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TOP IDEA: Ty Unglebower Today I am beginning the process of unfollowing, and unsubscribing, and just plain giving up on some of the "must follow!" gurus, blogs, Twitter feeds and websites I sort of fell for in 2010. Actually I didn't totally fall for all of them, but I was acting on the water cooler premise that if I read what everyone else read, I'd have more to talk about and hence more to network about. But it was inauthentic. I'm tired. No more "Godin-like" sites for me without some unique appeal.

72 weeks ago from Networking Tips, Creating a Life You Love, Baltimore Brazen and Washington D.C.2 more

Ryan Healy, Rachel M. Murray, Mehul Kar, Robin Mills and Whitney May Parker and 2 others recommended this

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Ben Donahower: Yep, I get what I call RSS creep all of the time. Every six months or so I need to pare down.
71 weeks ago

Reneida: Completely agree Ty. This is particularly a problem with Twitter...before you know it you're following way too many people (especially the ...MoreCompletely agree Ty. This is particularly a problem with Twitter...before you know it you're following way too many people (especially the "gurus") and absorbing absolutely nothing in terms of content that is sincerely relevant to you. I only follow a few people that I find interesting and in line with what I want to learn/know. Sure, my follow back numbers suffer as a result, but I did not sign up to that SN for the popularity but rather the value.
70 weeks ago

Rachel M. Murray Interested in a meetup - looks like there have been attempts, but it's summer, and I'm going to try again :) Would anyone like to use Meetup to organize it, or should we just add an event here? I'm not on this site much, but if there's activity I will be.

95 weeks ago from Bay Area Bunch

Brian Au: Yes we should try again to get a Bay Area event. I'm in to help organize.
95 weeks ago

Jenna Langer: I'd like to try a meetup :) Do you use Plancast? It's a great site for showing what events you are going to. We can make our own event or try to ...MoreI'd like to try a meetup :) Do you use Plancast? It's a great site for showing what events you are going to. We can make our own event or try to meet at one that is already scheduled. I'm on there at http://www.plancast.com/jennalanger
95 weeks ago

Interests

In general: Service design, strategy, sustainability, user experience design... In keyword form: Keywords: best practices, branding, business analysis, collaboration and collaborative technology, community management, customer satisfaction, groupware, information design, information visualization, innovation, interdisciplinarity, knowledge management, online community, product design, requirements engineering, service design, social design, social entrepreneurship, social media, social networks, sustainability, tools, usability, user experience, ubiquitous computing, web standards, Web 2.0

Goals

To find work at a company/non profit/etc. I love
give back to my various communities (mentoring, building, contributing in a variety of ways)
Finish my current to-do list
Finish my list on 43 Things (http://www.43things.com/person/writeonwriteoff)
Keep on finding new goals and achieving them - or as Steve Jobs would say, 'stay hungry'.

Favorite Quote

"aut inventium via aut faciam" (I shall either find a way or make one - Seneca) (one of many favourite quotes)

Specialties

Keywords: best practices, branding, business analysis, collaboration and collaborative technology, community management, customer satisfaction, groupware, information design, information visualization, innovation, interdisciplinarity, knowledge management, online community, product design, requirements engineering, service design, social design, social entrepreneurship, social media, social networks, sustainability, tools, usability, user experience, ubiquitous computing, web standards, Web 2.0

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