How You Wanted Me to Help You
Last week I sent out a question. It was a simple one, and apparently it resonated. When I asked, "How Can I Help You?", I got over 250 responses. There were a number of things folks wanted help with, and after reading through each and every email and responding to as many of them as I could, I came up with a couple key takeaways. You want to learn how to turn your passion into a career. I hear you, and I'm working on a new … [Continue Reading...]
Why I’m Not Going to South by Southwest
For the tenth time in the past week, I had a conversation tonight about why I’m not going to South by Southwest this year. South by Southwest, of course, being one of the biggest conferences around, and the biggest if you work or live in the technology world. Although I’m not entirely without regret on missing the event (Austin is such a great city, after all), I am decided. In no particular order, here are the five main reasons I’m not … [Continue Reading...]
How to Start a Blog (The Complete Step-by-Step Guide)
{Want a PDF version of these instructions? Go here.} Last week, I asked you how I could be of help. Of the hundreds of responses I received, many of you said you were itching to learn how to start a successful blog. Starting a blog is one of the very best things that ever happened to me, and I love to share with folks why blogging is a great way to connect with others, build your platform, and change the world. Seven years … [Continue Reading...]
What the Most Successful People Do at Work
Laura Vanderkam has done it again. Vanderkam, author of books like 168 Hours: You Have More Time than You Think, has become a feature in my email inbox ever since I read ones of her books for the first time and started emailing her incessantly. (I tend to do that. I'm sure she's thrilled. Ha.) What I love about Vanderkam's writing is that it's smart, practical, and immediately applicable. It makes me think, and pushes me to change my life … [Continue Reading...]
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Hostgator Mega-Sale Makes Me Ask: Do You Hate Hostgator?
It's Black Friday. If you're not still hiding under the living room rug due to your tryptophan coma, you just might be getting run over by wild shoppers juicing for big time Black Friday deals. Today is the day when the world is on sale. Small kitchen appliances? Check. Sweet cameras? … [Continue...]
Mark Horvath and Invisible People (Podcast #1)
If you do not remember by big news, let me share again: I have a new podcast. Want to listen? Yay! Here's my first episode, all about Mark Horvath and Invisible People, one of the most fascinating innovators in social change I've come across in a long time. Everyone (including Jessica … [Continue...]
Claire Diaz-Ortiz Has a Podcast. #alert
I have long envied people with podcasts. It started, I'd say, in 2005, when I began listening to lengthy weekly podcasts analyzing the latest Lost episode. Most famously, I spent the good majority of my multi-week trek to Everest Base Camp catching up on back episodes of my Lost podcasts. When … [Continue...]
Breaking News: The Seven Wonders of the World Decided (Again)
If you think the seven wonders of the world were decided years ago, you are wrong. Very, very wrong. In fact, the seven wonders of the world (the deciding of them) is a dynamic, ongoing process that some famous smart people are in charge of. Or something like that. It's true that I'm a bit … [Continue...]
On Happiness
I think we like to complicate things when it is really quite simple; find what it is that makes you happy and who it is that makes you happy and you're set. promise. image credit … [Continue...]
How to Increase Your Google Page Rank (Rule #1: Don’t Talk About Increasing Your Google Page Rank)
The first rule of Increasing Your Google Page Rank is Not to Talk About Increasing Your Google Page Rank. Let me back up. I have a lot of websites I dabble on/manage/own/open to grin at. I have a passive life goal to increase my google page rank on such sites. Alas, I do absolutely nothing to … [Continue...]
Best Links of the Week
This week was no slow week on the interwebs, and the plethora of inspiring, absurd, maddening, informative articles and videos I came across was, as usual, dizzying. Here are some of the best: It Is As You Choose It To Be: A powerful post from Michael Hyatt sure to make you think. Five … [Continue...]
Craig Newmark Thinks He’s Lady Gaga
I told you I'd be heading back to the Social Media for Nonprofits Conference, and I didn't lie. Last Friday in San Francisco I had the pleasure to share the stage in a moderated fireside chat with Craigslist's own Craig Newmark. Craig was a huge support to me in writing Twitter for Good, and was … [Continue...]
Idea: Take a Picture of My Book & I Do Nothing
I've been working hard to think of creative ways to get people to read Twitter for Good. And I'm pretty darn sure I've found the holy grail (of ideas). You are surely soon to agree that the incredible idea I have come up with (and am about to tell you about!) is going to change your life, and mine. … [Continue...]
