Monthly Archives: April 2009
Agree & Disagree Links for 04-29-09
AGREE: Cultural references are one of the strongest things you can bring to the table
DISAGREE: If you want people to know you, no matter what you write about or what your career is, you should be blogging at yourname.com, @monicaobrien
All of the blogs Monica mentions that are both popular and based off a name.com domain instead of a brand.com domain are from men (see comment). I think, because women change their names through marriage and divorce. While I have rebeccathorman.com forwarding to modite.com, I wouldn’t build my brand around it because I except my name to change when I get married .
Agree & Disagree Links for 04-28-09
3 ways to turn weaknesses into strengths
“Um… I can’t think of the word.”
I am not the most articulate person in person. It’s something that I’ve had to work on. A lot.
Mostly, it has a lot to do with my personality type. What’s going through my head sounds quite coherent to me, but I tend to say things first and think second. That makes me stumble in the middle of sentences and prefer to put words to paper instead of lips.
I didn’t really know this was a problem until my last job. A position that was all about public speaking. Speaking. Out loud.
Agree & Disagree Links for 04-27-09
Catching up from last week…
AGREE: Today EVERYONE is an influencer, @missrogue
AGREE: When it comes to your success, you should be seeking out the smartest, most well connected people you can find, @angela_gmb
AGREE: I love when people talk about “grouping” in Tweetdeck. What they are really saying is let me follow everyone under the sun but ignore everyone except a small group that I interact with daily. Not an authentic way to use Twitter, @richrecruiter (see comments)
STILL DECIDING: The Millennials, as a generation, will NOT be deep thinkers, @dsohigian
Agree & Disagree Links for 04-15-09
AGREE: I see a sale to a company that didn’t understand how they could best use the product and the acknowledgment on the part of the founders that their baby was dying, @beermann
AGREE: Ask yourself this: If I’m not good enough now, when will I ever be?, @TransitionalTee
AGREE: If I read your blog, follow you on Twitter, am friends with you on Facebook, etc., after a while, I feel like I kind of just know you and it’s possible that I forget that, uh, you don’t know me AT ALL, @jer979
AGREE: The people who are shitting themselves in the comments and unsubscribing must be perfect themselves, as they only seem to want to read posts or advice from a perfect person, @philantrhopissd
STILL DECIDING: How can updating my Facebook status be more socially-responsible than sitting down to read the New York Times?
Will Gen Y ruin local community?
The recession has changed everything for Gen Y. While we continue to embrace idealism, meaningful change is much harder.
And while young people have the best intentions to be part of the communities we live in, we’re being challenged by a number of conflicting events that contribute to a lack of involvement in local community.
For starters, disillusionment towards faith and religion has forced the institution to turn its reign over to Facebook as chief community builder. And despite the fact that our social circles are shrinking and loneliness is increasing, we choose where we live, in part, by how easy it is for us to maintain our quasi-anonymity.
Agree & Disagree Links for 04-13-09
AGREE: To get new information we have to activate our weak ties. The weak ties … obtain their information from different sources than our immediate friends, @ConversationAge
DISAGREE: Why would you build the framework of a social network into your site when many free (and already populated) options exist? (see comments), @StuartCFoster via @ConversationAge
AGREE: New career directions are tethered less to the dream of an immediate six-figure paycheck on Wall Street, @nytimes
Agree & Disagree Links for 04-10-09
Lots of good links to catch up on for the weekend.
AGREE: Just because everyone knows how to play baseball doesn’t mean you draft them to the major leauges, @garyvee
AGREE: Writing to your government is sexy, @mckinneyos
DISAGREE: TV is probably one of the most powerful ways of getting that message out there, Chief Marketer
DISAGREE: There is only one way that we measure our own personal brands: through how we stack up to competitors, @monicaobrien
AGREE: I wonder if I don’t subconsciously sabotage myself, @20orsomething
AGREE: Domino’s slip up was just an unintended marketing expense, Chief Marketer
AGREE: It’s scary.
Building Character…
A weekly round-up of my other two blogs, modite / character blog (design, art and culture) and the Alice blog (quirky and practical advice for your life and home)…
If green is so good, why is it so confusing?
It’s swimsuit season.
Backpacks are ugly. Except for this one.
I have a light a lot like this.
And I used to have dreams a lot like this.
Commenting Policy
For most bloggers, a comment is like gold. Except when it’s a big steaming nugget of crap.
Here’s what’s not allowed:
1. Personal Attacks on Me or Other Commenters. For example:
Your article is sickening and feminist bastards like you should be shunned whenever possible.
You seem to be speaking out of your ass.
You’re such a fucking stupid bitch. I hope you catch pneumonia and die.
Nice, eh? Don’t post anything obscene, vulgar, sexually explicit, illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, humiliating, defamatory, libelous, invasive of someone else’s privacy, or objectionable. Be respectful of other people’s opinions and we can all get along.
I get by with a little help from my friends
And by friends, I mean books. Okay, people too. My friend Grace Boyle featured my books in her fabulous inspiration series.