links for 2008-06-19
June 19, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
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Seriously? Who do these people think they’re fooling?
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More on the AP argument.
links for 2008-04-26
April 26, 2008 by Jonathan · 1 Comment
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Is Twitter worth $150 million?
Twitter, A Journalist’s Best Friend
April 25, 2008 by Jonathan · 2 Comments
Here’s a little nugget and inspiration I’d love to get some feedback from the masses on:
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-04-07
April 7, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Trying to tame Apple Mail, let’s see if it can behave with Gmail IMAP, it gets one more chance. #
- retweeting from @acafourek http://www.twitterlocal.net - find "local" tweets #
- Trying out FontStruct, I’m not even sure where to start! #
- Have you imported all of your various email accounts into one Gmail account? I think I can consolidate a lot #
- Yikes! bloggers beware massive heart attacks: http://tinyurl.com/4zpfw2 #
- Good Morning Twitterville, I’m gearing up for a VERY busy week of meetings, projects, then heading to Vegas for the NAB Conference. #
- There were two doves eating the grass seed I put down in the yard yesterday, does that mean I’ll have a peaceful day or week? #
- @jowyang I remember seeing that "review" when it first posted, pretty darn funny, but not for those of us with such horrible allergies! #
- @newmediajim well thank goodness you made it in time! Are you using your fancy new HDcam all the time now? #
- @mufan96 Never heard of that issue before, interesting little problem. #
- @Adpuma @akelatal Hello! (why are we waving?) #
- Reading through the PBS Corp. web site about their BoDs and financials #
- @gapingvoid I’m sure they would, do you have a portfolio online anywhere of past work? #
- @robliberal I’ve used a WordPress plugin for several months to archive Tweets to my blog and am very happy with it #
- @mcompton I only have them for web access (got satellite about a year ago I dislike MediaCom so much) #
- Just finalized my job interview plans for next week while I’m Vegas. #
- ….Yeah even Social Media guys have to do laundry sometimes… #
- @jjprojects what shiny new things do you have now? #
Crossing The Skills Divide
April 3, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
There is an almost constant drone of phone calls and emails in my life right now, I’m right in the thick of finding a job for when I become available in May. It hasn’t been an easy road, but I’ve made great strides in my approach, the types of jobs I apply for, and the way I manage my personal brand.
I couldn’t do it if I didn’t have the help of all you out there, my favorite bloggers, my Twitter followers, my family and my friends. I am very thankful for all of the support I’ve gotten so far in my search and am very thankful for the education I have and the life experiences that have prepared me for this experience.
I’ve been using my support network a lot lately. Part of the reason is that I have a very diverse skill set, not only am I good with producing and editing content, but I also hold technology skills that allow me to create things like this blog, Smart Decision, Contributr, and more. But even beyond that, I have an entrepreneurial spirit that lends me new ideas, new inspiration, and new ways of looking at old and new problems.
I feel like this variety of skills that I have is hard to explain and describe in the limited contact I’m given with potential employers. Doing my best to convey those thoughts, ideas, and skills is getting easier as I do it more of course, but it’s a different way of looking at the world that’s for sure!
Typically I think that people possess one side or the other, they’re either very good writers and thinkers, or they’re very good programmers and developers. Both are on an equal standing as far I’m concerned, it’s a mutually beneficial arrangement.
But then, where does that leave me? I’m someone who loves to think of new ideas, concepts, and products but I’m also aware of the technical abilities of current technology tools as well as their weaknesses. Taking that a step further, I also am able to clearly explain, teach, and lead developers to create technology tools that don’t exist yet.
The biggest problem I’m having during interviews these days is making sure that I convey my abilities and varied skill set while emphasizing that I do in fact prefer the idealization, and content side of the world.
Sure I can build web sites, blogs, Facebook applications, and other tools, but I recognize that there are people who can do those things much better than I can. It’s hard for people (including myself) to describe and explain how that works, yes I can DO those things, but no I’m not completely comfortable starting from nothing and building up on the programming and development side.
I feel like I have a good variety of skills and that I exert my leadership and entrepreneurship skills well, but I have to be careful not to pigeonhole myself into over-exerting my technology skills just because I think it’s cool that I can do both.
This post is a sort of stream of consciousness for me as I try to work out these details for myself. Be sure to visit again tomorrow as I look at the type of jobs and employers that I’m most interested in.
What it Felt Like to Have No Blog for 8 Days | chrisbrogan.com
March 15, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
What it Felt Like to Have No Blog for 8 Days | chrisbrogan.com: “”
I just thought I’d take a moment to let the people who follow my own blog know that fellow blogger and personal-branding and social media guru Chris Brogan is back online after 8 crazy nights of having no blog.
I think Chris handled the situation very well, he certainly had a lot of support from all of his tech-centric followers. I’m just glad to have him back up and running.
In no way was he out of touch with his community while his site was on hiatus. Chris kept on Tweeting away, and wrote a couple of times on his Tumblog which he mapped over to his own site.
It figures of course that something as major as having your site fail on you happens when you’re in the middle of conference season and with SxSW where I’m sure Chris was a big hit.
This incident just goes to show you however that keeping and maintaining backups of your data is VERY important. Especially when you have as much content floating around on the web as Chris does.
Writing More Effective Email (via ChrisBrogan.com)
February 19, 2008 by Jonathan · 1 Comment
(Via [chrisbrogan.com].)
Are you catching a theme yet? I read Chris Brogan’s blog religiously and I love responding to his posts on my blog. Why? Because he’s very good at vocalizing things that I’ve got floating around in my mind but never got a chance to write down.
I consider him slight more than n Internet ‘friendly’ as he puts is although I do track him on Twitter, Facebook, etc.
I thought that I would write up a quick response to his latest article about writing effective email. I love his point to not bury the lead, I get and even find myself sending more email where my actual point could be summarized in the Subject line, yet I wrote a novel of 300 words or more explaining myself when honestly, the person I’m writing too probably already knows what I think by virtue of knowing me.
This isn’t to say that extremely short emails are always the answer, just that I think you should give people the benefit of the doubt sometimes and realize that they probably do actually understand your reasoning without saying so (unless you know they don’t or you’re playing office politics and creating a paper-trail for your promotion!)
ALL CAPPED primary words in the email Subject line is infinitely important in my opinion, it’s a great way to 1) Get your point across 2) Not waste anyone’s time and 3) Get noticed in the inbox.
It serves as a sort of nonverbal cue to pay attention, and lead the receiver into knowing what you’re writing about before you’ve even started ‘writing’ your email.
All in all, a very good post and very useful information from Chris Brogan again today, check out the link about to read his full report.
Solving Problems and Creating New ones
February 12, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
This post was inspired by Chris Brogan’s post Problems.
I consider myself not only a problem solver in the traditional sense, but I think I do a good job of taking those problems, and solutions, and making something more out of them. I don’t think that just solving problems is the answer, you have to take those problems, realize what the upsides and downsides of them are, them contemplate and implement a plan of attack.
That flow works well for problem solvers I think, however that model is threatened by the problem solving workflow of today that includes social networking and (im)personal communication using technology as a tool.
That’s not to say that by using technology to your advantage you’re going to solve more problems but I think that by using those new tools like mind-mapping and syndication, and microblogs you open yourself up to new ways of solving problems.
And that’s where I consider myself, at a point where a single problem isn’t just a single problem but a collection of thoughts and ideas and the real solution is finding the best way to disrupt that problem while maintaining innovation in the solution.
So yes, I consider myself a problem solver, but the problems that I solve aren’t always the most pressing, or the most immediate problems, but they do provide a means to solve bigger and greater problems leading us to a solution to the Big Picture.
Whether it be at work, at school, or at home Chris had it right, we’re a big group of problem solvers. The ways in which we solve and handle those problems is the big difference between different types of people and their problem solving ability.
Very interesting post this morning by Chris and I thought I’d add a little to the discourse!
Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-02-01
February 1, 2008 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
- Yup, STILL working on Contributr, it’s so close, but we just can’t stop! #
- Well, It’s now or never, check out what I’ve been working on since September http://www.contributr.net #
- Wow, the commenters at the new OFFICIAL TSA blog are much more interesting than the bloggers: http://www.tsa.gov/blog #
- Take THAT snow! I’m the first one on the block to have a clean driveway #
- Alright, Contributr.net is Live, I’ll be sending it to Adobe for judging in a couple hours! #
Elements of a Personal Brand : [chrisbrogan.com]
November 16, 2007 by Jonathan · Leave a Comment
Elements of a Personal Brand : [chrisbrogan.com]
I know I’ve recommended you read Chris Brogan’s blog before, but he posted a very interesting and useful article about personal branding and making sure that you are taking advantage of every opportunity to brand yourself for your career.
Chris is a great guy, and I enjoy being social-network friends with him (we haven’t met in person yet, but I’m eyeing some conferences that he’s attending in the near future).
If you haven’t already, I’d suggest subscribing to his RSS feed, his posts are usually very useful and action oriented. If nothing else, he inspires me.
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