Month: December 2008
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Goodbye 2008
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2639782&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.Via
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Happy Christmas
Well, it's been quite a year. Over the past 12 months the traffic to this blog has doubled, the number of subscribers has trebled, and I met some amazing people through it. Somewhere along the line I passed a few markers: two years blogging…600 posts…1000 comments. So I'd just like to say thanks for reading…
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The Evolution Of The Internet
Pew Research have surveyed over 500 leading internet experts, activists and commentators about the impact of networked technologies on society over the next decade or so. There's quite a bit you'd expect – mobile as the primary connection tool, improvements in the architecture of the internet, prevalence of voice recognition and touch interfaces, a continuing…
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Selling Ideas
Selling is a real life skill. Everyone sells. We sell things, we sell who we are, we sell our ideas. We're always selling. Which is why it's so strange that the biggest mistake made in the business of selling (even by salespeople) is so universal. Lack of empathy. The understanding that what might seem important…
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Post Of The Month – November ’08 – Winner
I'm delighted to announce that the winner of Post of the Month for November 2008 is Charles with his excellent post on rewiring it all. There was a great shortlist of posts this month, but happy that Mr Frith won it (he's been on a roll recently), so well done – you get the reflected…
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Firestarters
Times are tough. The recruitment market is tough. But here are 5 reasons why employing people who blog is more important than ever: They start fires. Blogging forces you to come up with new stuff. To be interesting. They understand the value of connection. And are connected. To other interesting people. They get digital. They…