Monthly Archives: April 2010

A Problem With Twitter Chats?

Who owns a community on twitter? No one can moderate it so does anyone really control it? After participating in #blogchat last weekend, I read a post from Mack Collier. The comments held a lively debate. I suggest you read a bit of the comments, but the basic argument was this: Mack commented on the…

"You, Inc." a New Way To Look At Your Personal Brand

Do you get emotionally affected when someone criticizes your professional work? Do you get depressed when business doesn’t go your way? I’m reading the War of Art (affil) by Steven Pressfield and he discusses a concept he calls “Me, Inc.”  It may be more relevant to the self employed, but it really has me thinking……

The Forgotten Art of Research

Research. It’s an art.  One that we practice for many years, but forcefully forget. It’s something that was drilled into us since the first day of school.  If we wanted to learn something, we had to read about it in a boring, overpriced textbook.  We would then have to take a test, write a paper,…