex Rodriguez. Or A-Rod for short. Boy, tough year for him. A few days ago, a positive test for steroids was linked to him from 2003. This is back when baseball didn’t ban steroids, as they didn’t realize players were using them, and the...
Schmexperts
I’ve been learning the ins and outs of social media for a little while now, and I’ve seen a fair amount of people claiming to be “experts”, “mavens”, and a bunch of other adjectives.
Now I’m sure some of them are. Or maybe more like a few. The others are just regurgitating information and jumping up in line. It goes to show you though, how quickly and...
Oops.
So the basis of this project is I write something helpful, funny, or otherwise interesting every day for 364 days. Hence 364 posts.
But I didn’t do it yesterday. Life, you could say, got in the way. This left me wondering what to do. Do something new? Change the concept entirely?
No.
Because this is a great example of how everything you imagine sometimes doesn’t play out...
The Future of Marketing?
Much has been said about Twitter in the last year.
Useless. Fad. Annoying.
But also, innovative. Personal. Inclusive. Amazing.
After doing a fairly deep dive over the last few months, I can categorically say its a great thing. But with all great things, it is only great if managed correctly. You need to be careful about the people you follow. You also should have an idea of what you...
Transparency
There’s a lot of talk these days about being transparent.
An open book. Open to all reading, whether critical or not. This relates to some previously mentioned thoughts on accountability — by being transparent, you hold yourself accountable for all that can be seen.
That is not simply being able to take blame for mistakes; that is holding yourself up to your own strengths and...
How You Fight..
Ran across a great post relating how someone behaves under pressure in a fight (in this case in World of Warcraft) reveals a lot about them as a professional and a person.
While I agree, it made me wonder if there’s some unexplored methods for assessing people for new roles. Could it be more than questions like “what’s your greatest weakness” and “tell me when you...
Get Paranoid
I’m perusing the latest 24 this evening, and everyone on it is paranoid. That’s because everyone on it is corrupted or compromised or otherwise shady. They all have agendas, hidden agendas and double agendas. They backstab, double-cross, and otherwise make for entertaining television.
What’s the point? Consider those around you. Think about outside motives for a few. ...
The Wonder
This evening I did something rather simple that brings me a lot of joy.
I helped my wife give my baby daughter a bath.
There’s joy there, but the part I’m talking about is simply blowing bubbles for her while my wife gives her a good scrub. I’ve always had a thing for bubbles — I once owned a bubble machine — and was not exactly sure why.
Now, I think I know. ...