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Testing Something: 7bks Embed

04 January 2011 in miscellaneous | 0 Comments

If you don’t know Tom Critchlow, he’s the totally yummy Head of Search Marketing at Distilled UK, and the creator of 7books. 7books is a site to create lists about books. Also, Tom has an English accent which just takes the yumminess over the top. When I first checked out 7books, I thought “It would [...]

Am I Doing This All Wrong?

10 January 2010 in miscellaneous | 3 Comments

Last week, my twitter friend Andrew Norcross and several others launched Untemplater, a site encouraging GenY’ers* to shake up their lives and do what they want. I’m slightly insulted by their use of the GenY label, as — technically — I’m GenX, and the advice still applies to me. I’ll just pretend they write GenX [...]

Applying the KISS Principle

06 December 2009 in miscellaneous | 2 Comments

Keep it simple, stupid. I’ve been thinking about this idea quite a bit lately, and particularly how to apply it to my life. Since starting with Outspoken Media in October, I’ve been…well, busy. Really busy. I work long hours; Outspoken Media is a start up, so I knew that when I signed on. But in [...]

Desiderata

15 February 2009 in miscellaneous | 0 Comments

The following poem was read by my friend’s father at her wedding. Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the [...]