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 [...]
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Write your own resume – review
Disclosure: Karen Swim is a friend of mine, she wrote my resume, and basically helped me with my job seeking last year. However, she did not ask for a review of the book, and I tried to be objective – I think I succeeded. So lets cut to the meat. Karen D. Swim released a [...]
On Trust We Build
(photo from guendal, under CC license.) I have just finished Francis Fukuyama: Trust, plus, as the last two posts shows I have been thinking about teamwork and communication, and I had a few really great conversations with some of my co-workers, and all of these made me think. I have written about how I think [...]
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 [...]
Reading is useful, plus it is fun.
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Apple’s problem that it is used by the masses?
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All marketers are liars – the best chapter title in the book
YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet=YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet||{};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet['lw_1197706356_0']={“text”:”Sofia”,”weight”:0.332313,”type”:["shortcuts:/us/instance/place/ambiguous"],”category”:["PLACE"],”metaData”:[{"geoArea":"83.002","geoCountry":"Bulgaria","geoIsoCountryCode":"BG","geoLocation":"(23.336611, 42.685871)","geoName":"Sofia","geoPlaceType":"Town","geoState":"Sofiya-Grad"},{"geoArea":"4","geoCountry":"Greece","geoCounty":"Evia","geoIsoCountryCode":"GR","geoLocation":"(23.721609, 38.685902)","geoName":"Sofia","geoPlaceType":"Town","geoState":"Sterea Ellada","geoZip":"34400"}],”clientMetaData”:{}};On my way to Sofia I finished We the Media, and now I am reading All Marketers Are Liars. What I really, really loved was the part under Examples: Stories framed around worldviews the worldview titled, and exactly I loved the title: “I don’t believe marketers”*
Paypal not so user friendly
Well, it seems Paypal started to decide who can get money, and how much. They seized Seth Godin’s money, and they make it pretty hard for him to get it back. Actually, so far it seems they do everything they can to prevent him to reach the people who could unfreeze his money, or even [...]
Reading blogs
Today I just found two really good posts. One is on Seth Godin’s blog who I read daily – and whose book, All Marketers A Liars should arrive sometimes next week -, he is writing about the importance of saying goodbye. That reminded me the way I departed from my previous company, where my boss [...]