I’ve been meeting a lot of people lately who are relatively unfamiliar with social media (except maybe using it for personal use of Facebook or LinkedIn.) It does feel a little bit strange when you’re getting started to speak to…
Closing Session, BuzzRE Originally uploaded by gregmeyer I gave a presentation today to a group – not the group pictured here, but a similar industry group, and as I was thinking about the talk and how I will prepare for…
It’s easy to say “I don’t want to do it today, I’ll do it tomorrow.” It’s also easy say “that thing you asked me to do — I’ll take care of it.” It’s a lot harder to wiggle out of…
Dear Comcast (and other providers): it’s time to change your model. Creative destruction is the way Cable companies can become more than a mere pipe to the Internet. Wikipedia defines this term, first coined by philosopher Joseph Schumpeter, by stating:…
We all send email. We all make phone calls. We all have meetings. If you’ve ever worked in a large corporation, you’ve probably learned that it’s possible to go through all of these interpersonal activities and still feel at the…
“For every 10 posts, make 5 about your industry, 3 about your business, and 2 about you” —@TAMcCann at the Agent Reboot conference in Bellevue, WA. On Wednesday, I attended the Agent Reboot conference in Bellevue, WA. During his panel…
Matt Heinz wrote a great piece this week on staying “vacation fresh.” I love this idea, both because I returned from vacation this week and because I think Matt is always good at documenting important moments in time and extracting…
Fred Wilson’s recent post on the N+1 theory got me thinking this week about the choices that we make and how we’re defined by those choices. For example, many of us are forced to choose between this and that when…
“Just because it’s easy for you doesn’t mean it’s easy for everyone.” –Ed Epping, Williams College It’s been a lot of years now since I heard these words during a drawing class — it was valuable advice then, and I…
I hate to-do lists. Let’s be clear. A to-do list is the best way for me to remember that I haven’t finished doing something. If I start making lists I’ll remember all of the things I once thought were important…
