Do You Clean Up As You Go?
Last week, I was feeling trapped, overwhelmed and underwater. I had piles of to-do's near by laptop, on my desk, on the kitchen table. I had flashes of that I Love Lucy episode where the conveyor belt moves faster and...
In Praise of Joe
This week, I was in the car, listening to the radio, and just happened to catch Garrison Keillor hosting The Writer's Almanac. He always reads a poem, in addition to giving tidbits about writer's lives. Sometimes I find that I...
Why Monetizing Before Community-Building Doesn’t Work for Books
I'm reading The Long Tail by Chris Anderson and this paragraph got my attention: "In 2004, 950,000 books out of the 1.2 million tracked by Nielsen BookScan sold fewer than ninety-nine copies. Another 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies. Only...
A Job Post I Can Get Excited About
A friend pointed me to a job post that says as much about the company as who they are looking for. The text of the job post is in italics, with my reactions in bold. "We are looking for talented...
Never Eat Alone
I discovered the book, Never Eat Alone, when I listened to an interview with the author, Keith Ferrazzi. I originally wanted to blog about the book because it has so much good advice on networking. And after doing a bit...
Passion, Down to the Crankshaft
My husband pointed me to a site on vintage racing bikes, maintained by Ray Dobbins, avid collector and seller. It's a wonderful glimpse of someone who loves what he does. From the detailed description of the equipment used to photograph...
Twitter and the Cigar Bar
My friend, Mitchell Ashley, writes about how Twitter is changing the way conference goers are connecting with a post about an impromptu gathering at a cigar bar reinforced with a few tweets. I'm finally starting to understand the power of...
What Google Looks For In A New Hire
A friend of mine recently interviewed with Google. Besides the fact that they get something like 16,000 resumes a day, I was intrigued by these questions that my friend was asked in the interviewing process: Have you ever started a...
Don’t Push the River and Other Advice on Community-Building
I recently asked the ABV team to provide one piece of advice about communities or community-building. Here's what they said: Join a community to enrich your life.Get involved to reap the rewards. This follows nicely with my experience of being...