October 2005

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• 10.31.05
  Have you talked to George?   Uncategorized (0)

  From the Monday Morning Memo by the Wizard of Ads comes the link and intro to this wonderful work.
  Roy H Williams writes:
  In a stunning effort I believe to be their best to date, poet Peter Nevland and guitarist Paul Finley have been joined by miracle animator ThatBaldGuy to create a 5-minute video about George, [...]

• 10.27.05
  You Are Important to Me   Uncategorized (1)

  Write about what is important to the people who are important to you.
  I am determined to post tonight. Let the words say what they may. I would like to think I am writing something of substance. I would like to think I am writing something, somehow, that might mean something to you, but I don’t [...]

• 10.25.05
  Blog Family Tree   Uncategorized (0)

  Here’s an interesting blog meme.
  A blog called The Politburo Diktat is putting together a “family tree of the blogosphere.”
  Bloggers are invited to leave comments indicating:
  1. The blogger who inspired them to start blogging.
  2. The month that they started blogging.
  3. Any “blog-children” or other blogs whose creation their blog inspired.

• 10.24.05
  Of 600 Bloggers…   Uncategorized (1)

  Do you feel free to write “anything and everything” in your blog? Do you worry whether or not your blog is funny and witty? Do you worry about offending people?
  Are you disappointed when people post negative or abusive comments to your blog.
  Of 600 bloggers surveyed by America Online:

  66% said they feel free to [...]

• 10.24.05
  Is it really?   Uncategorized (0)

  This blog is worth $8,468.10.
  How much is your blog worth?

  Some would say, you’ve got a long way to go.
  I would say that may be, if we only knew where we were going.
  What would you say?

• 10.22.05
  Is it only me?   Uncategorized (8)

  I am sure it is not just me.

  What is happening with communications?
  Communication is so easy thanks to electronic advances, so how come there is so much bad manners?

  Am I the only person in the world who does not get a reply to e mails?
  I have written elsewhere that it is no different than someone meeting [...]

• 10.20.05
  Joblogging   Uncategorized (0)

  Via FastCompany
  Joblogging | by David Teten and Scott Allen
  The next time you search for a job, your blog may be more important than your resume.

  The word to the wise is to be careful what you write!

• 10.19.05
  What is the point?   Uncategorized (4)

  The purpose of the 100 Bloggers weblog is unstated and it is unstated purposely. Make of it what you will. Make it what you will.
  If you are interested in joining us, write me. If you would like to recommend another for inclusion, write me. If you want out, write me.
  I appreciate [...]

• 10.16.05
  Decoding Intent   Uncategorized (5)

  I’m off to give a talk on “decoding intent and emotion” at a conference in Concord, NH. I’m glad that “100 bloggers” is happening (although I had recommended creating the “100 Bloggers Experience” in the badlands of the Dakotas instead!
  Lots of great talk and ideas. Its cool to participate in such a grand [...]

• 10.14.05
  He’s Brutally Truthful   Uncategorized (1)

  That’s what Atlantic artist director Neil Pepe said of Harold Pinter, the British playwright who won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. “I don’t think there’s ever been another writer like him, in his ability through minimal words to convey subconscious fear and hidden foreboding … He’s brutally truthful.”
  I haven’t read Mr. Pinter, who at [...]

• 10.11.05
  What’s amazing to me about blogs …   Uncategorized (1)

  “What is amazing to me about blogs … is that it’s all text. People have to have some verbal ability to operate in this medium and there’s been a lot of creativity–the invention of emoticons, for instance–in the way people express themselves in writing.” — Sam Potts

• 10.08.05
  A blogger with some passion   Uncategorized (2)

  The other day we were asked to share our favorite blog, and I never got around to sharing mine. We’re supposed to do it in fifty words, but that’s just too concise for me.
  The very first blog I ever read, ever subscribed to, was The Occupational Adventure (sm). I don’t actually remember how I got [...]

• 10.07.05
  Four Hour Rule   Uncategorized (1)

  Read Four Hour Rule at Slacker Manager.
  It is all about managing expectations. Have you ever heard the phrase, “under-promise and over-deliver?” This is the mantra of effective career managers. Over-promise and under-deliver and you will be marginalized. Under-promise and over-deliver and you will rise up the corporate ladder seemingly effortlessly.
  Of course, [...]

• 10.06.05
  The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony (at Harvard) TONIGHT   Uncategorized (0)

  The 2005 Igâ„¢ Nobel Prize Ceremony
  WHEN: Thursday, October 6, 2005, 7:30 pm.
  (Note: the pre-ceremony concert and the webcast begin at 7:15)
  WHERE: Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.(Info about how to pahk your cah near Hahvud Yahd)
  WHAT: The 15th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. Ten new Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded in categories ranging from [...]

• 10.05.05
  Challenge your comfort zone   Uncategorized (5)

  It’s that time of year when amateur and professional writers all across the world start prepping for National Novel Writing Month. The premise is pretty simple: write a 50,000 word novel in thirty days.
  As simple as that.
  This will be my fourth year participating in NaNoWriMo.So far, I’ve only failed to meet that goal once, and [...]

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