Category: Influence
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Pathologically Helpful
I am reading Malcolm Gladwell‘s The Tipping Point. I read that line when Malcolm was talking about Mark Alpert. He described him on pg. 66. The line after says – He can’t help himself. “A Maven is someone who solves his own problems – his own emotional needs – by…
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Culture of Opportunity
You have to check out Margaret Gould Stewart’s – How YouTube thinks about copyright. She talks about YouTube has become so complex with who owns the content and what can happen on YouTube with the content. She claims that YouTube has created a Culture of Opportunity, but that you can…
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Mobile Office
This is not a new idea, but like I said in the About section of my blog, there are no new ideas – but I’ll be writing about the ideas that inspire me at the time. With an internet connection and a chair, you can set up your office anywhere. …
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Time Kids Spend on Media
That is the average time spent in some sort of media by 8-18 year olds. According to a study done by the Kaiser Family Foundation, kids are spending almost 11 hours a day consuming media. This media includes music, movies, computer, games, tv, and print. The main reason why kids…
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The Gap is Between Doing Anything and Doing Nothing
I was listening to a TED talk by Clay Shirky today. He was talking about Cognitive Surplus. It’s a great talk. Here’s where you can find it, but he said something so cool. I won’t summarize. I’ll just write out what he said. You have to listen to the talk…
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The Death of DVD’s
I have hundreds of them. My wife and I used to buy them instead of going to the movies. It ended up being cheaper and then we’d have a dvd that we could watch again and a again. We were on the dvd release schedule, not the newest movie in…
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The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
I just finished The Shallows. What the internet is doing to our brains. by Nicholas Carr. It was a great book. Nicholas describes the impact that the internet has on the brain. He explains the brain, technology, a little bit of neuroscience, a great history of the development of technology…
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Your Google Books Library
Do you have one? Check it out here. It’s a great place to catalog your books. Books you’ve read or books that you want to read. I am building mine. I am working on building my bookshelf, and I’ll share it with you when I am done. Will you share…
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One Hour for Memory
It takes about one hour for the brain to process information. Years ago, a study was done where a group memorized a list and the next day was able to recall the list. Another group had to memorize a list, then another right after that. When asked to recall the…
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The Word Tweet
Is the word Tweet a word? It is definitely a colloquialism not meant for formal speech or writing. There is such a thing as a Tweet, but technically, you shouldn’t use it for formal speeches or writing. Just FYI. Why don’t you “tweet” this. Read this article if you want…
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