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Sunday, November 15th, 2009

zanedp

7:07p A follow-up to my "Adventure Paper" post A while back, I mentioned National Geographic Adventure Paper. After some more use, and more submergings, I have additional information to add. At least with my HP ink, over time, the red starts to bleed and fade, and blue starts to show through onto the other side of the paper.

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Saturday, November 14th, 2009

jeffholton

3:43p Google Wave collaborators Anyone interested in public collaborations on Google Wave (mostly to try out the toy and see if it's actually worthwhile)? Leave a comment here with your address, and I'll roll it back into a list of folks. This list will grow indefinitely. Refer back to the post to find a longer list. ( Click here to see list ) Also, anyone know how to create a link to a googlewave account, like how you do a "mailto" href normally?

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Thursday, November 12th, 2009

jeffholton

12:08p Zen PowerPoint                    elegant preso                    one slide, no words to distract                    just a black background                    wide hesychasm                    for the exchange of ideas                    high tech meets feng shui

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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

jeffholton

9:02a Jen Deshler's "Retooling your personal brand" (Used with permission) I'm still working on building my "personal brand." It's something I never really heard of until the past six months or so. A personal brand is that public presentation of what you're best at, what you're known for, what your reputation is, what you do. Jen Deshler wrote a great post a few months ago, and I just noticed it today. Jen suggests that your brand is something that's always open for revision. She's rebuilt hers on several occasions, as she's recognized where the strengths and weaknesses in her professional reputation lie. Take a look. http://jenniferdeshler.com/2009/09/01/retooling-your-personal-brand/ Ms. Deshler is a Marketing Manager at Thomas Nelson Publishers. Currently, her bio says, "I have the privilege of working with the best authors in the business, leading a team of people with unique and wonderful talents, and being constantly on the lookout for ways to gain new readers." I wonder what it will say after the next retooling. Follow Jeff on Twitter Consider dropping him a message first so he's expecting it, too. He blocks people he thinks are spamming.

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jeffholton

8:37a Uncategorized Ok, get this. Chris Brogan is reputed to be the #1 blogger in the world. Chris Brogan's #1 category in his category map is... Uncategorized! Does this mean that category maps don't matter? I'm gonna venture a big no here. His #2 and #3 and #4...and so on categories are quite relevant and interesting. And hey, I have something in common with Chris Brogan. Almost all of my 2,000+ posts are uncategorized, too. I must be a superior blogger. :| current music: Unwoman - Uninvited

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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

jeffholton

9:44a Writing a good mission statement The sky's the limit! Whether you're writing on behalf of a corporation or you're an individual working on self-promotion, the same thing is essential. You have to start with a clear statement of your target. What drives you to undertake the project? Why bother? Do you know? If you can't answer those with definitive, heart-filled statements, you're probably spinning your wheels in futility. Nancy Lublin, CEO of Do Something, provides this great, short article titled How to Write a Mission Statement That Isn't Dumb. Follow her advice. Once you write your mission statement, what do you do with it? Read it. Repeatedly. Daily, at least. There's a reason we all used to say the Pledge of Allegiance in school when we were kids. Think about that. Do it. It won't happen if it just sits there and looks impressive. I used to think a mission statement was something that hung on the wall. We were supposed to read it and think that the corporate executives actually thought it was true, so they could puff themselves up with feigned nobility. Boy, did I miss the point, and did they fail to reach their audience. (Test: make your mission statement strong enough to crush my cynicism!) Live it. Do those around you know that this is what drives you? Why are you keeping it a secret? You wrote it. Do you believe it? Have the balls to stand by your own work! (If you don't, consider rewriting it to reflect your new sentiments. Or get to work.) Achieve. Don't be embarrassed about celebrating your accomplishments. Be proud! Let us know! For that matter, don't be embarrassed about being public with your failures. Share lessons. Collaborate. You'll become an indispensable resource to others. There are far worse things that can happen than becoming so important that other people need you. Follow Jeff on Twitter Consider dropping him a message first so he's expecting it, too. He blocks people he thinks are spamming.

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Monday, November 9th, 2009

jeffholton

7:25p Counting letters A conversation at dinner tonight with my 5yo: ALEX: Daddy, how much letters are in Tomato ketchup? ME: Well, let's see. T...O...M... uh...six... and seven is 13. ALEX: Thirt-- HEY! That's the same as in chrysanthemum. Uhm. Yeah...

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Friday, November 6th, 2009

jeffholton

12:49a Droid vs. iPhone Did you see Gizmodo's review? It said: It’s this simple: If you don’t buy an iPhone, buy a Droid. It’s the best phone on Verizon, and with Android 2.0, the second best smartphone you can buy, period. It’s flawed, deeply in some ways. But it’s the second best phone around, on the best network around. Is that the best they can do? Reminds me of Snapple, proud to be #3. Apple can relax.

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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

jeffholton

1:23p How I became the most famous amateur tech support engineer in the world I am not a professional Apple employee (yet!). I'm just a guy who happens to have TweetDeck open next to him and notices when something interesting comes up. If anyone had told me 25 years ago that I'd be giving live Macintosh tech support to Sheila Walsh today, I would have peed my pants. Fortunately, I have better bladder control than I did at 13. Or something. I never got to see her in concert back in the day, but I do have a cassette tape with her singing a live duet with Steve Taylor. If you are not old enough to know what a cassette tape is, please, tell your parents that you're on my blog. You really should have their permission. Anyway, one of these days, when I'm no longer tensed up in a semipermanent kegel to keep from embarrassing myself in public, I'll let you know how to identify unneeded files on a nearly-full Mac hard drive so you can keep using your machine. The instructions even apply to technologically-challenged (but refreshingly involved!) Scottish Texans. Really. That's how easy they are. Jeffrey will now stop typing and pinch himself to see if this is merely surreal or, as he suspects, is verifiably imaginary. EPILOGUE (November 9, 2009) ( Read more... ) current music: Steve Taylor and Sheila Walsh - Not Gonna Fall Away

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jeffholton

12:59p Theo Nicolakis on Mobile Technology "...we are in the mobile/portable information age. It’s not coming. It’s here. Can we please create sites that don’t treat mobile users like second class citizens...?" --Theo Nicolakis, at A plea from the wireless internet

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jeffholton

11:47a Daniel Harkavy Has a Blog? Daniel Harkavy started a blog today. Yes, the Daniel Harkavy who coaches leaders. The Daniel Harkavy who said that social networking and Facebook and Twitter and iPhones were time suckers that could only distract you from realizing your purpose. That Daniel Harkavy. The one who's now on Facebook and Twitter and uses an iPhone. Why? Because he decided it was a good way to get his message out to more people. That's why. Check out his first post at http://www.danielharkavy.com/2009/11/daniel-harkavy-has-a-blog/ (Ok, the real reason is that the student schooled the master. Michael Hyatt can be real persuasive, can't he!)

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jeffholton

10:27a Personal branding advice from Pete Kistler Thanks to Guy Kawasaki's AllTop, I have just been exposed to the personal branding brilliance that is Pete Kistler. Pete wrote a great post a few days ago. It features five tips on writing a professional blog that brands YOU and doesn't just look like corporate advertising. He says these are the subjects you need to cover: ( Click here to see the five ) This is a fine set of five recommendations. Except for a necessary, absolute silence about non-work activities, we would all do well to promote ourselves using these guidelines. You can read Pete's original post by clicking here.

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Monday, November 2nd, 2009

zanedp

10:01a LLVM 2.6 is Out Sometime, I plan to really check this out. It's so exciting! LLVM 2.6 Release Notes

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jeffholton

12:11a Quote from the fathers, to keep John Calvin happy I came across this quote from a recent Orthodox holy man: "But if the person has not received the Grace of God, then he can neither govern himself nor help others in order to bring about a divine effect. He must first be immersed in divine Grace, and then utilize his resulting sanctified powers for the salvation of others." Blessed Elder Paisios the Athonite (+1994) Now doesn't that just warm the heart of the Calvinist? Well, except, I suppose the heart of the Calvinist is already warmed. But then, that's my point.

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jeffholton

12:06a Why do I bother with Twitter? Part two of indeterminate... Tony Robbins Is he clapping for me?? Why do I bother with Twitter? Because of Tweets like this from Tony Robbins. "Most people's lives are a direct reflection of the expectations of their peer group." I want to be surrounded with an intentional accountability structure. On Twitter, I find the right mix of corporate, social, spiritual, literary, and educational influence. My peers expect a certain set of behaviors, qualities, attributes, and achievements from me. If I am a waste of their time, they lose interest and move on. We trade influence. We pay it forward and pass it on. I appreciate them more than they can possibly know. I hope that I offer the same for them. Find JeffHolton on Twitter

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