Well, it’s taken about two years, but I finally got to actually sit down and read Keith Ferrazzi’s book, “Never Eat Alone.” Despite the big build up of accolades, reviews and commentary during all this time, I wasn’t disappointed by it. In fact, it’s probably one of the best career-advice/networking books I’ve read. Buy or borrow the book… [...]
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One of the things lacking most in blogging software is the ability to easily add footnotes. By “easily,” I mean something that involves using a simple tag, and that features, at the very least, an auto-numbering function. Even wikis have some established conventions for footnotes and there probably are innumerable proposed XML standards out there, [...]
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There are two kinds of bloggers in the world: Those who would write the statement “there are two kinds of bloggers” and those who would Google the phrase first, to see just how many people have already used that phrase. “There are two kinds of bloggers“ ~1920 results “There are two kinds of blogs” ~3650 [...]
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Reinventing the Third Wheel – mixed metaphor – (combination of “reinventing the wheel” and “third wheel”) – A phrase used to describe an activity which is simultaneously unnecessary, obsolete and counterproductive, despite the fact that it may involve a good deal of effort and ingenuity. Usage notes: To be applied only to the most absurd [...]
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Just got this dispatch from the India office: Date: Dec 11, 2007 2:03 AM From: Daniel Spitzberg Subject: less sweet this is less sweet, but, perhaps bittersweet? crisis = opportunity? http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/11/28/a-lesson-for-bop-technologists-put-the-business-model-first somehow, bill gates’ “computer in every household” technology-push lifted off the ground. i guess context is everything.. and the 100$laptop needed to define “household” [...]
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