Posts by Carol Ross
Twitter’s Community of Super Bowl Fans
For a fascinating look at the Twitter conversation among people watching the Super Bowl, click here. My thanks to @jowyang for pointing to the site in his Twitter feed. The technology is now able to capture "communities of the moment," what they are interested in and how they respond to external events. Very cool. I'm…
Read MoreResources for the Wisdom Entrepreneur
A few resources that I recommend: NCWIT Entrepreneurial Toolbox Interview Series. Designed to promote fundamental skills of entrepreneurship, the audio series is sponsored by the National Center for Women and Information Technology Entrepreneurial Alliance . The series interviews both men and women about a range of topics critical to entrepreneurial success, such as networking, how…
Read MoreTools for Transition and Change
Transitions and change seem to be the centerpiece of my conversations these days. Friends and clients taking buy out packages, clients deciding to follow a new path out of lucrative profession and into the unknown, a colleague shuttering an office and changing direction slightly to make it through lean times, a friend deciding that the…
Read More25 Random Things About Me
I was recently tagged on Facebook by a friend to write down "25 random things, facts, habits or goals about me." I lost my first list, trying to figure out how to use the notes feature on Facebook and tag other people. So here's my second try at it: I played flute in high school…
Read MoreTea Time: Good for Your Cold, Good for Your Prostate
I've been having a blast playing with a new Flip camcorder. It's about the size of a pack of cards and makes creating and uploading video extremely easy. I love the immediacy of online video, a way to document something that strikes me as funny or interesting in the normal course of my day. So…
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