Finally, a Twitter application for my BlackBerry that doesn’t make me wonder why any number of functionalities were overlooked.

It’s got lists and pings… and it doesn’t arbitrarily indicate numbers of replies or DMs (Twitterberry, are you listening?)

Oh, and the list feature actually works. Like, regularly (Seesmic for BB, are you listening?)

If you’re a liar, a manipulator, a deceiver, the only person you’re hiding from is yourself. Your struggle for self-esteem comes through power over others. It’s OK. We’re all a little bit like that.

Be honest and transparent and you’ll make friends with those who do the same and draw curiosity from those still in hiding.

Chip and Dan Heath, in their book SWITCH, describe the emotional tug as the superior force in our lives and compares that to an elephant being

You know who you are.

You tell us you will get it done – and you don’t.

You tell us you got it done – and you didn’t.

You tell us where you will be – and you are not.

You tell us you understand the situation and are prepared – and you haven’t given it a thought.

Pic courtesy of Daily Candy (kind of)

Actually, I’m not in a slump. I’ve just been lazy. However, a lazy slump and a plain slump are all the same.

And, you know what?

When you first start to look at using Twitter as a comm

You can look at anything with different eyes.

Take an ad for example:

You can read it as a consumer and become aware and interested in the product.

You can read it as a copywriter and note the use of language to attract the consumer.

You can read it as a marketer and notice the fonts, pictures and empty spaces geared to draw your attention.

English is fast becoming a secondary language in the United States, especially in places along the southern border of states such as California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.  There is an increasing number of billboards, advertisments, radio stations, and television broadcasts in languages other than English.  In fact, medical warnings are now in Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. 

I’m more of a walking man than a wax man. How about you?

I was traveling last week (hence the dearth of posts) and ha

When Creating content think about an inverted (upside-down) pyramid.
Always include your most important information and points first
Then follow with helpful information and finally end with what would be nice to know.
Doing this gives value first and respects your reader, viewer, or listener and allows them to choose to engage further.

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Just like Friday, I co-led today’s lecture.  And just like Friday, I got so excited, that I forgot to take the microphon

Google isn’t just thinking of Wave as another web app that it creates and you use on one site — it wants you to be able to use it across all sites on the web. Say, for example, you have a blog. As a post, you could share a wave with the public and allow others to see what you and the other people in your wave are doing.

This past weekend, I took my first speed-reading class (it was awesome; I’m blazing through

The pat on the back. A kind gesture, thumbs up, or high five. Verbal compliment. What do these all have in common? They are sunlight for the human soul.

Recently an insightful speaker at a Toastmasters meeting painted a clear picture of the importance of praise. Particular how to deliver it. Besides being identified as a basic human need, thanks to Maslow, its also an effective means to better connect with others.

People who avoid all criticism fail. Its destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms. Similarly, there is no progress without eustress, and the more eustress we can create or apply to our lives, the soon we can actualize our dreams. The trick is telling the two apart. – Tim Ferriss, The Four Hour Work Week (via Quoty)