Archive for March, 2005
Niche is Nice
One of these days, I’m going to have enough cash on hand to head to one of the TrendWatching seminars. They’ve always looked nice, and after reading this article about “Nouveau Niche“, I’m even more convinced it’d be time well spent.
BusinessWeek called it ‘The Vanishing Mass Market’, Wired Magazine spoke of the Lost Boys and [...]
BBBT - Last Stop!
I’m the last stop on the Blog Business Book Tour! The book being reviewed is Naked in the Boardroom: A CEO Bares Her Secrets So That You Can Transform Your Career, and it was an interesting read. You can check out the rest of the stops here:
March 14th - re:inventionMarch 15th - BusinesspunditMarch 16th - [...]
Snapcast #3 - Robin Wolaner Interview
Continuing the review process of Naked in the Boardroom, check out the snapcast interview with the author, Robin Wolaner.
The interview was fun, and we talked a bunch about social networking, including the story about Friendster and Typepad joining forces.
Naked in the Boardroom review
Todd from apennyfor.com invited me to join the Blog Business Book Tour (BBBT), reviewing a new book, working with the author to present it to you, gentle readers.
The book I was charged with was ?Naked in the Boardroom: A CEO Bares Her Secrets so That You can Transform Your Career? by Robin Wolaner.
Robin and [...]
Book meme 123.5
From Theory Canal and Jennifer Rice:
Book Meme: 123.5
1. Grab the nearest book.2. Open the book to page 123.3. Find the fifth sentence.4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.5. Don?t search around and look for the ?coolest? book you can find. Do what?s actually next to you.
So with me, [...]
Network Building
10 tools for network building:
Technology (trackbacks, RSS, tags, etc.)
Knowledge (who is influential, who is trusted, who is controversial, etc.)
Online social skills (ability to approach other people in appropriate ways)
Participation/Collaboration (via comments, trackbacks, email, etc.)
Reputation/Trust (what you have now, what is developed over time)
Politics (an opinion or stated position)
Permeable organizational [...]
Apple: Stop suing!
When I was coming of age in the interactive/Web industry back in 1996 and 1997, Apple launched their Think Different campaign. I knew full well that the thing I was a part of was changing the world, and I was proud to be part of it. The Think Different campaign was well-know and widespread. It [...]
Jake to GM - Not Good
I just visited the GM Fastlane blog, in order to find a contact address (I wanted to interview the team for the Community Guy podcast). I found an email address (for the GM Communications Directory), and dropped a note.
This was the reply I got…
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or [...]
Blog Business Book Tour
I’ve read Naked in the Boardroom as part of the Blog Business Book Tour. My stop is on Friday, so check back then for a snapcast with the author, a bit of guest blogging by the author, and of course my review. In the meantime, be sure to check out the other stops:March 14th - re:inventionMarch [...]
So good, I watched it twice…three times…
I saw a post over at Kottke.org about Star Wars Episode III and once again, someone has said it better than I could have, so I’m quoting….
Once every three years, the first trailer for yet another crappy George Lucas Star Wars movie is released somewhere to great fanfare. And each time, I watch said trailer and [...]
