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1 Aug 2008Earlier this year, I accepted an advisory and research position with CrowdVine. CrowdVine is in the “white label” social networking business. The company helps people in groups, associations, and attending events to meet smarter through their software solutions and associated services. You can learn more about the current product features here: http://www.crowdvine.com/home/features
I can’t believe my [...]
A friend pointed me to the postcrossing service the other day.
I love the idea of this service. I have many international friends and love to travel. When I am unable to enjoy these interests, receiving little random notes from around the world sounds like an interesting substitute.
I think this is yet another idea that could [...]
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29 Apr 2008Robot are coming!
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One of the best facilitation tools in my toolbox relates to the anti-brainstorming. Here’s how it works:
Get your group to focus on what your product / process / thing would look like if it were completely broken.
Do this exercise out loud and be stunned at the high energy of the participants.
Control the energy [...]
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28 Mar 2008I recently read a summarization of Aristotle’s points of virtue. As someone who studied both business and philosophy in college, I find it interesting that the concept of virtue is a best an individual concern. Aristotle defines virtues in reference to their excess. As IT professional I can relate [...]
In: Cool Tools| Job Search| Web 2.0
4 Mar 2008While I am thinking “outside the box” on my current job search, I am also a closet compulsive when it comes to playing around with anything web 2.0. In as much as the web 2.0 things I check out also support my job searching activities, then I will highlight them in this blog. [...]