Amidst the hype machine of Twitter, I find myself more conscious of simple, everyday interactions that resemble the 140-character bite-size messaging platform. When you think about it, there are many forms of mini interactions that long preceded Twitter.… Read the rest
Tag Archives: Etiquette
Optimize Your Personal Brand (If You Want To Exist)
In a discussion at my office last week, Steve Baker, author of “the Numerati,” described a day when there would be services widely available to help people optimize themselves in the new digital world. He underscored there have long been individual optimization services in the analog world.… Read the rest
What Are Your Best Interview Questions?
One of my startup‘s board members, Albert Wenger, said: “As long as there are one or more major positions or functions in a company that are not filled with or run by great people, it will be a drag on the effectiveness of everybody else.”… Read the rest
Please Be Insensitive
Web guru Dave Winer said:
… Read the restWhen I needed heart surgery in 2002 and the doctor told me my life was over if I didn’t get it, you might say he was being insensitive, but he was telling me something that I knew was true that I needed to hear. Three days later after the surgery, recouperating, the surgeon told me if I resumed smoking I would be dead in three years.
It’s Funny That A Guy I Pissed Off Is Now My Friend
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I received the following note from someone who recently befriended me on Facebook. I’m foremost a student in this world, and I bet I learned equally or more out of this interaction. It made my day, so I asked my new friend if it would be OK to share his letter, presuming anonymity.… Read the rest