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Very sad blog — rest in peace, Dave. Thanks to Dan York for finding it.
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Joe cracks me up with this post — “If you forget how special you are, just look at your credit card statement.” Utter brilliance!
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I’ve spent the last few years shouting that folks should be very aware of ‘Brand You!’ (I constantly tell folks to buy Tom Peters’ book on it). Big bad bald Mitch kicks into the conversation Anna Farmery recently re-started
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Paull’s intrepid trek across the world finds him reading a book on American history and reflecting on why companies like Coke aren’t just owned by shareholders: “if the shareholders think they own this company, they are kidding themselves. The reality is
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Pluto - as in “to demote or devalue someone or something” with reverance to the former planet by that name. Many thanks to Crawford Kilian who’s blog is an absolute gem, as is the ‘Betterer Engrish’ segment on the Inside PR podast
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Matthew Stibbe grapples with a stylistic and grammarphilic controversy: ‘if in doubt, prefer geniality to good grammar’
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Ben Hamilton on how a viral video drew nearly 1million watchers in 10 days. As he says, how much would that kind of coverage cost on tv? It costs nothing on youtube. The metrics are changing…
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Ben again - some tips on choosing a password (don’t make the mistake I did of having the same password everywhere — too easy for identity thieves to wreak havoc!), and a recommended password software (I use Password
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Marjolein Hoekstra shows us how to share bookmarks — I always *wondered* how to do that!
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Reckon you can read body language accurately? Reckon you know the fake versus the sincere? Come on then… put yourself to the test. As Kathy Sierra says, “Crinkly eyes = real smile. No crinkly eyes? Faker. (or too much botox)”
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The sublime Kathy Sierra: "The best part of the iPhone is simply this: the UI is alive." I would NEVER consider swapping my iPod for anything else now, but it took owning one to realise how amazing it is
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Kathy again on how Surowiecki’s book ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ has been completely misinterpreted. “No matter what, I believe that in our quest to exploit the “We” in Web, we must not sacrifice the “I” in Internet.”
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Amit Agarwal finds Maxim for the iPod - perfect for my teenage stepson to waste more time in lessons sneaking views of UberBabe of the Month [sigh]
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Apart from the horrendous “most optimal” redundancy, a really neat tool for arranging your windows in xp that offers more than just tile horizontally or vertically. Thanks, Amit, for blogging about it.
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File under ‘Invaluable’: Alt+mouse wheel = volume adjustment instantly. Well cool!!!
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Or ‘Autumn cleaning’ as it is here in the Antipodes. Valuable info and freebie software with which to tidy up and unclog your harddrive, and probably speed it up in the process.
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Use your browser to find the time anywhere in the world at any time. Nice. Superfast and accurate.
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Garr Reynolds (the King of Digital Presentation) on a superb video on visual communication, powerpoint and irony. Plus he links to ‘Indexed’ by Jessica Hagy. I’ve now added her too…
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This applies to Second Life, unbelievably. “Well-known Second Life fashion retailers should consider raising their prices because consumers are willing to pay more for popular brands” says Reuters
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