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Rex suggests that I list my answers to seven things. These are thought-provoking (well, some of them are), but I’m not likely to devote the time to answering this fully, or honestly. The blog is a public forum, even when you’re writing for yourself. I like to be honest with myself and others, but not [...]

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I haven’t played many group games recently, but telephone pictionary sounds simple, quick, and fun.

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I’m learning a lot about marketing in recent months. I’m no longer believing that an idea will succeed (at least in part) simply because it’s a good idea. OK, naive to ever pretend such a reality exists, but don’t we all want good ideas to win out? Sure, but life isn’t fair. Never has been, [...]

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Tomorrow, Thursday, September 15, 2005, I’m moderating a panel at a meeting of the San Francisco chapter of the American Marketing Association: Blogging: Leveraging Blogs for Marketing, an Evolution of Journalism. A bit of a mouthful, but read the description and I think you’ll see why I’m interested and involved. Thanks to David Shimada for [...]

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frieNDA n. An agreement between friends to “non-disclose” confidences without formal paperwork, such as an NDA. A necessity in the Bay Area (and beyond). Talking with a friend recently, I traded some information, after we assured each other that this wasn’t to be shared more widely. I said, “Yes, this is all under frieNDA.” To [...]

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Few things more useful in the world of general knowledge than an accurate representation of the world: a globe. Of course, every map is out of date shortly after it’s printed, but the physical form of a globe certainly helps reinforce the reality, even if the labels and colors and lines move over time. I [...]

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Found this older post by Tim O’Reilly on Books That Have Shaped How I Think. Several quotes in there which resonate, especially: Wilson also shaped my relationship to books. So many critics write about literature and philosophy as a dead thing, an artifact. Wilson writes about it as a conversation with another mind about what [...]

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If you’re into web development, check Anil Dash’s predictions for Web Development in 2006. I’m not playing with the sharp end of the programming stick, so I don’t have the skills required to jump in here. The list is compelling (even if I’d quibble about some of it, in my uninformed way) since I agree [...]

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I haven’t turned to the LazyWeb often because I don’t have many readers, but maybe there’s just enough with the right bent. The question: What’s the best example on the web today of listing several hundred (or thousand) RSS feeds in a useful way, so readers can find the feed(s) they might be interested in [...]

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I suspect Jakob Nielsen enjoyed tweaking Chris Anderson (or just grabbing attention) by titling his latest Alertbox “The Slow Tail.” Useful research brought to light, demonstrating that some things take time, even purchases from buy-focused links on search results pages. But the name was even better. Long Tail, eat your heart out.

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