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EMAIL SUBJECT LINES, LINKS AND NUMBERED LISTS
The burden of communication is on the communicator; not the recipient. Therefore proper email etiquette is to use strong subject lines, links, numbered lists and reasonably short paragraphs. Use these...
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Falling Behind?
From: Falling behind? by Jamie Varon But, honestly, here’s the thing that nobody really talks about when it comes to success and motivation and willpower and goals and productivity and all those little...
View Articleelites trust government more. nobody else does.
An interesting rebuttal of the release of this year’s Edelman Trust Barometer on the PRSA blog by Elliott Schreiber: These data may be factual for the elite, but they may be the continuing “fuel on...
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Egypt Social Media Activity Unexpectedly Small
I have been digging into the background story on the 2011 revolution in Egypt. Follow that last link for a good recap of how the police beating of Khaled Said created a maelstrom that has turned into...
View Articleinstructions for the protest were clearly disseminated on facebook
Instructions for the protest were clearly disseminated on Facebook: Stand 5 feet apart, so as not to break Egyptian laws against public demonstration; be absolutely silent; no signs; wear black, as...
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Managing The Fire-Hose of Ideas
As the company has grown over the years, I have hit a number of tipping points that were unexpected and hurt the company. Unfortunately I have been unable to find a book that predicts these moments...
View Articleweb video ~ global innovation
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View Articleeasy to fall into negativity
From Meg’s post “Girl”: I told the girls that it is easy to fall into negativity, I told them that this is often something I am guilty of. I get frustrated with people. The first instinct we have to...
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the guilt of a confessed pre-prayer
Guilt. Guilt is a major factor for me. It is something we Catholics specialize in. Sin is human. You must confess your sins. This is ingrained in you. You step out of the confessional and you glance at...
View Articlein the name of democracy, let us all unite
(via Katharine Shilcutt) The post in the name of democracy, let us all unite appeared first on Ed Schipul.
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youth, ideas, and bureaucratic resistance
I received two very interesting questions from a young man I met several years ago, passing through Houston on the way to some romantic big city (go ahead, get the whole...
View ArticleErnie Manouse PBS show on social media
still kind of a trip when I see myself on tv. bizarre. but thank you to PBS for getting the dialog going. our kids are going to be OK IMHO. You can be a fan of Ernie Manouse on FB here. The post Ernie...
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goldman-sachs’ toxic culture
From the article: Exec slams Goldman Sachs and the original Goldman Sachs Op Ed in the NYT: “I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it,” wrote Greg...
View ArticleI don’t think I am focusing where I need to focus
Focus is a problem of mine. Or rather controlling focus – when I am focused on a subject I am very very focused. This video on meditation has great content from what I heard. And I need to meditate to...
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gdrive on the mac refuses to let you change the associated account
Ah google drive. Not exactly a Drop Box killer in any way, but with the conversion of google docs to the google drive many of us inherited it if we wanted it or not. The first strike against this new...
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micro blogs – telling a story on a dime
I have the privilege, although lately I’ve had my head in the code more than the pr and marketing side of the business, of speaking to communications groups on the power of social media. You can thank...
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human or systemic resistance to sharing knowledge
“The biggest impediment,” the commission warned, “is the human or systemic resitance to sharing information.” … “Intelligence should be processed… according to the same quality standards” From “Garland...
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things changed between triple crowns
The digital divide is not only between the digital natives and the elders, between the digitally enhanced and the not, between the glassholes and the blind, but also over time. There is a time we...
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Prince was a Trickster
Prince was a trickster, the best kind of god for social scientists and apparently the verge agrees as well. There are numerous books on this, the last I read was called Trickster Makes This World:...
View ArticleBlack Panther – something I’m looking forward to!
Yes, I’m a programmer and full stack developer, speaker, etc, but… at TAMU I minored in history. One of my focus areas was African history (the continent. Think 1000+ years of history.) Thus I’m really...
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“You’re asking if he is a Sicilian.“
The Don had not seemed surprised when Hagen returned from California late tuesday evening and told him the results of the negotiations with Woltz. He had made Hagen go over every detail and grimaced...
View ArticleMicrosoft Worm Exploit Danger and Huawei Unintended Consequences
From the article titled: Warnings of world-wide worm attacks are the real deal, new exploit shows It was posted Tuesday by Sean Dillon, a senior security researcher and RiskSense. A play-by-play helps...
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Your 2nd Amendment Rights Are About to be Taken Away by the Senate
This is a crosspost with editorial commentary (by me) from https://blog.tendenci.com/mlk-day-2020-read-the-docs/ . I wrote that post, and given this is my personal blog I’ll add a bit more of my...
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CoronaVirus – Markets Move on Emotion not Fundamentals
Now we see fears and the reality of coronavirus hitting the markets hard. I’ve said it before, so this is repetition, but worth repeating. Stock markets move on emotion much more than the...
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A third of Coronavirus patients admitted to ICU – Lancet Medical Journal –...
This is the progression of the Coronavirus in a patient over time. This is why we quarantine.https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2820%2930183-5 I’m stunned by this: “Lancet, the...
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Lighting is the new Power Suit – Home Lighting for Zoom Conference Calls
When suddenly we are all on video chat much more than ever before, lighting becomes a big deal. When meeting with the boss or a client you typically want to look your best, which in the past meant...
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Juneteenth – We Must Remember History to Not Repeat It.
We must remember our fellow American’s EARNED it. And by “it” I am not speaking of their “freedom”. The Constitution makes clear that Freedom is “God Given” and “Inalienable.” Juneteenth was not the...
View ArticleDon’t Sandwich Constructive Feedback Because People Aren’t Stupid
The “Sandwich Method” of feedback was the first method of constructive criticism I learned as a young manager right out of university. You know it – 1) say something positive then 2) give the...
View ArticleEmail Communication Tips
Lets start by pointing out that while email is efficient, it is a symbolic representation of what evolved as something much richer; face to face communication. The writing didn’t come first, speech...
View ArticleDepends. What do you need it for?
“…I have no idea how to answer these questions.“ Like, one question asked if I had access to a gun and so I wrote “Depends. What do you need it for?“ – the bloggess The post Depends. What do you need...
View Articleit would be helpful if you sent me a link
(text cut from an email that will never be sent.) No, I am not trying to be rude. I am just trying to explain why I am not replying to your email. Please bear with me. The Internet is made up of what...
View Articlepay to play journalism – all of them?
Like the National Enquirer (who oddly enough just filed for bankruptcy), now everyone is willing to pay for stories. OK, technically it sounds like they pay the interviewee for use of images and video...
View ArticleYou’re on a treadmill. You get off first. or I die. It’s really that simple.
“The first step before anyone else in the world believes it. Is you have to believe it.” The post You’re on a treadmill. You get off first. or I die. It’s really that simple. appeared first on Ed...
View ArticleWarrants (p119)
Warrants (p119) Authority ““ respectable enough to make the claim ““Do other authorities agree? Cause and effect ““ Does the cause account entirely for the effect? -Are there other possible causes?...
View Articlea trip down memory lane
It’s all to do with color. It’s all to do with round. With shape. Everything is color. Everything, you know, it must be do with orange. Not only with Orange. I hadn’t seen color. I’d lived in a...
View Articleactive skepticism
don’t be a d*ck Part II Part III “Skepticism isn’t teaching people what to think; it’s teaching people how to think. You don’t accomplish that by telling them that everything they know is wrong.” –...
View ArticleHBR: Authentic Leadership as Bad?
As someone who regularly recommends the book Absolute Honesty to people, I found this HBR post on Authentic Leadership to be very interesting: Most people can agree that authenticity is of great value....
View ArticleWhen the dollar’s primacy dwindles the US hegemony ends
From the article, (and I believe we are already there): “A major blunder would be pushing too hard with financial punishments, and incentivizing Moscow and Beijing to bypass the U.S. trade and monetary...
View ArticleSolarwinds hack by Russia can’t be understated
While America has been reading news articles about tweets our adversaries have been busy. Busy since March 2020. Not my first rodeo, and given hackers are incredibly patient and typically play the...
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