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"How not to suck at socializing"
Good piece over at Life Hack on 'how not to suck at socializing' - I am often lost for conversation at functions. I especially liked their most important point: have
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Social Networking Generation Gap?
At dinner with some gen x and baby boomer friends the other night it became clear that there is a generation gap between gen x, baby boomers and gen y et al. This generation gap is different to that which existed between my parents and my grandparents. The old generation
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Great Customer Service
Just had a great customer service experience. An excellent example of how good customer service can transform a bad experience into good PR. I was trying to purchase a new leather folder online via Corban and Blair and the online transaction failed to process successfully. After three goes I resorted
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Snap Shots - visual previews
Just found this nifty gadget called Snap Shots and am experimenting with it - not sure if I like it or not yet. It gives visual previews of the linked site without having the leave the originating page. At least it gives the user the ability to opt out by
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Web 2.0 How Spooky
After my musings on web 2.0 and the enterprise the other day it was amusing to attend Ross Dawson's Sydney Web 2.0 extravaganza last week, more about it from Ross at Web 2.0 in Australia: The birth of Silicon Harbour? Ross managed a jam packed
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How to Write With Style
Recently stumbled upon an article by the late Kurt Vonnegut on How to Write With Style, his key points in summary are: 1. Find a subject you care about 2. Do not ramble 3. Keep it simple 4. Have guts to cut 5. Sound like yourself 6. Say what you
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Enterprise Web 2.0 (an oxymoron?)
I've heard lots of discussion about web 2.0 lately in business circles. I've also had debates about putting user generated content (UGC) on corporate web sites. What makes me stop and think is the gap between web 2.0 as a bottom up democratic and
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Gods on the net
Finding Godchecker to be an amusing site - so many interesting deities
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Social Network Analysis?
At the recent KLA (a.k.a. Knowledge Liberation Army) meeting in Sydney we discussed the benefits and utility of social network analysis (SNA). Apart from a moment of interest when you see the network map, what is it useful for in a business setting? My theory is that it
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Garage :: Presentation Slides
Guy Kawasaki :: Presentation Slides Best tips on start ups and pitches I've seen from Guy Kawasaki at Garage. His prescription for entrepreneurs: 1. Make meaning. Improve the quality of life, right a wrong or prevent the end of something good. (“If you make meaning you will make money.
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Triz and Innovation
Been talking to some people who are into using TRIZ for innovation in their businesses - not sure I completely understand this tool so plan to research it further.
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The Poetry of D.H. Rumsfeld - Recent works by the secretary of defense. - A fabulous collection taken straight from the DOD website
On the Slate website Hart Seely has collected some of the truly classic poems of our time - they are taken from briefings listed on the Dept of Defense website. The Unknown As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There