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On Living Each Moment as It’s Own
Keep up to date with me: subscribe to my blog or follow me @jerrythepunkrat.A hero of mine, John Piper, recently re-posted an article (10 Resolutions for Mental Health) in which he explains the great impact his professor Clyde Kilby had on his own life. Kilby helped...
When Are You Living For?
Keep up to date with me: subscribe to my blog or follow me @jerrythepunkrat.Seth Godin recently posted a question: "Most of us assume a single range of focus that we care about. And it's usually right around the corner, or even closer. Is that the place to be focusing...
The Internet Is Not the Economy You Though It Was
Everybody knows it. Nobody admits it (okay maybe a few marketing spammers admit it).The internet is an economy.But it's probably not the economy you think it is. It's not the economy of Target.com or Amazon.com or Etsy.com or any other online retailer. Yeah, it...
It’s Not About Being Liked, It’s About Being Effective
Marketers (like this guy) get a bad rap for being arrogant and self-consumed. And rightly so for many of them. But despite this video's ridiculous, over-the-top view of marketers and salespeople, they do get one thing right. It's okay to be liked. It's a...
Commenting Etiquette Manifesto
I promised a follow-up to my last post about the necessity for blog comments and now here we are!Commenting EtiquetteWith comments comes great responsibility, not only for the publisher of the blog or site but also for the commenters. Every comment has the ability to...
Blog Comments: Should Every Blog Have Them?
I've had some interesting conversations recently regarding comments on blogs and whether or not they should be standard practice for public blogs. I'm of the opinion that if you are posting publicly, on the internet, you should (in almost all cases) allow for...
“Go, Make Something Happen”
Those four words were posted today on Seth Godin's blog regarding the commencement of his own informal, outside-the-box MBA program. I like what he's saying: "Go, make something happen"—don't just sit there, act. And I know it's such a great, concise sound...
Quote of the Day from Douglas Bowman
"I won’t miss a design philosophy that lives or dies strictly by the sword of data."Douglas Bowman of stopdesign, former Visual Design Lead at Google recently made the decision to leave the behemoth. Apparently Google thinks about creative design like a bunch of...
A Quote on Commitment
Found on my cup o' Starbucks the other morning:"The irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating - in work, in play, in love. The act frees you form the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational...