Seth Godin wrote a post where he asked people to spread the word about a new, free to download ebook organized by him, with the title: What matters most? – Things to think about (and do) this year. Here are more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as…
Category Archives: Social media
Audience, visitors or people?
Image by HubSpot via Flickr Karen Swim is a wonderful person in my opinion. First of all she is a helpful lady, she is (add an undefined number of positive adjectives here), and she learns from everything. Plus, she has similar views to mine, which is always a plus in your friends. Now, in her…
LinkedIn vs Xing – part 2.
As i promised, this is the second part of the LinkedIn vs. Xing line. A few days ago I wrote my thoughts on Xing that has attracted a lot of comments – for which I am really thankful. Now, it’s LinkedIn’s turn. I registered on LinkedIn last December, but was not really using it until…
LinkedIn vs Xing
I just promised a post on why I like LinkedIn, and why I find Xing useless. First thing first, Xing, here it goes, It turned out a bit long, so brace yourself. Next will be the LinkedIn one. I have to admit, that I was already on LinkedIn when I registered on Xing, and that…
Painting the Air
Ok, I know, I am a bit late to the party, but here we go. I tried Spaz, then I tried Twhirl which I really like, and now I try AlertThingy, because I like the whole Friendfeed concept, I am a bit bored with signing up to another new,revolutionary service, and then logging into each…
People 2.0
A long, long time ago the telephone was invented. The actual person is a bit hazy, Innocenzo Manzetti, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Elisha Gray, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison, among others, have all been credited with pioneer work on the telephone. Then Tivadar Puskás ((I asked on Twitter what the world ‘Hallo’means. According…
How you define authority and what it means to you?
After writing the post Basis of authority: be authentic I went over to Confident writing, where Joanna wrote about the same topic – it’s the SOBCon contest -, and I left a comment there wich ended: I think another interesting topic for one post or several posts could be “How you define authority and what…
Basis of authority: be authentic
Amy wrote a long and really good post about authority blogging, and I promised to dot down a few thoughts of mine on her post. Go and read it, it worth it. And now, to the point where I enter the storyline: I am helping others to connect not only to their environment and to…
“I made intimacy a superficial gesture”
By the end of the day, I’d talked to most of my friends… Sometimes I’m not sure I even have any friends. I may just have a large group of people that I tell everything to. It’s like I’ve made intimacy a superficial gesture. Carrie Fisher – Postcards from the Edge I read the book,…
Resume, blog and hype
It all started with Seth Godin’s post. If you don’t have a resume, what do you have? How about three extraordinary letters of recommendation from people the employer knows or respects? Or a sophisticated project they can see or touch? Or a reputation that precedes you? Or a blog that is so compelling and insightful…