Category: Weblogs
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Mutual Inspiration and the Wealth of Networks
I have been very slowly reading and digesting The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom, by Yochai Benkler. It is truly a labor of love. The more I read, the more I am convinced that this is book is / will be a significant part of the canon for the paradigm…
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Citizen Accountability Projects
Last Friday’s Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition included an article by Jennifer Saranow entitled "The Snoop Next Door" that contains a roundup of a number of web sites dedicated to documenting deviancy from social norms, large and small. The title and photos led me to prepare for an alarming expose on the abuses of using…
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Participation in the Blogosphere: Reading, Writing and Commenting
Shel Israel, co-author of Naked Conversations, noted that Charlene Li, of Forrester Research, reported that 24% of Gen Yers read blogs (where Gen Y is comprised of 18-26 year-olds). I was surprised that the number wasn’t far higher, given earlier studies I’d read from the Pew Internet & American Life project. I posted a comment…
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Blogging for Better Business: In Community with Customers
The central message of Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers, by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel is best summarized in the following quote: The revolution is about the way businesses communicate, not just with customers but with their entire constituencies — partners, vendors, employees, prospects, investors and the media.…
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The 8 Blogging Habits of Highly Effective People
I see a number of connections between the benefits of blogging catalogued by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel in Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers, and the 8 habits of effectiveness and greatness outlined by Stephen Covey in his two most famous books, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective…
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Your Heart’s Blog: The Practice of Unfolding
I was recently listening to Your Heart’s Prayer: Following the Thread of Desire into a Deeper Life, a recording of an inspiring talk given by Oriah Mountain Dreamer shortly after she wrote The Dance, the sequel to The Invitation. In another instance of the priming effects of having recently finished Naked Conversations: How Blogs are…
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Love is the Killer App, Blogs are the Killer Platform
Tim Sanders, author of the book Love is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends, has a new blog, Sanders Says. I was reminded of Tim’s lovecat way (or what I call bizlove) several times while reading the book I just finished (and blogged about), Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the…
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Blog Early, Blog Often: Naked Conversations in the Morning
Starting a regular practice of blogging sooner rather than later can bring benefits to businesses large and small, according to Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers, by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. Being the first kid on the block to start a blog makes your blog remarkable, whether your…
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Passion and Purpose in Living, Loving, Learning and Leaving a Legacy
A news item appearing in my Google Desktop Sidebar this morning about the death of Enron founder Ken Lay immediately reminded me of Stephen Covey‘s book, First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy. I don’t know much about how well Lay lived, loved or learned, but I have a…
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Unfolding Radiance
Dan Oestreich is one of my favorite bloggers. One of the insights that has unfolded for me, through regularly reading Dan’s blog, Unfolding Leadership, is that everyone is a leader: like it or not, I am always "leading by example", intentionally and unintentionally. His latest post, On the Capability to Lead, weaves together many rich,…