Posts by Carol Ross
Facebook, YouTube, and the New Media
I’ve been trying to figure out how the new media is changing our world–what gets noticed, how ideas break through the clutter, how we behave differently. There’s alot to get my arms around. According to The Center for Media Research, more than 9 billion videos were accessed on the Internet in July 2007. Like television,…
Read MoreAttendance Line
A conversation I recently had on behalf of my son: "Attendance Line, Mary speaking." "I’d like to report that my son will not be in school today." "Oh, is he ill?" "No, he decided not to come to school today. We have a policy at home that if he’s not in the car by…
Read MoreWise Words for a Hectic World
My friend, Kenny Moore, reminded me of a beautiful poem from David Whyte, author of "The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America." "This is not the age of information. This is not the age of information. Forget the news, And the radio, And the blurred screen. This is the…
Read MoreMulti-tasking
A friend emailed me about a disturbing commercial promoting multi-tasking as a good thing. The ad showed a professional ballet dancer, touting the fact that she could take photos and post them to a blog, all while being on stage during a performance. In my friend’s words: "It was the equivalent of air brushing models’…
Read MoreNiches
Great post by Seth Godin on picking a niche. Makes me think of something my husband has been saying, half-joking, to me for several years, ever since I left the engineering profession: "Honey, I don’t know what you do, but whatever it is, you’re the best in the world at it." BTW–Godin’s most recent book,…
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