November 2009
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Personality changes everything
I was on the tube yesterday and I experienced a fullscale KISS. moment about how personality changes everything. It was a fairly average journey. The carriage was about 1/3 full and everyone’s outward appearance matched the grey skies outside and the drizzle on the dirty windows. We were just coming to the end of the line at Wimbledon when the driver started to go through the motions...
Nov 18th
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The 'Alternative' Social Media Top Ten List...
Most top ten social media lists are about technologies. They’re all about Twitter, Twellow, Facebook and Friendfeed. In this post I’d like to give you an alternative top ten list to make your social media activities a success. Yes, it’s yet another “Top Ten” but I think you’ll find this one is a bit different, especially considering this post. For a while now I, along with many others,...
Nov 16th
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New BookMap - Crowdsurfing by Martin Thomas and...
I’ve just posted a new BookMap. This time it’s for CrowdSurfing by Martin Thomas and David Brain. This book investigates the move towards embracing the crowd within corporations and political organisations. Much of the book is focussed on surrendering some control, not only to customers but also to partners and employees, giving them a greater say in the operation of the...
Nov 10th
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"If you do what you've always done...
As the wise old saying goes….”if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got”. In a personal context this isn’t a bad rule to slot into our memory banks, just between “Next week I’ll start making my lunch each day instead of buying it” and “I will finish my Christmas shopping earlier this year”. ...
Nov 10th
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Gary Vaynerchuk's Crush It PDF BookMap
I like to draw what I call BookMaps once I’ve read a book to make sure as much of the good stuff as possible sticks to the inside of my skull. This is a recent one that I did after reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s Crush It - perhaps you’ll find it useful too! Feel free to download the PDF using the link below and stick it up somewhere. Crush It collates all of Gary’s...
Nov 5th