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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...
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....
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
My Favorite Things
If you've noticed, there's been a remodel of sorts around these parts. Thanks to @AmyLynnAndrews, I have learned the joy of Genesis Theme, and this website now looks a wee bit different better. In efforts to clean up the inside and the outside, I've been working to...
How to Eat An Elephant
Maybe you've heard the story about how it's hard to eat an elephant. Although I don't personally know (not having eaten elephants much in my time), I would imagine as much. Tough meat. Big guy. Etc. Given how hard it is to complete the monumental task, the only way to...
Best of the Interwebs (Links)
Here are some of the best links on the interwebs this week you may (or may not) have missed. Enjoy, share, and try to disconnect from the web on Sunday (if you can). 24 hours offline every week does a body good. Seriously;) Never Waste a Good Crisis: An excellent read...
Religious Hashtags on Twitter?
While in Nashville this week, I learned this trick from @jonacuff, master of all the things. The trick (in case you were confused) is called "write a tweet on a scrap of paper and then take a picture of the scrap of paper and then tweet the picture." It's very meta....
Best Links of the Week
Although some folks use Twitter the whole week long to tweet out their favorite online finds of the week, I tend to like weekly wrap-ups that you can process all at once. The work productivity theory behind this is that your day will be less interrupted if you chunk...
Why I Hate Google +/Google Plus
Firstly, it bothers me to no end that when I write about Google Plus I have to write both "Google +" and "Google Plus" because of fear/confusion/misunderstanding about what the kids are calling it these days. But, I digress. The #1 main reason I hate Google + is...
How to Get a Verified Twitter Account (Tips from a Prime Minister)
I wouldn't work at Twitter if I wasn't asked on occasion a lot more than on occasion how to get a verified Twitter account. Suffice it to say the rules on verifying a Twitter account are here, and that's not what this blog post is about. Instead, this post is about...
How to Make a Tea Commercial
So I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I do not believe this is how you make a tea commercial. First, watch: Now, listen. This video comes from my dear friend @amalia, who emailed me this marketing nugget of gold. That provoked a...