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Highlights from SXSW 2009
Highlights and lessons from my first time at SXSW Interactive.
Continue reading...Blogging from SXSW – Monday
Monday, March 16, 2009
Today seems to be the opposite of my previous two days. After deliberately taking everyone’s advice on taking a ‘go with the flow’ approach to the SXSW experience, somehow today has proven crazy-ass busy. 10:30 panel: Beyond Aggregation This was a great panel where we got to hear wonderful speakers, including blogger Louis Gray, discuss [...]
Continue reading...Time Management & New Projects
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Well, things have been crazy as I’ve been learning the ropes for my new roles: Principal & Co-Founder of The Indigo Heron Group, Inc. and Managing Editor of Social Computing Magazine. Lots to learn and lots to do, much of which has taken it’s toll on my blogging efforts. I’m working on some new time [...]
Continue reading...Entrepreneurial Lessons from Growing Up in a Family Business
Monday, January 19, 2009
As with most major life lessons, it has been many years of gradual recognition that have allowed me to finally begin to understand the full impact of growing up in a family-owned small business. As with most other major life events or conditions, the lessons I thought I was learning at the time often evolved [...]
Continue reading...A PM Sans a PMP
Monday, January 5, 2009
As I have been looking for new employment as part of our relocation to Austin, I have found myself having to explain (over and over and over again) why it is exactly that, after a decade of working as a project manager, I still have yet to be certified as a Project Management Professional. Unfortunately, [...]
Continue reading...Work-Life What?
Monday, January 5, 2009
I hate the phrase “work-life balance.” I truly can’t stand it. I think it’s a b.s. phrase that is one of those organizational design notions that sounds really, really good, but in truth is so vague that everyone has their own definition, leaving no consensus on any kind of standardized meaning. Implications of Being “Even” [...]
Continue reading...The Value of Social Networking
Saturday, December 6, 2008
This week a dear friend and mentor commented to me that he had become “a poster-child for social networking fatigue” and that was why, while catching up by phone, he was giving me the last six months worth of updates on his life, many of which were pretty dramatic and a little surprising. I had [...]
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- Jason Webb: Great article. Sometimes as a business owner I get caught up with so much to do, but doing the minimum with social media is really part of doing busin...
- Jason Webb: Thanks for the resource. I hadn’t heard of many of these, but forums are a valuable networking and informational tool for entrepreneurs.Thanks and...
- PPC Agency: Yes, sometimes I push my message for key influencer's. You can not always expect to hit your intended target, so with this in mind, you can prepar...
- Alora: Exactly. I also find is concern about wealth-building intriguing. Sure, everyone would like to have enough money not to have to worry about it ever a...
- Frymaster: The attitude is typical of traditional-type economy watchers / economic developer types. To be plain, they lack getting-it-ness.The point, Sco...
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