Connecting the dots of life and business

I am a big believer in keeping things simple when it comes to instruction and education. I love bulleted lists which is no surprise if you’ve read my blog before and I also love visuals, so this sign below was a winner. The picture was posted by a friend on Facebook and [...]

Today marks my 650th day using Twitter. Rob and I first signed up for Twitter at SXSW in March 2007. At the time, we both didn’t “get it” which remains the same for most new Twitter users. However, today I continually find great links to information I’d probably miss, insightful input on [...]

After hearing LinkedIn’s announcements of new features, I thought this image perfectly depicted their position. LinkedIn is way ahead, but Facebook and others are encroaching on LinkedIn’s business networking turf. To “flank” Facebook and the numerous startup networks, LinkedIn has added the following features:

Facebook’s feed – Possibly Facebook’s greatest feature is it’s mini-feed where [...]

Two of my new friends from my Bay Area Visit are hosting Facebook conferences. I’m getting out of a previous event in hopes I can attend. Noah Kagan is hosting Community Next: Platform and Dave McClure is hosting Graphing Social Patterns two loaded events dedicated to the Facebook plaform.
Both conferences are in early [...]

Some people work at Wendy’s in college and get their first job as a desk clerk, but Noah Kagan is very different. He’s worked at Intel, Facebook, Microsoft (intern) and now is at the startup, Mint.com. If all that wasn’t enough, he’s an uber networker, successful blogger at OkDork.com and organizer of the [...]

I’ve been very reluctant to join Facebook, my sister hailed its benefits (she’s in college) and Steven has been urging me to make the switch from MySpace… so Saturday I finally did it. All recent signs have pointed to Facebook, Paul called it the new LinkedIn, Jim likes that FB is free and [...]