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On monetizing the March 2010 Second Saturday
Here are some video comments I recorded in response the the reaction to this month’s New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday being monetized.
5 Ways to Blog for Personal Achievement
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Note: I was recently asked to write a guest article for the Career Achievement Network, since they were about to open up their blogging and forums to every member. I’m crossposting the article here as well, since from time to time I get questions about starting up a personal blog.
5 Ways [...]
Social media douchebaggery
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If you’re a douchebag in real life, guess what? You’re an even bigger douchebag online because social media amplifies who you are.
You could be a real, genuine human being making an effort to be useful to others.
Or you could be an anonymous troll whose only purpose appears to suck air and [...]
Uncaffeinated buzz and fresh perspectives
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Much of what happens in the new media space is highly experimental; especially when new tools are released. Google Buzz came out last week, and we talked about it at last weekend’s New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday. There are a lot of things that need to be worked through, and there are certainly [...]
Mindmapping to Get Things Done
At the beginning of the year, I realized I needed a better way to manage my time and projects I’ve been working on. While I’m not patient enough to learn the system found in Getting Things Done (affiliate link), you might be.
Through some searching on YouTube, though, I found a resource I found was this [...]
The Digital Neighborhood
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I’ve been asked a number of times recently in the local Cincinnati community about how the different social networking platforms relate to one another and why someone would want to participate in any or all of them.
There are a lot of parallels to our online and offline lives. Consider your presence [...]
Podcast download numbers for How I Got My Job
I’ve been checking out the numbers for How I Got My Job episodes, and I thought it might be instructive to share what I’ve uncovered so far. This discussion will get a bit technical.
Activate Your Super Powers: The Social Media Utility Belt
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This past Wednesday I spoke at the Northern Kentucky Career Achievement Network (CAN) to a group of over 50 people, giving a workshop entitled “Activate Your Super Powers: The Social Media Utility Belt“. Below are the slides from my talk.
FREE Workshop: Activate Your Super Powers – The Social Media Utility Belt
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This coming Wednesday, January 27, 2010, I will be giving a free workshop as part of the Northern Kentucky One Stop’s Career Achievement Network (CAN) monthly series. The title of the session is “Activate Your Super Powers: The Social Media Utility Belt”. Sign up here.
Some basic themes we’ll probably [...]
How you can help a child hear for $10
Close your eyes for a moment and listen to the world around you.
What do you hear? Music playing your computer? The TV? The hustle and bustle from the cafe you’re in, maybe. If your room is really quiet, you might even be able to hear the sound from the lights or the ticking of a [...]
